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Arab media: Clinton will strike due to sex scandal
Many in the Arab states are questioning why the US insists on applying the United Nations' charter to Arab countries such as Libya, Iraq and Sudan, while ignoring UN and Security Council resolutions against Israel, including resolution No. 425 that provides for Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon without any restrictions or conditions and resolutions No 242 and 338.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/7/1998
Kuwaiti messages to Gulf leaders; plan to remove Iraqi leadership
Sheikh Jaber Ahmed El-Sabah, sent private messages to Gulf leaders and to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, tackling coordination between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which is currently headed by Kuwait.
Regional-Iraq, Politics, 2/7/1998
Banks said smuggling money out of Palestine
Palestinian officials believe the banks have misled the authorities and are serving "only their own interests without giving any attention to the domestic needs of boosting investment in various fields of public and daily life."
Palestine, Economics, 2/7/1998
Army demands chasing a previous prime minister judicially
The Algerian army wants to take judicial action against a previous prime minister, due to his claim that the Algerian army is responsible for the country's massacres.
Algeria, International, 2/7/1998
Jordan heats up over newspapers ban
The legal opinion depended by the government ordered that the newspapers,"should submit a new application." he added, refusing that the government did not execute the decision issued by the Jordanian Supreme Court two weeks ago.
Jordan, Judicial, 2/7/1998
Sudan accuses foreign fronts of participating in Wau events
El-Zobair Mohammed Saleh, deputy to the Sudanese president, said that foreign arms were involved in the assault on Wau and said the government army had taken precautions to face any future attacks.
Sudan, Military, 2/7/1998
Despite strong opposition Hrawi pursues civil marriage
Muslim and Christian leaders alike oppose such a law. Lebanese Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani refused it, and the chairman of the higher Shiite council urged the government to leave what is for god to god and what is for people to people.
Lebanon, Religion, 2/7/1998
Jordanian PM meets with Arab League chief
Al-Majali and Meguid reviewed the latest developments in the Iraqi governmental crisis with the UN. They also discussed the efforts being made to solve the crisis by diplomacy methods.
Jordan-Regional, Politics, 2/7/1998
Turkish military official visits Israel to discuss Iraq crisis
Kyorek and his Israeli counterpart are discussing the Iraqi crisis with the United Nations, and ways of confronting Iraq should Iraq fire missiles toward Israel and Turkey.
Turkey-Israel, Military, 2/7/1998
Lawsuits demand closing the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv
Israeli belly dancer Nitizana Rioshani has made a new complaint to the Israeli courts against the Egyptian ambassador, in which she asked for financial compensation worth $290,000 dollars, claiming that Basiouni sexually molested her in an Israeli physician's apartment.
Egypt-Israel, Judicial, 2/7/1998
Defacing Yitzhak Rabin's statue
A statue of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was defaced in Jerusalem when unknown persons vandalized it with slogans saying "Rabin you are a traitor".
Israel, Local, 2/7/1998
Egyptian graves discovered near Gaza airport
A Palestinian researcher said a collective cemetery for captured Egyptian soldiers who were killed by Israeli forces in the June 1967 war was recently found.
Egypt, Local, 2/7/1998
Egyptians confiscates 750 tons of Cholera infected British fish
The Egyptian Ministry of Health decided to confiscate 3 shipments of frozen fish, a total of 750 tons, from Britain, after discovering their infection with cholera.
Egypt, Local, 2/7/1998
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Six Qataris and an Omani national are on trial for the attempted 1996 bombing of the Doha Immigration Office, Gulf News reported.
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Eritrea denied Sudanese claims that Eritrean troops had entered Sudan to support Sudanese rebels, Bahrain Tribune reported.
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Two Algerians were killed and four wounded when a bomb exploded in Bir Touta, just south of the capital, Algiers, CNN reported.
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A proposal for a new UN oil-for-food plan containing guidelines on how money should be spent was criticized by Iraq, CNN reported.
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An attack today near Yater in south Lebanon by Lebanese resistance forces left one Israeli soldier dead and three wounded, Fox News reported.
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Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli troops broke out at a rally in Bethlehem in support of Saddam Hussein.
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An official source from the Arab League said the Iraqi president took a decision to release all Arab prisoners in Iraq during his meeting with Esmat Abdel Meguid, the secretary general of the Arab League, who was on his first visit to Baghdad since the Gulf War.
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