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Sharif assassination details revealed: fears of war within Hamas
Sharif was assassinated by Imad Awadallah, brother of Adel, who is the commander of Hamas' military wing in the West Bank. The killing was perpetrated in the wake of a dispute within the military wing of Hamas, better known as the Brigades of Izziddin Al Qassam
Palestine, Politics, 4/15/1998
Jordanian police crack down on drug users
The amount of drugs seized over the past 20 days included 4.5 kg of heroin, 22 kg of hashish as well as marijuana
Jordan, Judicial, 4/15/1998
Blair asked not to hand over Egyptian extremists
The Islamic Media Center which takes London as a headquarters, and has very close ties to Islamist extremists in Egypt on Tuesday urged British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to hand over Egyptian political asylum seekers staying in Britain.
Egypt-UK, Politics, 4/15/1998
Iraqi optimism towards POW's case with Iran
The International Committee of the Red Cross supervised exchanges of captives between Iran and Iraq earlier this month, which included 5584 war captives and 316 Iranian detainees.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 4/15/1998
Expected Mubarak - Bashir summit to discuss external plot against Sudan
Sudanese officials have said the US has a role in the plot against Sudan, and reports say Israeli military advisors will visit Eritrea during the coming days to negotiate the Israeli role in toppling Bashir.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/15/1998
Moussa heading to Bahrain for talks
The talks will also tackle the current Bahraini membership in the UN Security Council. Moussa said that Bahrain has a special role because of its Security Council membership and said there will be important consultations with officials in Manama.
Egypt-Bahrain, Politics, 4/15/1998
Lebanese resistance targets Balat position
Lebanese security sources reported that at 8 p.m. the towns of Maidoun, Shawkin, and Kakat al-Jesser, al-Hamra farm and the Litani riverbed came under bombardment by Israeli positions
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/15/1998
Qassiyoun monument unveiled by Syrian citizens in occupied Golan
Israeli occupation forces at dawn Tuesday detained three Syrian youths from Majdal Shams town in the occupied Golan. The arrest was made within the framework of an arbitrary arrest campaigns launched by the occupation troops in the town.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 4/15/1998
Yemen hopes Egypt can help with economic advice
The manager of the Yemeni Central Bank, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, said that this visit comes within a previous invitation directed to the Egyptian official to exchange opinions and experiences in the fields of financial and economic reform in the two countries.
Egypt-Yemen, Economics, 4/15/1998
Jordan's King Hussein attends Cabinet meeting
He was updated on the steps implemented so far within the framework of the social productivity network aimed at alleviating poverty and unemployment.The first phase of the project is to be financed by a sum totaling JD178 million.(about $250 million).
Jordan, Politics, 4/15/1998
Lebanese FM reviews Lebanese situation with France
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has reaffirmed that the wording of UN resolution 425, which calls for Israel's unconditional withdrawal from south Lebanon is very clear, adding that he sees no need to reword it
Lebanon-France, Politics, 4/15/1998
Clinton for cooperation with the Arab League
A statement released by the Arab League said that its Secretary General Abdul Meguid on Tuesday received a message from US President Bill Clinton in which the latter expressed the US desire to continue cooperation relations with the Arab League.
Regional-USA, Politics, 4/15/1998
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Israel and Jordan signed on Tuesday an accord to operate a joint aviation route between Aqaba and Eilat airport. Israeli army radio said today that an additional accord was also cosigned on Tuesday to provide for Israel's use of Jordanian al-Aqaba airport, to northern Eilat.
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Top UN arms expert Charles Duelfer said in a report that problems could occur with Iraq if the UN tries to reenter presidential sites, CNN reported.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that unresolved disputes on the identification of tribes eligible for the upcoming Saharan self-rule referendum may lead to the termination of the UN's mission there.
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Local Algerian officials and pro-government forces have been arrested in Algeria on charges of having massacred Algerian civilians, CNN reported.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Assad discussed Israel's offer of conditional withdrawal from south Lebanon, Nando Times reported.
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Ahmed Qatamesh was released by Israel today after a detention of more than five years without trial, Fox News reported.
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US peace envoy Dennis Ross will make a new trip to the Middle East starting on Monday, Fox News reported.
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The tenth meetings of the Arab Union for Old Warriors and Victims of War in Sanaa the Yemeni capital, will be held during May 2 - 5. 12 countries including Yemen, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan, Palestine and Sudan will participate in the conference. Both Qatar and Oman will participate with supervising delegations.
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A Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation headed by Ahmed El-Aziz El-Saadoon, the head of Kuwaiti nation's council, will arrive in Cairo on Friday to meet with Egyptian People's Assembly and Fathi Serour, the head of the and the head of the Arab Parliamentary Union to several issues, at the top of which are the peace issues at the United Nations.
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After performing the pilgrimage, 5,268 Iraqi pilgrims arrived in Baghdad among whom 4,268 traveled from Iraq to Mecca by bus, while the others came from European and Arab countries. The Libyan pilgrims' trips back started today and will last until the end of April. 10,869 Libyan pilgrims performed the pilgrimage.
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The Sudanese government announced intensive air drops of food in Bahr al-Ghazal state to shore up available nutrition in the area, which is affected by draught. The official in charge of humanitarian aid in Sudan, Hussein El-Ebied, said that 34 trucks have reached Raja city with supplies to be distributed in Bahr al-Ghazal, adding that efforts continue to transpot the largest-possible quantities of food before summer begins.
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A Kuwait press report said on Tuesday that Kuwait's population through the middle of March 1998 was 2.145 million, of which 760,000 are Kuwaitis. The daily al-Watan said the Egyptian community, is 271,000 strong, with 94,600 Syrian at, 34,000 Lebanese, 29,000 Jordanians, 10,000 Iraqis and 8,800 Palestinians, Al-Safir reported.
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Chairman of the settlements council in Jordan Valley, David Levy, said on Tuesday that the Israeli authorities has confiscated during recent months hundreds of hectares of Palestinian territories to expand the Jordan Valley settlements in the West Bank. On Sunday, Israeli Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon promised settlers in Jordan Valley that Israel would annex more lands and build hundreds of houses for Israelis.
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The first Syrian cultural week opened in Madrid, Spain on Monday, under the patronage of Madrid's mayor and in the presence of the Syrian ambassador to Spain, several Orientalists and Syrian and Spanish personalities.
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On April 13, a car loaded about 1 kg of T.N.T. exploded in the front of Ministry of Education in the city of Suleymanya, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The explosion wounded one person and caused damages to several cars near the blast.
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