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Iraq - military parade
Iraq, Military, 4/18/1998

South Lebanon Army soldier killed near Jezzine
An Israeli military spokesman on Thursday said one pro-Israel Lahd militia element was killed in fighting on Thursday in south Lebanon. Israeli army radio said an explosive charge was detonated in the military vehicle, which was driven by the soldier in Lebanon's Jezzine district.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/17/1998

113 of al-Haj stampede victims buried in Saudi Arabia
some 113 of the pilgrims who were killed in the stampede incident on Mena, 10 Km east of Mecca on April 9 including 58 women were buried In Saudi Arabia.
Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/17/1998

Egypt releases five Islamists
Egypt, Judicial, 4/17/1998

Sudanese civil war: a new round of peace negotiations
Towards the end of this month representatives of the Sudanese government are expected to meet with their counterparts in the Sudan's People Liberation Army ( SPLA ) at the Kenyan capital Nairobi to resume peace negotiations
Sudan, Reporter's View, 4/16/1998

Nazik al-Malaika and the search for the self poetry
In 1944, she graduated from the Baghdad faculty of letters, Arabic department with honors. Um Nizar, Nazik's mother, was herself a poet, and her father was a teacher of Arabic grammar in Baghdad secondary schools. He left a twenty volume encyclopedia on Arabic grammar and literature.
Iraq, Literature, 4/16/1998

Saudi - soccer
Saudi Arabia, Sports, 4/16/1998

Most Haj stampede victims buried
Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/16/1998

Only three pilgrims of Mena stampede remain under treatment
Saudi Health Minister Osama Bin Abdul Rahman Shabakshi on Wednesday said that only three pilgrims out of 180 wounded in the stampede in Mena during Haj procession are still under treatment in hospitals.
Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/16/1998

Cohen for modernizing Israeli army
US Defense Secretary William Cohen who is visiting Israel next week in the context of his Middle East tour will meet with his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Mordechai
Israel-USA, Military, 4/16/1998

Four UK jet fighters head for the Gulf
Gulf-UK, Military, 4/16/1998

Moroccan humanitarian aids to Iraq
Morocco-Iraq, Health, 4/16/1998

Joint naval maneuvers between Egypt, US
Egypt-USA, Military, 4/16/1998

Ein Shams pedriatric conference coming
Egypt, Education, 4/16/1998

Cairo University celebrates 90th anniversary
Egypt, Education, 4/16/1998

Syrian higher agriculture council meets on production increase
Syria, Agriculture, 4/16/1998

Two Israeli soldiers wounded in south Lebanon
The detonation operation caused direct hits among members of the patrol, noting that occupation forces were seen evacuating the casualties from the operation site.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/16/1998

Shbeilat released on bail
Jordan, Judicial, 4/16/1998

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

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

Algerian arrests
Algeria, Judicial, 4/15/1998

Palestinian leader Qatamesh released
Palestine-Israel, Judicial, 4/15/1998

After performing pilgrimage, Iraqi pilgrims return to Baghdad
Iraq-Libya, Religion, 4/15/1998

Sudanese government drops food from air
Sudan, Health, 4/15/1998

Car explosion in Suleymaniya, Iraq
Iraq, Local, 4/15/1998

Palestine and Hamas head towards reconciliation
In a secret session held in Ramallah, the PLC listened to a report from Palestinian presidential secretary Tayyeb Abdul Rahim on the course of investigation into the Sharif killing
Palestine, Local, 4/14/1998

Algerian forces continue campaigns against Islamist groups
The Algerian daily La Tribune on Monday said that 30 armed extremists and four soldiers were killed over the weekend in a battle in Teiyart Province, 200 Km southwest of the capital. Eyewitnesses said the armed groups were at Abidit farm.
Algeria, Local, 4/14/1998

Qatar-US military training begins tomorrow
Qatar's and US's armed forces will start on Wednesday 12-day "Gulf Hawk" military exercises.
Qatar-USA, Military, 4/14/1998

Israeli, resistance forces clash at Hardoun
Israeli occupation forces bombarded with heavy artillery residential areas inside Majdal Zoun town in the western sector of south Lebanon. Reports from south Lebanon said the Israeli bombardment wounded Lebanese citizen Hussein Ali Mari, 80.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/14/1998

Israeli police might question Faisal Husseini
Israel said it might summon PLO Executive Committee member Faisal Husseini for questioning with regard to allegations made by one of his bodyguards that he found a gun at his house in Jericho.
Palestine-Israel, Local, 4/14/1998

Syrian patriarch continues visit to Iraq
Patriarch Mara Agnatiuis Zakka Eiwas of the Orthodox - Assyrian church arrived in Baghdad today after he spent four days in the Iraqi city of al-Mawsel.
Syria-Iraq, Religion, 4/14/1998

Saudi scholars - Haj
Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/14/1998

Israeli court acquits Hizbullah suspect
Regional-Lebanon, Judicial, 4/14/1998

Cholera kills 28 in Comoros
Comoros, Health, 4/14/1998

Workshop on integrated management of valley waters opens in Damascus
Regional, Environment, 4/14/1998

Troubling questions facing Hamas: militancy and diplomacy
Palestinian presidential secretary Tayyeb Abdul Rahim warned that the Palestinian government would release all the information it has on the death of Sharif if Hamas continued its anti-Palestinian campaign of accusations.
Palestine, Reporter's View, 4/13/1998

One hundred people killed in Algeria during al-Adha festivities
Algerian dailies published on Thursday spoke about the death of more than 100 civilians and Islamists extremists in Algeria during Eid al-Adha celebrations The Algerian security forces said that 52 civilians were slaughtered in attacks against villages and suburbs of Aurzo city.
Algeria, Local, 4/13/1998

Causalities of Haj stampede reached 118 pilgrims
The final statement by the Saudi Health Ministry said today that total number of pilgrims killed in a stampede during the Haj pilgrimage reached 118. In an earlier statement the ministry estimated the number of dead at 107, mostly the elderly and the sick.
Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/13/1998

Jordanian police recover car in mystery murder
Jordan police urged Jordanians who have information on the Mercedes or the criminals to contact any police station nationwide.
Jordan, Local, 4/13/1998

Israeli jets raid Lweiseh, al-Tuffah district
Earlier in the day, six raids were carried out by Israeli military jets, targeting the hills of al-Tuffah district Sujud mountain and the surroundings of Lweiseh town and Tasse spring.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/13/1998

Two international organizations criticize the prevention of Jordan to the peaceful negotiations
The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Human Rights Watch International presented separate protests to the Jordanian government against the denial of access to the press at the trial of Jordanian opposition figure Leith Shbeilat and the ban imposed against peaceful demonstrations in Jordan.
Jordan, Judicial, 4/13/1998

US prize goes to Egyptian al-Azhar professor
Egypt-USA, Health, 4/13/1998

Canada's Defense minister in Kuwait tomorrow
4/13/1998

Syrian defense minister visits Lebanon.
4/13/1998

Qatar to build artificial reef
Qatar, Science, 4/13/1998

Islamic Jihad leader released
Palestine, Judicial, 4/13/1998

Hamas arrests
Palestine, Local, 4/13/1998

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish leaves hospital
Palestine, People, 4/13/1998


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