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Reforming Syria judiciary sector
Syria, Judicial, 1/5/2002

A new chairperson for the Jordanian writers Union
Jordan, Local, 1/5/2002

Vedrine lauds stability, security in Egypt
Egypt-France, Local, 1/5/2002

Kuwaiti charity contributes to unhealthy housing fighting program in Morocco
Kuwaiti charity association Arrahma Al Alamia will build 50 houses in Kenitra, 40 KM north of Rabat, to the benefit of 50 families supported by widows.
Kuwait-Morocco, Culture, 1/5/2002

Arab League appoints commissioner for inter-civilization dialogue
Regional, Culture, 1/5/2002

Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurates children's book fair
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak on Thursday stressed that child culture no longer depended solely on books, but on other vehicles of knowledge in today's changing world.
Egypt, Culture, 1/5/2002

Archaeological fort in northern coast
Egypt, History, 1/5/2002

Palestinian ambassador denies kidnap of PLO member from Egypt
Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Zohdi al-Qedra denied on Thursday reports that Gawid al-Ghasin, Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member, was kidnapped in Cairo.
Egypt-Palestine, Local, 1/5/2002

ISESCO holds international colloquy on image of Islam in western media
The Islamic Educational, scientific and cultural organization (ISESCO/based in Rabat) will hold this January 9-10 an international colloquy to study means to correct the image of Islam in the western media.
Regional, Religion, 1/5/2002

Morocco's El Aynaoui qualifies to semi-finals of Doha tennis tournament
Morocco's sixth-seeded Younes Al Aynaoui advanced on Wednesday night to semi-finals of the Doha tennis tournament, an ATP fixture worth US$ 1.0 million.
Morocco, Sports, 1/5/2002

Tennis: Morocco's Arazi cruises to semi-finals of Adelaide's tournament
Morocco's Hicham Arazi qualified on Friday to the semi-finals of Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships in Adelaide, an ATP fixture endowed with a US$ 357,000 prize.
Morocco, Sports, 1/5/2002

Amman is the capital of Arab culture
On January 1st, 2002, Amman received the new year as a capital for the Arab culture as it will be along this year abundant of various cultural and artistic activities including seminars, lectures, workshops, art exhibitions and drama performances, cinema films, and local and Arab poetry evenings and festivals. Parallel art and cultural activities in other Jordanian provinces will be also held..
Jordan-Regional, Culture, 1/4/2002

Algeria: acts of violence claim the life of 1900 persons in 2001
A statistics drawn according to official and media information said that acts of violence in Algeria in 2001 resulted in killing 1900 persons, including 600 Islamists and 4 Russians. The acts of violence in 2000 resulted in killing 2700 persons in the country, according to a similar statistics.
Algeria, Local, 1/4/2002

Arab agronomists to meet in Jordan
Regional-Jordan, Local, 1/3/2002

Morocco's El Aynaoui Qualifies to 3rd Round of Doha Tennis Tournament
Morocco, Sports, 1/3/2002

The Kuwaiti nation council prepares the first report on human rights in Kuwait
The chairman of the human rights committee at the Kuwaiti nation's council Abdul Mohsin Jamal has stated that the committee will issue the first report about human rights. A matter which is considered a landmark in showing the extent of Kuwait's interests in human rights.
Kuwait, Culture, 1/3/2002

Lebanese judiciary sentences to death Lahd and other five Lahd hirelings
The investigation judge in South Lebanon Ali Ibrahim sentenced 6 Lebanese hirelings including the commander of the hireling militias for Israel Antoine Lahd over killing five men of the Lebanese national resistance in 1999.
Lebanon, Local, 1/3/2002

Roman town unearthed in north Sinai
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), expedition in Abu Shnar; North Sinai unearthed a residential town that dates back to the Graeco-Roman era.
Egypt, History, 1/3/2002

Company manager arrested in Tangiers for drug trafficking
The police arrested in the week end the manager of a local apparel company as he was supervising the loading of 800 kg of cannabis resin into two trucks.
Morocco, Local, 1/3/2002

Medical breakthrough in Fez: surgeons re-implant hand of young patient
A team of surgeons in the Fez Al Ghassani public hospital succeeded in re-implanting the hand of a young man who had lost it when he was aggressed.
Morocco, Health, 1/3/2002

King Mohammed receives new foreign ambassadors, bids farewell to French, German ambassadors
Morocco's King Mohammed VI received this Thursday in the royal palace of Agadir a group of new ambassadors who handed him their credentials as ambassadors to the sovereign.
Morocco, Local, 1/3/2002

French FM arrives in Luxor
Egypt-France, Local, 1/2/2002

UNICEF involved in social development program in Zagora
Morocco, Local, 1/2/2002

Human rights organizations stage sit-in in Casablanca
Several Moroccan human rights organizations have staged a sit-in in Casablanca on Monday, to call for the setting up of an independent national body to establish truth in past human rights violations.
Morocco, Culture, 1/2/2002

Moroccan sanitation team honored by Algiers governor
The Wali of Bab El Oued (district in Algiers) honored on Tuesday Moroccan sanitation experts who were dispatched to Algiers to help in restoring the sanitation system in floods-affected avenues.
Algeria-Morocco, Culture, 1/2/2002

A peace award for the AL chief
Karran Montana Forum has given its annual peace award to the secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa.
Regional, People, 1/2/2002

Mrs. Mubarak to open Thursday Child Book Fair
Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak will open on Thursday the 18th Cairo International Child Book Fair.
Egypt, Local, 1/2/2002

Tae Kwendo: Cup of South Korean Embassy Goes to Meknes, Rabat Clubs
The Tae Kwendo Ismaili club of Meknes won the cup of the South Korean embassy in the men's tournament while the female's cup was snatched by the Hilal club of Rabat.
Morocco, Sports, 1/2/2002

Cooperation between Moroccan, Libyan institutions of former resisters and martyrs affairs probed
Means to bolster cooperation between the Moroccan high commissioner for former resisters and former members of the liberation army and the Libyan department in charge of the affairs of martyrs, pows, missing persons and war-injured, were probed
Morocco-Libya, Local, 1/2/2002

Islamic satellite station to be launched
The secretary general of the Islamic scientific, Cultural and educational Organization ISESCO Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Othman al-Tweijari has considered the Islamic conference of the ministers of culture in the Islamic states recently concluded in Doha as the most successful Islamic conferences in supporting ISESCO and in helping it to shoulder assigned responsibilities.
Regional, Religion, 1/2/2002

Muslims and the human legacy
The final statement of the International Seminar of Scholars on Islam and Human Legacy which concluded its deliberation in Doha on Monday evening stressed that Muslims have preserved the varied human cultural heritage since the introduction of Islam.
Regional, Religion, 1/2/2002

Israel extends the detention of several Syrians of the Golan
Syria-Israel, Local, 1/1/2002

Lebanon strongly denies President Lahoud's assassination attempt
Lebanon, Local, 1/1/2002

Marathon in the Emirates
The Marathon itself will start and finish at the Dubai World Trade Centre with an early morning start of 7am. The Samsung 10km Run will get underway at 7.30am
United Arab Emirates, Sports, 1/1/2002

Egyptian antiquities law enforced by American courts
The American judiciary decided to enforce the Egyptian antiquities law in the Americn courts.
Egypt-USA, Judicial, 1/1/2002

Morocco stages cultural week in Bahrain
Morocco will be staging this January 7-11 a cultural week in Bahrain, says a statement of the Moroccan culture and communication ministry.
Bahrain-Morocco, Culture, 1/1/2002

Morocco's El Aynaoui makes it to 2nd round of Doha tennis tournament
The Qatar tournament, part of the ATP, is worth US$ 1 million.
Qatar, Sports, 1/1/2002

Israeli minister: Jews integration is more dangerous that the Holocaust
The Israeli health minister Nasim Dahan of the extremist religious Sham part has raised a wave of protests in Israel as he considered on December 30, 2001 that the integration of Jews in other societies constitutes " a crisis more dangerous than the Holocaust" by Nazis against the Jews.
Israel, Local, 1/1/2002

Spanish truck driver arrested in Morocco with 4 tons of chira
Morocco, Local, 12/31/2001

Israel transfers polluted waters to Jordan
The Israeli authorities have transferred the polluted waters and drainage system of Eilat city, the settlements and the factories on al-Aqaba Gulf to the Jordanian territories and this resulted in polluting large areas of the Jordanian lands and ground-waters in the area.
Jordan-Israel, Environment, 12/31/2001

Moroccan premier receives Iraqi troupe that performed play on life of Moroccan martyr Zerktouni
Moroccan Prime Minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, received Saturday in Rabat, the members of the Iraqi troupe "Fen Wa Tourat" that performed in several Moroccan cities a play on the life of Moroccan martyr Mohamed Zerktouni.
Morocco-Iraq, Culture, 12/31/2001

Islamic culture ministers adopt project to create Islamic satellite tv channel
The third conference of Islamic culture ministers approved at the end of its session on Sunday the project to create an Islamic satellite TV channel.
Regional, Culture, 12/31/2001

Solidarity foundation donates foods, blankets to flood victims
The Mohammed V Solidarity Foundation has donated 550 packages of foodstuffs and 550 blankets to some families victim of the floods that affected the province of Settat, south of Casablanca, last week.
Morocco, Culture, 12/31/2001


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