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International Colloquy on Internet, Human Rights to Be Held May 15-17
An international colloquy will be held in Rabat May 15-17 under the theme "Internet and human rights: challenges and stakes," at the initiative of the ministry of human rights.
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 5/11/2002
King Mohammed deplores Iraqi and Palestinian children sufferings
Morocco's King Mohammed VI deplored in a message to the ongoing UN special general assembly on children, the sufferings of Iraqi and Palestinian children who are living in exceptional circumstances of sanctions and armed conflicts.
Morocco-Regional, Culture, 5/11/2002
Morocco to start selling iron-enriched flour
A new iron-rich flour will be marketed in Morocco shortly, part of a healthcare strategy aiming to eradicate diseases caused by deficiencies of micro-nutriments (vitamin A, iron and iodine).
Morocco, Health, 5/11/2002
Fares Kallas highlights Syrian- British shared musical concerts performed in Syria
The Syrian Ministry of Culture, the British council in Damascus presented musical concerts for theworld wide famous guitarist, Justin Adams, in Damascus and Aleppo. Adams performed for the first time with Syrian musicians. He played during the concerts with Juan Karajouli, the Syrian Oud performer, Muhammad Othman, the Buzok player, the percussionists: Rateb Shammout and Jamala al-Saqqa and the guitarist Tareq Salhiyeh.
Syria-UK, Culture, 5/11/2002
Nobel laureate sends message to US President
Egypt's Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz has sent US President George Bush a message of solidarity with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Egypt-USA, Culture, 5/11/2002
Zionist Christianity is American heresy
Patriarch of Alexandria and Saint Mark Diocese, Pope Shenouda III said the term Zionist Christianity is an American heresy and a by-product of a bizarre environment that has no existence in the Arab world.
Egypt-USA, Religion, 5/11/2002
Sit-in staged in Rabat in solidarity with Palestinian children
A group of Moroccan Ngos activists for children's rights organized on Thursday a sit-in in front of the United Nations Information Bureau Thursday in solidarity with the Palestinian children.
Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 5/11/2002
Fallen Star:The death of actor Ahmed Mazhar
The death of actor Ahmed Mazhar (b. 8 October 1917) early yesterday morning put an end to a rich career that began with his graduation from the Military Academy in 1937.
Egypt, People, 5/11/2002
Saudi forces conclude maneuvers near the Jordanian borders
The Saudi news agency said that some 30,000 Saudi soldiers supported by the air forces concluded on Wednesday the final stage of military maneuvers to the north-west of Saudi Arabia near the coastal city of Sharma which overlooks the Red Sea ( 150 Km from the Jordanian coast).
Saudi Arabia, Military, 5/10/2002
Morocco to host Euro-Mediterranean meeting on child's rights
After she surveyed the progress scored worldwide with regard to improving the indicators related to children's survival and development, such as reducing child mortality rate, eradicating several killer diseases, and increasing children's schooling rate and after she renewed Morocco's unfailing resolve to carry on efforts at the service of childhood issues, she noted however that "during the past decade, a new problematic and worrying phenomena affected large numbers of children, who are threatened by ill-treatment, and by all sorts of odious exploitation, especially economic and sexual exploitation."
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 5/10/2002
Princess Lalla Meryem holds talks; king's presence evidence to interest in children issues
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, chairwoman of the National Observatory of Children's Rights, who is leading the Moroccan delegation to the UN special general assembly on children convened at the UN headquarters May 8-10, held side talks with heads of several delegations to the special session.
Morocco, Culture, 5/10/2002
Tightened security measures in Yemen, an explosion near Bajmal's house
An explosive went off near the house of the Yemeni prime minister Abdul Qader Bajmal without any casualties reported at a time security cooperation continued between the Yemeni and the American authorities.
Yemen, Local, 5/10/2002
Israeli military build up in Shebaa farms
While the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud had stressed that the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab peace initiative states will be held in Beirut, Lebanese security sources announced Israeli moves along the line separating the occupied Lebanese Shebaa farms and the occupied Syrian Golan heights.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/10/2002
Church of Nativity evacuees to leave for Cyprus, Israel prepares incursion in Rafah, attacking Gaza
The Italian News Agency said on Thursday, quoting western diplomatic sources in Rome that the 13 Palestinians who are besieged in the church of nativity in Bethlehem and are considered by Israel as dangerous will leave today evening the Nativity church for Cyprus and from their they will be distributed on several European countries including Canada.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2002
Islamic ministerial conference adopts morocco-proposed global strategy to make islam known
The 7th conference of the ministers of Waqf (endowments) and Islamic affairs of the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), convening in Kuala Lumpur May 6-9, adopted on Tuesday a Morocco-proposed strategy to make Islam known.
Regional, Religion, 5/10/2002
An explosion in a restaurant in north Lebanon
The Lebanese police said on Thursday that an explosion took place earlier in the day in a restaurant belonging to the American franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken in Tripoli, North lebanon and this resulted in its partial destruction and slight wounds for its guard.
Lebanon, Local, 5/10/2002
Drought, Desertification Fighting Observatory to be Set up in Maghreb
A Maghreban drought and desertification fighting observatory will be set up shortly.
Maghreb, Environment, 5/10/2002
The E.U. Gives Morocco $6.5 Mln to Back Anti-Erosion Project
The European Union granted Morocco a US $6.5 Mln donation to support an anti-erosion project in Demnate (Azilal province, in the High Atlas Mountains area).
Morocco-European Union, Environment, 5/10/2002
International Human Rights federation holds seminar in Rabat
The international Human Rights Federation organizes a regional seminar on the theme "cultural diversity and human rights universality," in Rabat this May 9 through 12.
Regional, Culture, 5/9/2002
Mrs Mubarak briefs UN on Egypt's work to boost education for girls
Apart from this, it is concerned with setting up a special fund to finance education for girls throughout the country, organising a large-scale media campaign for encouraging and promoting girls' education and training; and fighting all sorts of sex discrimination. Another aim of the project is to establish modern adult education centres for women and girls nationwide.
Egypt, Education, 5/9/2002
Mrs. Mubarak at UN children's session: Have we lost our conscience?
What took place sows the seeds of fear and hatred in the hearts of the innocent children on both sides. It deprives them of the spirit of tolerance. It creates an atmosphere of hopelessness and uncertainty and it opens wide the doors of violence and extremism. All this has happend while the world's conscience is, for the most part, a mere bystander. And we all ask ourselves have we lost this conscience? Or are there other standards that are being applied in today's world.
Regional-Egypt, Culture, 5/9/2002
Banks and individuals demand Fleifal of $ 64 million
An official source at Bahrain's Monetary establishment "the Central Bank" said that the volume of debts -- on the fleeing military colonel Adel Fleifal -- from several banks working in Bahrain reached 12 million Bahraini dinars ( USD 31 million), according to the Bahraini Gulf news daily in its Wednesday's issue.
Bahrain, Local, 5/9/2002
Netherlands honors its Moroccan, French defenders
Morocco-Netherlands, Local, 5/9/2002
Israel bombards Toulkarem; Arafat orders ban; news of replacing Arafat
Two Israeli warplanes bombarded Toulkarem camp and the Israeli forces invaded al-Arja nearby village which is close to Areiha.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/9/2002
New formula for oral rehydration salts will save lives and reduce illness
The new formula Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS), released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today, will save millions of lives and reduce the severity of illness of those suffering from acute diarrhea
Regional, Health, 5/9/2002
Renowned Egyptian actor dies at 85
Widely reputed Egyptian actor Ahmad Mazhar died on Wednesday at 85 after a long struggle with illness.
Egypt, People, 5/9/2002
International conference on mediterranean forest ecosystem, in Rabat
The scientific event, which opened Monday, aims to assess the research conducted on insects damaging Mediterranean forest trees like cedar, cork oak, Eucalyptus, pine and cypress, and the main cross-country aspects of the Mediterranean ecosystem, such as bio-diversity and the consequences of climate change.
Regional-Morocco, Environment, 5/9/2002
Sahara-Sahel observatory ad-hoc group meets in Rabat
The ad-hoc managers group of the Sahara-Sahel observatory is convening in Rabat to coordinate the stands of member states during the Earth Summit (Rio"10) scheduled to be held next August 26-September 4 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Regional, Environment, 5/9/2002
Mrs. Mubarak addresses UN session on Childhood Thursday
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, and her accompanying delegation left Cairo on Monday for New York to take part in the UN General Assembly special session on childhood, due to kick start on Wednesday at the UN premises in New York.
Egypt, Culture, 5/8/2002
Princess Lalla Meriem to attend UN special session on children
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, chairwoman of the National Observatory of Children's Rights, headed to New York this Tuesday to represent King Mohammed VI at the UN special general assembly on children meeting this May 8-10.
Morocco, Culture, 5/8/2002
Morocco, an example in fight against child labor, ILO
Morocco is making substantial efforts to reduce child labor and is, as such, an example in the Arab states, said on Monday Malak Benchekroun, from the Rabat's office of the International Labor Office.
Morocco, Culture, 5/8/2002
Israel freezes Bethlehem agreement for lack a host for the expelled Palestinians
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army said on Tuesday that the implementation of the agreement concerning lifting the siege from the church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is frozen because there is no country which is ready to accept "the Palestinian fighters who are expelled."
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2002
Martyrdom operation kills 15 Israelis, wounded 57, Sharon cuts visit to US
Some 15 Israelis were killed and other 57 wounded in a "martyrdom operation" which took place on Tuesday evening in a play hall in Reishoun Litzioun city to the south of Tel Aviv.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2002
Lebanese resistance clash with the Israeli forces
The Lebanese national resistance has announced that its fighters clashed on Tuesday with Israeli soldiers through the borders by machine guns fire.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/8/2002
UN suspends activities in Makadishu
The UN in Nairobi has announced the suspension of all its activities in Makadishu as from Tuesday because of kidnapping one Somali employee working in one of its agencies since April 28th.
Somalia, Local, 5/8/2002
Morocco to present to OIC meeting global strategy to make Islam known
Morocco will present to the 7th conference of the ministers of Waqf (endowments) and Islamic affairs of the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), convening in Kuala Lumpur May 6-9, a study "on a comprehensive strategy to make Islam known."
Regional-Morocco, Religion, 5/8/2002
Oldest skeleton in north East Africa in Qena
A Belgian University expedition unearthed a skeleton in a trench 2.5 kms away from Dendara, Qena in Upper Egypt.
Egypt, Local, 5/8/2002
Belgian kills two members of Moroccan family, injures kids
A Belgian man killed his Moroccan neighbors, a Moroccan couple, and injured two of their children in the locality of Scharbeek, in Brussels.
Morocco-Belgium, Local, 5/8/2002
Four Palestinians from Hamas, the Islamic Jihad killed in Gaza
Palestinian sources said on Monday that four Palestinians were killed on Monday at dawn in Gaza including two members of the Islamic Jihad movement while the other two belong to the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas).
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/7/2002
Czech to provide Saudi Arabia with weapons
A high ranking source at the Czech ministry of defense has announced that the Czech will export special military technology to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia-Czech Republic, Military, 5/7/2002
Israel continues air violations of south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that three Israeli planes flew in the space of the Lebanese capital at an intermediate altitude and carried out mock and provocative raids.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/7/2002
Marrakesh hosts Arab regional office of world poetry assembly
The Arab regional office of the World Poetry Assembly will be officially dedicated this May 11 in Marrakesh, in accordance with a decision made last June 22-23 in the academy constituent assembly.
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 5/7/2002
Morocco's El Aynaoui grabs Munich tennis tournament
Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui on Sunday grabbed the Munich tennis tournament, an ATP clay event endowed with a US$ 381,000 cash prize.
Morocco, Sports, 5/7/2002
Daqahlia governorate Delta Bride
Daqahlia governorate lies in the Nile Delta. It covers far-stretching area extending from Damietta in the east to the Mediterranean Sea and Manzala lake in the north, Gharbia and Kafr El- Sheikh in the west and Sharkia in the south. It has a total area of 3459 sq/km , and a population of 4.226 millions. It comprises 13 central towns, 17 towns and 445 small villages and hamlets.
Egypt, Local, 5/7/2002
Bahrain chases after an escaped naval officer
The Kingdom of Bahrain has asked the Interpol ( International Police) to help in chasing an officer at the Bahraini ministery of the interior who fled from the country just after the beginning of an investigation into his financial records.
Bahrain, Local, 5/6/2002
Syria participates in UN General Assembly session on Children
To improve the situation in the Arab states, Alami said, "we need to put the children at the center of our priorities because children are the future of this nation and only with the children we can introduce changes and make development sustainable. The best investment the Arab countries can do is investing in children because this is something under our control within our capacities to reproduce our society and to orient our future according to the national objectives and aspirations."
Regional-Syria, Culture, 5/6/2002
Collaborative e-learning strategies for Gulf, university conference
The College of Information Technology (CIT) at the United Arab Emirates University announced yesterday that it is organizing the two-day International E-Learning Symposium
United Arab Emirates, Education, 5/6/2002
Israeli continues violations of the Lebanese airspace
The Israeli warplanes on Sunday renewed its violations of the Lebanese airspace over vast areas of south Lebanon at intermediate altitude and carried out mock raids.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/6/2002
Iraq restores back stolen artifacts
Iraq on Sunday restored back two ancient monuments stolen 10 years ago to England, from Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Local, 5/6/2002
Pyramid five-millennium old
Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni said a pyramid was unearthed next to Gedef RA, son of Khufu, in Abu Rawash, Giza.
Egypt, History, 5/6/2002
FIFA rejects Arab request
The chairman of the International Federation of the Football ( FIFA) on Friday in Zurich refused any measure to punish Israel, as several Arab states had asked for the suspension of Israel's participation at the international football competitions following the brutal Israeli attack against the West Bank by the end of March.
Regional-Israel, Sports, 5/6/2002
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