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A state of alert in Iraq
The rough security measures taken by the Iraqi government resulted in evacuating the streets in cities and highways in various parts of Iraq on the wake of the referendum on the constitutions which the gunmen vowed to obstruct.
Iraq, Military, 10/15/2005

Baghdad, Basra are without electricity
Just hours before the referendum on the constitution, electricity in Baghdad and Basra were exposed to two attacks that resulted in depriving the two cities from electricity.
Iraq, Military, 10/15/2005

al-Thawra: Sufism Shaamis forum underlines national unity in Syria
He noted that according to a recommendation of late Pope John Paul II, Christians in Syria are sharing the fasting month of Ramadan in one day fasting that is scheduled to be on October 16 this year.
Syria, Religion, 10/15/2005

Kidnapping of Lebanese plane over debt issue
A Middle East passengers plane was detained at Istanbul International Airport before departing to Lebanon due to government debt to a German company.
Lebanon, Local, 10/15/2005

Syria's mufti underlines dialogue and understanding significance
Syria's Grand Mufti underlined on Wednesday the "importance of dialogue and understanding as well the spread of peace and amity culture instead of fanaticism .. and the conflict of civilization."
Syria, Religion, 10/13/2005

30 Iraqis killed in Tel-Afer
Some 30 persons were killed and other 25 injured when a suicide bomber blew up himself amid a gathering outside the recruitment headquarters in the lines of the army and the police north of Tel-Afer city.
Iraq, Military, 10/13/2005

Syria continued care for population issues
The report calls to mount investments in women's education, provide job opportunities, protect human rights and provide reproductive health services. It also urges to prevent millions of peoples from poverty
Syria, Local, 10/13/2005

Two foreign journalists briefly abducted in Gaza
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction of a US journalist and a British colleague who were held for several hours and released unharmed on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip. The abductions are part of an alarming spate of kidnappings of foreign journalists in Gaza, CPJ research shows.
Palestine, Local, 10/13/2005

Syrian human aids arrives in Islamabad
Syria-Pakistan, Local, 10/13/2005

Syria adopts new procedures to prevent bird flu
Syria, Local, 10/13/2005

More killings in Iraq by two booby trapped cars
Scores of Iraqis were killed or injured including several soldiers in two booby trapped car explosions. One of the two booby trapped cars targeted a crowded market in Tel-Afer city northwest of Iraq, while the second targeted Iraqi soldiers near the defense ministry in Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 10/12/2005

Syria to step up combating money laundering and terror financing
Governor of the Central Bank of Syria called on Tuesday all concerned parties to implement the legislative decree related to fight money laundering and financing terror in Syria, saying that these two phenomena are posing as a "dangerous plague."
Syria, Local, 10/12/2005

Armed group kills two in east Algeria
One armed group killed two persons, one of them is a military man, on Monday evening in Skikda east of the capital Algiers, just several days after the Algerians approved a charter for peace and reconciliation.
Algeria, Local, 10/12/2005

Tuhutmos, Hatshepsut tour USA
Five artifacts from the Cairo Museum, including a statue of king Tuhutmos III, known as the greatest warrior of Egypt and another statue for Hatshepsut left Cairo on Monday for Chicago on a four-month US tour.
Egypt, Local, 10/12/2005

Efficient and fair courts for the public are required from judges, Syrian minister
Minister of Justice Mohammad al- Ghufari said Monday that Syria is determined to go ahead in the process of judicial reform, calling for doubling efforts to have cases presented to the courts system to be resolved in a speedy manner.
Syria, Judicial, 10/11/2005

Four policemen killed in Baghdad, US consulate bombarded
The American consulate in al-Hella, south of Baghdad, was bombarded by mortars fire on Monday morning, but no casualties were reported, according to the Iraqi police and the American embassy.
Iraq, Military, 10/11/2005

Project to draw river euphrates water to Palmyra next year
Syria, Local, 10/11/2005

12 Iraqis, US soldier killed in Iraq
One American marine was killed in a bomb explosion in al-Ramadi city west of the capital Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 10/10/2005

Damascus old souqs signify special ancient trade experience
Each khan was specialized both in terms of the commodity traded and the nature of the visitor, whether foreign merchants or a traveling caravan.
Syria, Culture, 10/10/2005

Egypt demands Qatar hand Qatari accused of death of 5 Egyptians
The Egyptian attorney general Maher Abdul Wahid on Sunday announced that Egypt asked Qatar to hand it over one of its citizens over accusations addressed to him of being behind a car accident on September 23 at Cairo International airport highway that resulted in killing five persons and injuring other 10, following a car race with one young Egyptian.
Egypt-Qatar, Local, 10/10/2005

Israel kills three young men in Gaza
Palestine-Israel, Military, 10/10/2005


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