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1185 sunk in Egyptian ferry disaster
The report said "Most victims were families of the Egyptian workers in Saudi Arabia and were returning to Egypt following the end of the midyear vacation. Some 117 foreigners who were on board the ferry, were among the victims, according to latest reports. Initial reports confirmed the survival of 376
Egypt, Local, 2/4/2006

Israel, Hizbullah exchange bombardment in Shebaa farms
News reports in Beirut said that the Israeli forces started artillery bombardment of Kafer Shouba village and the neighboring villages after Hizbullah fighters fired one missile at a site for the Israeli occupation army in Shebaa farms.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/4/2006

Yemen: 23 al-Qaida suspects flee prison
The Yemeni official "26 September net" said on Friday that some 23 persons accused of being members in al-Qaida organization carried out a collective escape from their prison in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
Yemen, Local, 2/4/2006

Two American, British soldiers killed in Iraq
Iraq, Military, 2/4/2006

Six American soldiers killed in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Military, 2/4/2006

Two booby trapped cars in Iraq; ministry director kidnapped
The statement did not say if the killed persons was from the Mahdi army supporters, which called on the Iraqi government, the elected political blocs and liberals in Iraq and the world to "condemn this terrorist coward barbarian terrorist act."
Iraq, Military, 2/3/2006

Continued American losses in Iraq
The US army announced that five of its soldiers were killed in three different attacks on Thursday in Baghdad and Falluja.
Iraq-USA, Military, 2/3/2006

Israeli reconnaissance plane violates Lebanese airspaces
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/3/2006

Syria and EU to develop studies at intermediate educational institutes
Recommendations of the Intermediate Institutes' Development Conference on Thursday called on the European Commission in Syria to present additional experiments to boost the development process in Syrian intermediate educational institutes as well as execute those experiments directly in selected institutes.
Syria-European Union, Education, 2/3/2006

Al-Assad receives Arab-French Nida Association delegation
Syria-France, Political Meeting, 2/3/2006

Explosion targets Lebanese army
Security sources said that one bomb went off near a barrack for the Lebanese army in Beirut today at dawn during which one car was destroyed but no casualties were reported.
Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 2/2/2006

Tightened security measures in Karbala
In Karbala to the south of Baghdad, the authorities tightened security measures and some 8,000 police men and soldiers were deployed at a time when the Shiite started to gather to celebrate the religious Ashoura day.
Iraq, Military, 2/1/2006

15 bodies found in Baghdad
A source in the Iraqi police said that some 15 bodies were found in Baghdad bearing the traces of torture and killed by bullets.
Iraq, Military, 2/1/2006

Al-Assad receives chief of Russian general staff
Syria-Russia, Political Meeting, 2/1/2006

NGO woman kidnapped in Iraq
Also concerning the file of hostages in Iraq, several members of Hamas, which won the Palestinian legislative elections, called on the kidnappers to release the four members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq.
Iraq, Local, 1/31/2006

Seven Iraqis killed, tight security on Ashoura anniversary
Explosions and attacks continued in Iraq in recent hours, with the last of which resulted in the killing of one Iraqi policeman in a bomb explosions that targeted a police vehicle on the main road to the west of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/31/2006

Pharaonic statutes found in Luxor
Egypt's "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said on Monday that two statues of Sakhmet, the goddess of war, and the head of a member of the royal family, along with a head of a royal family member with Nubian features were found at the temple of Amenhotep III on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor."
Egypt, Local, 1/31/2006

Islamic cultures festival opens in Britain
Regional-UK, Culture, 1/30/2006

Jordanian parliament calls for Danish cartoonists to be punished
Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the Jordanian parliament's call on this week for the punishment of the cartoonist who drew 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that appeared in the Danish daily "Jyllands-Posten" on 30 September 2005 and were reprinted in the Norwegian publication "Magazinet" on 10 January.
Regional, Religion, 1/30/2006

Syrian official source condemns caricature in Danish papers
Syria was shocked by the caricature which was published by one of the Danish newspapers that constitutes a big offense to the Arab prophet Mohammed, Syrian official source at Foreign Ministry announced Sunday.
Regional-Denmark, Religion, 1/30/2006

Acts of killing continued in Iraq; US newsman injured
On the other hand, the anchor at the American ABC newsman Bob Woodruff and his photographer were strongly injured in a bomb explosion north of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/30/2006

Scores of Iraqis, two American soldiers were killed in various attacks in Iraq
In a statement, the American army in Iraq announced the killing of two American soldiers on Sunday in a bomb explosion placed on the roadside on one of the roads in Baghdad, at a time when the country witnessed a bloody Sunday
Iraq, Military, 1/30/2006

US Iraq envoy condemns attacks near churches
Iraq-UN, Military, 1/30/2006


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