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Bethlehem, birth place of Christ, suffers Israeli occupation
Batarseh was reported saying that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land is the sole obstacle to peace and the major cause of instability in our region.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2005
Objection increase to results of Iraqi elections
The representatives of 35 Iraqi groups representing Sunni, Shiite and secular trends decided to form a joint operations chamber to demand the international community reconsider the results of the recent legislative elections and carry out new elections.
Iraq, Politics, 12/24/2005
Chad describes President Bashir as an enemy
The tense situation between Sudan and Chad has witnessed grave escalation on the background of Chad's accusations against Sudan of arming rebels who launched attacks against the border Chad city of Adri at the beginning of the week at a time when the African Union is making efforts in Sudan with the aim to contain the crisis between the two countries.
Sudan-Chad, Politics, 12/24/2005
Sfeir efforts to bridge rift in Siniora government
Two delegations, one representing the parliamentary majority in the Lebanese parliament and the other the Lebanese Hizbullah party held talks with the Maronite Patriarch Nasrullah Sfeir.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/24/2005
Amnesty seeks fair procedures for US professor Sami Al-Arian
Amnesty International said this week that it notes the recent acquittal by a jury of the most serious of terrorism-related charges against former Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, and urges fair procedures in the resolution of outstanding charges against him, on which the jury deadlocked.
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/24/2005
Khalilzad on Iraqi development; Pressure on Syria and Iran continues
Khalilzad: We have recalibrated our reconstruction program to emphasize smaller projects reflecting the priorities of local communities and relying on Iraqi companies and workers to implement projects
Iraq-Regional-USA, Politics, 12/24/2005
Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory
Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; 150 olive trees were cut and at least 120 donums of agricultural land were razed in the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2005
Palestinian outpost to protect Palestinian property removed by Israeli occupation
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently evacuated legal Palestinian outpost established in the West Bank village of Bil'in to protest the construction of the seperation wall on their land and arrested a number of citizens and peace activists, the International Solidarity Movement said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2005
Palestinian prime minister drops out of elections
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/24/2005
Mubarak, Chirac discuss Lebanon, Syria
Egypt-France, Politics, 12/24/2005
Bulgaria agrees with Libya on fund for compensate AIDS children
The Bulgarian government has announced reaching an agreement with Libya to establish a special fund for helping the families of the AIDS infected Libyan children, in what seems to be an introduction for a comprehensive settlement for the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor case, who are sentenced to death in a case where they are accused of infecting these children with AIDS.
Libya-Bulgaria, Politics, 12/24/2005
Haaretz: Two Palestinian policemen wounded by Hamas gunfire
Palestine, Politics, 12/24/2005
Muslim Brothers case to be sentenced by the end of January 2006
Libya, Politics, 12/23/2005
Political tension in Iraq, call for unity government
Reactions continued in Iraq regarding the rejection expressed by the Iraqi political forces to the announced partial results of the legislative elections which took place last week in Iraq, and according to which the Shiite coalition seems to have received the greater majority, while the Iraqi Tawafuq Sunni list came second.
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2005
Mrs. Mubarak: We respect human rights of all Egyptians
Egypt, Politics, 12/23/2005
Continued split inside the Lebanese government
Concerning the differences inside the Lebanese government, chairman of the Hizbullah bloc in the Lebanese parliament, Muhammad Raad, said that the ministers who represent his party and the Amal Movement will continue their boycott of the sessions of the Cabinet.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/23/2005
Junblat accuses Damascus of terrorism
The Lebanese Druze leader Walid Junblat escalated his campaign started by his bloc and the Lebanese parliamentary majority on Thursday against the mission carried out by the secretary general of the Arab League Amr moussa since December 14, calling on him to go to Damascus instead of Lebanon, in order to stop what Junblat called the political killing practiced by Syria in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/23/2005
Junblat political bloc criticizes AL chief mission in Lebanon
The bloc of the Druz leader Walid Junblat strongly criticized the mission carried out by the secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa in Lebanon, and warned against what it called attempts to hide the facts.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/23/2005
UN criticizes Israel's exploitation of occupied lands in Palestine, the Golan
The UN General Assembly on Thursday demanded Israel in a resolution under the title "permanent supremacy for the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem and to the Arab people in the occupied Syrian Golan heights over their natural resources," to stop exploiting natural resources in the whole occupied Palestinian lands and in the occupied Golan Heights, in disposing of these resources and endangering them.
Israel-UN, Politics, 12/23/2005
Saddam on Washington and lying
The toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday accused during his trial the American administration of lying when it denied that he was beaten "the same way the US lied over Iraq's owning mass destruction weapons."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Saddam engages his accusers with questions
The special court in the trial of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven of his companions listened yesterday to a new group of witnesses in the 7th session concerning the case of killing 148 persons in the Dajil city.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Iran adamant on full and complete rights to nuclear development: Khatami
Tehran's substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ahmad Khatami said today the Iranian nation will defend its inalienable nuclear rights to last drop of its blood.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 12/23/2005
US Congress bans inhuman treatment of detainees
The US Congress yesterday approved a law outlawing the use of torture, or cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees being held by the US military and civilian federal agencies
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Pentagon still investigation its interference in Iraq press
US Marine Lieutenant General James Conway, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that there are no results yet from the investigation it is carrying into Pentagon interference with the Iraq press.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
American forces to reduce two contingents in Iraq
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced that his country decided to reduce the number of its forces in Iraq by two contingents, at a time when it will reinforce the number of forces training the Iraqi army.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2005
Rumsfeld, Blair in unannounced visits to Iraq
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad coming from Afghanistan in an unannounced visit aiming to meet the American forces in Iraq and Iraqi officials.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/23/2005
Fatah said to run united in Palestinian elections
Egypt's Minister Omar Suleiman has managed at his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah to narrow the gap of disagreements inside Fatah Movement, Palestinian sources said yesterday.
Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 12/23/2005
Israeli begins reparations to Palestinians in Gaza
With a $25 million grant to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Israeli government made its first donation to a UN agency that will give the Palestinian territories an economic boost following Israel's withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2005
Annan agrees to extend Oil-for-Food committee to follow-up on findings
Iraq-UN, Politics, 12/23/2005
Mubarak says he supports freedom of expression
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak stressed yesterday "the importance of freedom of opinion, thought and expression,"
Egypt, Politics, 12/22/2005
Saddam claims US tortured him
The 6th trial session of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and several officials from the former regime was suspended on Wednesday on the ground it will be resumed today
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/22/2005
Siniora pledges to improve relations with Syria Lebanese
The people who have committed the crime should be punished, not Syria and its people, Siniora added.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/22/2005
Syria criticizes Junblat describing him of a small crock
A Syria daily has strongly criticized the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Junblat and described him as one of the "small crocks."
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 12/22/2005
Arab efforts to contain the Syrian- Lebanese crisis
In Cairo, the secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa said that the AL is moving in an attempt to contain the crisis in the Syrian- Lebanese relations.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 12/22/2005
Saudi Arabia to spend $17 billion on war planes
Saudi Arabia said it expects to complete a deal for buying modern military planes from Britain, shortly.
Saudi Arabia-UK, Politics, 12/22/2005
Syrian view on hostile regional policies it is facing
Satayhi said in a political analysis before Damascus Party Branch on the current regional and international situations that "pressure put on Syria is the fiercest ever in terms of the agenda outlined by some great powers which seek to sketch a certain role for each Arab state in a way that matches up to that hostile agenda."
Syria-Regional-USA, Politics, 12/22/2005
Syria - Iran facing common pressure, officials say
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stressed Iran's right to gain access to peaceful nuclear technology in accordance with international laws and regulations, while meeting with visiting Iranian Vice-President Hussein Dehghan on Wednesday, and praise Iran's efforts in the political arena to safeguard the interests of regional countries.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 12/22/2005
Partial Syrian government reshuffle expected
A partial government reshuffle will take place in the next few days in Syria that will include seven to eight ministers, according to an official source on Tuesday.
Syria, Politics, 12/22/2005
Egypt, Israel discuss Palestinian elections; Hamas lead
Egypt reported that "Minister Omar Soliman met Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on the Palestinian legislative elections due to be held next month and on the Israeli escalation in the Palestinian territories. The meeting took place on Wednesday December 21, 2005 in Tel Aviv."
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/22/2005
Lebanon denies US requested plane hijacker
The Lebanese minister of justice denied that his country had received any request from the US to hand over Muhammad Ali Hammadeh, a member in the Hizbullah party, who took part in the high-jacking of an American plane.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 12/22/2005
Shiite progress in the Iraqi elections
Preliminary results of the Iraqi elections showed advancement of the United Iraqi Coalition which is led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and supported by the Shiite religious figure Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani in ten governorates
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Iraqi Sunni disapprove elections partial results
The Sunni forces in Iraq disapproved the partial results of the parliamentary elections which took place last week and showed progress of the Shiite United Iraqi Coalition, describing it as false and as "playing with fire."
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Al-Assad, Mubarak discussed relations between Syria, Lebanon
The issue of the Syrian- Lebanon relations overwhelmed the talks the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held in Cairo yesterday with his Egyptian peer Hosni Mubarak.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 12/21/2005
Inter- Lebanese differences continue
The pace of differences between the Lebanese government, on the one hand, and each of the Hizbullah party and the Free National Trend led by Michel Aawn, on the other.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/21/2005
Fears Jordan's new intelligence director will obstruct political reform
The Jordanian King Abdullah II appointed a new director for the intelligence departments in the framework of security changes taking place in the Kingdom following the occurrence of three suicide attacks in November that resulted in the death of more than 60 persons.
Jordan, Politics, 12/21/2005
Jordan refuses to receive released former Iraqi officials
Al-Jazeera satellite TV quoted a Jordanian official source saying that Amman refused to receive the former Iraqi officials who were released by the American forces on Monday.
Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
Iran rules out preconditions in nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today there can be no pre-conditions to Iran entering into nuclear talks with the European countries, adding that Iran's stand has been well defined, IRNA reported.
Iran-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
Ismael: we try to contain Lebanese Syrian tension by Arab means
Mustafa Othman Ismael, the advisor of the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, said following a meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Tuesday that Khartoum is moving within an Arab framework to contain the tension in the Lebanese- Syrian relations.
Sudan-Regional, Politics, 12/21/2005
Nueimi receives death threats for defending Saddam Hussein
Najib al-Nueimi, Qatar's former minister of justice and one of the defense lawyers of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, said that he has been harassed and threatened to be killed by some workers at Baghdad airport upon his arrival to take part in the trial session which will be resumed today.
Iraq, Politics, 12/21/2005
US National Security Advisor Hadley views on the Iraq war
US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says broad agreement is emerging between President Bush and his domestic critics about how to deal with the Iraq war.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/21/2005
EU's Solana: 1,000 people a day use Gaza border crossing
A senior European diplomat says more than 1,000 people a day are now traveling between Egypt and the Palestinian Territories using the historic border crossing negotiated in November by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
Annan condemns Darfur village vicious attack
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned what he called a vicious attack on a village in West Darfur, Sudan yesterday, in which 20 people, including women and children, are reported to have been murdered by several hundred militia who also burned huts and looted livestock.
Sudan, Politics, 12/21/2005
Journalist arrested briefly for writing about mustaches
Reporters Without Borders said freelance journalist V. M. Sathish's passport that was confiscated when he was briefly arrested in Dubai on 13 December 2005 for allegedly libeling a jewelry chain by reporting that it ordered its employees to shave off their beards and mustaches.
United Arab Emirates, Politics, 12/21/2005
Algeria evacuates 556 African immigrants
The Algerian foreign minister Muhammad Bajawi said that his country evacuated 556 south Sahara African immigrants "in the framework of the efforts made by the country to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to Europe."
Algeria-European Union, Politics, 12/21/2005
Lahoud calls Lebanese parties to open dialogue
Lebanon, Politics, 12/21/2005
OIC warns against putting pressures on Syria
Syria-Regional, Politics, 12/21/2005
Zalmay Khalilzad criticizes Iraqi interior minister
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/21/2005
Cheney cuts Middle East tour, back home
Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/21/2005
American army releases senior former Iraqi officials
In a remarkable development, Iraqi sources said that the American army released 24 to 25 senior former Iraqi officials, noting that among the released were Huda Salewh Mahdi Ammash, member of the dissolved Baath Party regional leadership, former higher education minister Humam Abdul Haleq and former minister of transport Ahmad Murtada.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/20/2005
Al-Assad is in Cairo today
A source in the Egyptian presidency said on Monday that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit Cairo today to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak dealing with relations between Syria and the west, and the tension between Damascus and Beirut.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 12/20/2005
Mubarak proposes political program before the new parliament
The Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, on Monday delivered a speech before the parliament in which he presented the program of the ruling national party following the legislative elections which were held recently in the country where the national party won the majority of the seats.
Egypt, Politics, 12/20/2005
Six Saudi women nominated for chamber of commerce
Sources at the Industrial Chamber Of Commerce in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia said on Monday that six Saudi business women nominated themselves to the membership of the chamber of commerce besides other 47 men competing for 12 seats.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/20/2005
Conference on democracy, human rights in the Arab states
An international conference on democracy and human rights in the Arab states opened in Egypt on Monday, a government report noted.
Regional-Egypt, Politics, 12/20/2005
Gulf leaders summit concludes
The 26th ordinary summit of the Gulf Cooperation council GCC member states was concluded in the United Arab Emirates on Monday after approving several recommendations pertinent to internal issues and Arab, regional and international issues and a call for the international community to free the region from mass destruction weapons.
Gulf-Regional, Politics, 12/20/2005
Gulf leaders calls for freeing the area from WMD
In a press conference held in conclusion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, the United Arab Emirates UAE foreign minister expressed his hope that work progress in the council to be more speedy and assured in order to meet the ambitions of peoples of the region.
Gulf-Regional, Politics, 12/20/2005
Lebanese army leadership denies Junblat accusation
Lebanese army leadership denied accusation made by the Druze leader and parliamentarian Walid Junblat against the chairman of the Syrian intelligence Asef Shawkat of threatening the leader of the Lebanese army Maj. Gen. Michael Suleiman over his decision to close the military line at the Syrian- Lebanese border.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/20/2005
Syrian information minister lectures on campaign against his country
Syria's Minister of Information, Mahdi Dakhlallah, said that Syria is the first country in the world to come under a malicious and misleading media war following massive development in all forms of media.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 12/20/2005
Sudan, Somali refugee protests in Yemen and Egypt
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern over concurrent protests over living conditions, resettlement and other issues by Somali refugees in Yemen that turned violent leaving one person dead, and Sudanese refugees in Egypt where conditions at a sit-in are rapidly deteriorating.
Regional, Politics, 12/20/2005
Bush hopes Iraqi democracy will inspire neighbors
Bush: Last night I addressed the nation about our strategy for victory in Iraq, and the historic elections that took place in the country last week. In a nation that once lived by the whims of a brutal dictator, the Iraqi people now enjoy constitutionally protected freedoms, and their leaders now derive their powers from the consent of the government. Millions of Iraqis are looking forward to a future with hope and optimism.
Regional-USA, Politics, 12/20/2005
1.25 million children beyond reach of aid in Sudan's Darfur
Every day more than 3 million children are affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, threatened by malnutrition, illness and violence, with 1.25 million of them beyond the reach of help because of insecurity, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today in a new report.
Sudan, Politics, 12/20/2005
Expectations for the Iraqi elections results
While the Iraqi street is waiting for the results of the parliamentary elections and the shape of the new government which will be result, members of the competing lists continued to provide preliminary results saying their lists to be winners.
Iraq, Politics, 12/19/2005
Gulf summit and the internal agenda
The the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 26th ordinary summit which was opened in Abu Dhabi on Sunday will consider several internal issues, especially extending work in the interim phase of the Customs Union and the electricity and water grid projects among the member states and the timetable program for the monetary Union.
Gulf, Politics, 12/19/2005
Gulf summit and Iraq and Iran
Works of the 26th annual ordinary summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) which is hosted by the United Arab Emirates for two days, opened in Abu Dhabi in the presence of the six Guldf states leaders.
Gulf-Regional, Politics, 12/19/2005
Inter- Lebanese governmental crisis
The Lebanese government is finding difficulties to preserve its unity since the assassination of the Lebanese journalist and parliamentarian Jubran Tweini on December 12.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/19/2005
King Abdullah to Saudi women: be patient, patient and patient
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday addressed Saudi women who were taking part in the fifth session of the national dialogue conference by saying "I wish you success and ask you to be patient, patient and patient," appealing them "of asking for what is possible," stressing that national dialogue is continuous.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/19/2005
Lebanon closes the military line with Syria
The Lebanese authorities said it will close indefinitely the military road line between Lebanon and Syria which was used in the past to transport officials and senior figures between the two states prior to the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/19/2005
Al-Sharq al-Awsat: UN investigator sees link between various Lebanese assassinations
The top UN investigator into the killing of Lebanon's prime minister said that there seems to be a link between the different assassinations that tokk place in Lebanon in recent times.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 12/19/2005
Iran - EU nuclear talks to resume
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on the country's peaceful application of nuclear technology, said I ran would seek a win-win startegy in talks with the Europeans on the nuclear issue, and would continue these talks if they are fruitfull, affirming that the Iranians are determined to seriously continue the uranium enrichment process
Iran-European Union, Politics, 12/19/2005
Iran said the problem of the Abu Moussa islands can be solved bilaterally
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said on Monday that statement of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) included repetitive claim about three disputed Islands in the Persian Gulf, which are claimed by the United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates-Iran, Politics, 12/19/2005
Intensive attacks in Iraq coincide with Cheney's visit
Iraqi medical sources said that 17 citizens most of whom are from the police were killed in various incidents. The sources added that among the killed persons is Khuder al-Hamadani, the leading figure in the Kurdistani National Union party.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/19/2005
Israel jails Palestinian candidate ahead of elections
The Israeli occupation's prison authorities have sent an imprisoned Palestinian candidate for next month's legislative elections to solitary imprisonment near Ramleh, according to the candidate's relatives
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/19/2005
Solana looms to stop aid if Hamas wins elections
The Higher Coordinator Of The Foreign Policy And Defense Affairs for the European Union, Javier Solana, indicated the European Union may stop aid to the Palestinian authority if Hamas ( the Palestinian national resistance movement) wins the next legislative elections.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 12/19/2005
Sharon hospitalized loosing consciousness
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was admitted speedily to a hospital on Sunday evening after loosing consciousness.
Israel, Politics, 12/19/2005
Egypt asks for anti-terror strategy
Egypt's Minister of Insurance and Social Affairs, Amina El Guindi, urged Arab countries to adopt a unified and clear anti-terror strategy.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/19/2005
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