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The Khartoum Arab Summit declaration
The conclusion of the 18th Arab summit in Khartoum, Sudan, was marked by the Khartoum declaration which has mainly concentrated on stressing the Arab peace initiative and commended the transparent democratic elections in Palestine and the call to honor the choices of the Palestinian people and backing the attempts of the Palestinian people to preserve Palestinian unity.
Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Qathafi: Arab states side with the enemy
The Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi interrupted the open session on Wednesday after he on Tuesday interrupted and boycotted the close door meeting calling for an open session. He said " there is no consensus because Arab countries chose to be positioned with the enemy."
Regional-Libya, Politics, 3/30/2006
Excerpts from Khartoum Declaration
The just-concluded Arab Summit on Wednesday adopted the Khartoum Declaration in which the Arab leaders stressed that a just and comprehensive peace in the region cannot be established except with total Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan till June 4th 1967.
Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Al-Assad's interview with PBS: Syria's position is very clear
Al-Assad: If you talk about minority or majority, I don't have a clue. But there is a big difference between Saddam being gone and my country being occupied. So there is no sense of linking the two things together. If we say Saddam has gone because he is a dictator. So what? He killed hundreds of thousands. But how many did this war kill? Nearly two hundred thousand
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Lahoud and Sinioura exchanged sharp words at Arab summit
During Tuesday's session of the Arab summit, a row took place between the Lebanese president Emil Lahoud and the prime minister Fouad Sinioura over a paragraph in the Arab draft resolution concerning Lebanon which calls for unlimited support for the activity of Hizbullah for resistance in south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Arab summit rejects US sanctions on Syria
The 18th Arab Summit issued on Wednesday underlined rejection of unilateral US sanctions on Syria and assert Syria's right to restore the occupied Golan
Syria-Regional-USA, Politics, 3/30/2006
Arab leaders underline importance of Arab solidarity
President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon said Wednesday that his country, which has been aspiring for the support of its brothers and friends in peace and war, has confidence that the current reconciliation process will find an Arab support beginning from its neighbor Syria who always stood by Lebanon.
Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Arab Summit renews support of Arab Peace Initiative
The Arab summit renewed on Wednesday that peace cannot be realized in the Middle East without Israel's full withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories until June 4th, 1967 including the occupied Golan and what remained of south Lebanon.
Regional, Politics, 3/30/2006
Arab Summit rejects Olmert's plan to demarcate the Israeli borders
One of the main resolutions taken by the Arab leaders in their summit was their rejection of the plan of the leader of the Kadima party leader, the Israeli acting prime minister Ehud Olmert, to demarcate Israel's borders unilaterally.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 3/30/2006
UN Security Council non-binding statement on Iran nuclear issue
Iran-UN, Politics, 3/30/2006
Al-Jazeera: Sudan renews rejection for UN forces in Darfur
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir renewed his country's rejection for the deployment of UN forces in Darfur district, west of the country instead of the African forces which assume peace keeping in the region and considered the American pressure to that end part of Washington's plans against Sudan.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 3/30/2006
As-Safir: Syrian FM warns against Lebanon troops on Israel border
Syria's foreign minister has counseled Lebanon against any decision to deploy its troops along the border with Israel, saying that could spark clashes that he suggested Lebanon might not win.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/30/2006
Bush on democracy and Iraq
Bush: many Americans are asking legitimate questions: Why are Iraqis so divided? And did America cause the instability by removing Saddam Hussein from power?
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/30/2006
Center left dominates as Israeli Kadima wins
The Israeli acting prime minister Ehud Olmert announced winning of the Israeli parliamentary elections, after opinion polls put his party Kadima in the forefront followed by the Labor party amid a great decrease for the Likud party.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/30/2006
Saudi Arabia detains 40 suspects, seizes explosives in Abqiq
Saudi Arabia's authorities detained 40 suspects in various parts of the kingdom and seized large amounts of explosives and weapons in the oil Abqiq complex.
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/30/2006
US government report on Yemen's human rights
Yemen, Politics, 3/30/2006
Jailed Syrian human rights activist freed
Syria, Politics, 3/30/2006
UN Security Council non-binding resolution on Iran nuclear issue
Iran, Politics, 3/30/2006
Ten Arab leaders absent from Arab summit
Arab leaders participants in the 18th Arab summit arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, amid expectations of the absence of ten Arab leaders from attending this summit which will start deliberations today, Tuesday.
Regional, Politics, 3/28/2006
Mubarak seeks implementation of election promises
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said that he has instructed the government to draw up timetables for carrying out his electoral platform over the next six years.
Egypt, Politics, 3/28/2006
Inter- Lebanese session closed without resolving Presidency issue
The speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri announced the postponement of the dialogue sessions until next Monday, noting that the session which was held on Monday did not reach a result concerning the unresolved difference of views regarding the issue of President Emile Lahoud and his stay in office.
Lebanon, Politics, 3/28/2006
Al-Assad: USA will sink in Iraq swamp
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he cautioned American lawmakers and officials before the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that the US would get bogged down in a quagmire after toppling the Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.
Syria-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
Lebanese Ex-PM calls Arab summit to support Syria
Lebanese Ex-Premier Salim al-Hoss on Monday called upon the 18th Arab Summit, held in the Sudanese Capital of Khartoum, to support Syria politically and economically to face US and Israeli pressures against her.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/28/2006
Ahmadinejad: Any decision denying Iran's right to access nuclear energy, worthless
The Iranian Embassy in Moscow today rejected a press report on a statement attributed to the Embassy saying that Iran will set up an international center for uranium enrichment.
Iran, Politics, 3/28/2006
Iranian official on US threats against Iran
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi said on Monday that the US cannot put into practice its threats against Iran.
Iran-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
NY Times: Bush was determined to make war against Iraq
The New York Times (NYTimes.com) reported yesterday that prior to the US attack on Iraq, US president George W. Bush gave Iraq a blunt ultimatum "disarm or face war" with Bush "certain that war was inevitable."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
Rumsfeld says patience needed in Iraq
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld counseled those anxious to see an end to the US presence in Iraq to exercise patience while Iraqi security forces become more experienced in quelling violence and defending their new government.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
Khalilzad: Iran finances, trains Shiite militias
The American ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad accused Iran of financing and training Shiite militias in Iraq.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
Special Iraqi forces carried out al-Huseineyah operation
In another military development in Iraq, the American army said that its forces are not responsible for breaking into Huseneyat al-Mustafa in Baghdad which resulted in killing 17 Shiite, stressing that the special Iraqi forces led this operation.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/28/2006
UN envoy hopeful over Lebanon-Syria border issue
The United Nations' envoy charged with resolving conflict between Syria and Lebanon said on Monday he was optimistic that a border dispute could be settled and normal diplomatic relations resumed.
Syria-Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/28/2006
Syria's FM discusses bilateral relations with Cypriot and Cuban counterparts
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muaallem on Monday discussed with Cyprus Foreign Minister George Iacovou bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries, issues related to the Syrian-European relations and means of developing them.
Syria-Cuba, Politics, 3/28/2006
UNHCR: Return of south Sudan's refugees from Uganda
Some 170,000 southern Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda, representing over half those who fled the bloody, 21-year civil war, are now able to go home after a repatriation agreement was signed yesterday in the Ugandan capital with the United Nations refugee agency.
Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 3/28/2006
Israelis vote in critical elections
Israeli voters head today to the ballot centers to choose their representatives in the Knesset (Parliament).
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/28/2006
Expected results for the Israeli elections
With the exception of an unexpected victory for the parties of the so-called extremist right, the Israeli elections will green light the next government to separate from the Palestinians after 39 years of occupation, but eventually such separation will not be from all the lands Israel had occupied in 1967.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/28/2006
Bashir: Palestinian people should not be punished for democratic choice
Sudan-Palestine, Politics, 3/28/2006
US government report on United Arab Emirates' human rights
United Arab Emirates, Politics, 3/28/2006
Bouteflika: Arab states refuse threats against Palestinians democratic choice
Algeria-Palestine, Politics, 3/28/2006
New Human Rights Commission to meet June 19
The much-criticized United Nations Human Rights Commission ended its last meeting yesterday after adopting a resolution to transfer all its work to the recently created and stronger Human Rights Council, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting on 19 June in Geneva after the UN General Assembly votes on its members in May.
Regional-UN, Politics, 3/28/2006
Minister: Syria works effectively to make Arab summit a success
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/28/2006
Royal measures in Morocco to enhance self rule for the Sahara
The Moroccan king Muhammad IV has taken a series of steps aiming to strengthen the self rule project of the southern districts as a solution for the conflict over the Sahara which he had proposed in the last day of his visit to the region which lasted for five days.
Morocco, Politics, 3/27/2006
Moroccan king appoints consultation council for Sahara affairs
The Moroccan king has appointed members of the consultation council for the Sahara affairs. They number 140 members including 14 women. The council is composed of tribal chieftains and representatives of organizations of the civil society.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/27/2006
Polesario Front refuses Moroccan king plan
The Polesario Front, which demands the independence of the western Sahara with support of Algeria, expressed rejection of the plan proposed by the Moroccan King and considered it as provocative.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/27/2006
Siniora for building good relations with Syria
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora who arrived in Saudi Arabia Sunday to meet with Saudi King Abdullah on the eve of the resumption of Lebanon's national dialogue, said he was willing to visit Syria on the basis of "building good relations between the two countries."
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/27/2006
Charlie Rose Show: Al-Assad denies Syrian link to Hariri's murder
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied his government had any role in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, according to excerpts of an interview with a US television network.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/27/2006
Lahoud's legitimacy questioned for being in the Arab summit
The resumption of the inter- Lebanese dialogue today comes one day after the Lebanese parliamentary majority discounted the legitimacy of the representation of the President Emil Lahoud to the Arab summit to be held in al-Khartoum next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 3/27/2006
Iran will powerfully resist enemies: Ahmadinejad
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Dehdasht on Monday said the Iranian government nation will make every effort to gain access to nuclear technology for peaceful ends and will powerfully resist the enemies.
Iran, Politics, 3/27/2006
Syria proposes dealing with all issues at Arab summit
Syria's Information Minister Mohsen Bilal has stressed that Syria is working for achieving a true Arab solidarity to discuss all the Arab issues and find suitable solutions and remedies to them.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/27/2006
Arab foreign ministers resume meeting in Khartoum
The Arab foreign ministers resumed their meetings in preparation for the 18th Conference of the Arab Summit in Khartoum on Sunday.
Regional, Politics, 3/27/2006
Larsen calls for demarcating borders in Shabaa Farms
The UN delegate to Lebanon for the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1559 has called on Syria to fully cooperate with Lebanon for the demarcation of the border in Shabaa Farms, stressing that proving the Lebanese identity of these lands can not be made by Beirut alone, according to international laws.
Lebanon-Syria-UN, Politics, 3/27/2006
Bayanouni says Khaddam planned defection since 2003
Syria's exiled Muslim Brotherhood leader said on Saturday that former Vice-President Abdel-Halim Khaddam informed the group in 2003 that he planned to break ranks with President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria, Politics, 3/27/2006
Saddam calls Arab summit to support Iraqi resistance
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has called on the Arab leaders to support the "Iraqi resistance." This was expressed in a message that seemed to have been sneaked from inside his prison and published on a site on the Internet for the supporters of the banned Baath Iraqi party.
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/27/2006
American raid on the ministry of interior in Iraq
The Iraqi police said that the American forces raided the headquarters of the ministry of interior in Baghdad and detained 40 police men after the discovery of 17 non Iraqi prisoners in a secret complex in the building.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/27/2006
Abbas denies resignation over disagreement with Hamas
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Mahmoud Abbas denied that he had threatened to resign the government of the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) to be presided over by Prime Minister-designate Ismael Henya.
Palestine, Politics, 3/27/2006
Al-Quds mufti, Palestinian groups call for protecting al-Aqsa mosque
Jerusalem's Mufti Sheikh Ikrama Sabri called on the Palestinians to defend al-Aqsa mosque and pray in it. This was expressed following the announcement made by extremist Jewish groups determination to break into the mosque courtyard and to pray in it today (Monday).
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/27/2006
Arab FM to pay same aid level to Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers on Sunday ignored Western explanations for cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority but offered no extra money to compensate for a budget shortfall when Hamas Islamists take office.
Regional-Palestine, Politics, 3/27/2006
US not seen as trust worthy by Turks, opposition to intervention in Iran
According to Turkish Daily News( TDN), the results of the latest survey carried out by USAK/ISRO reveals that Turks don't trust the US and are against an attack on Iran.
Iran-Turkey-USA, Politics, 3/27/2006
Arab foreign ministers to discuss resolution supporting Syria
Syria-Regional, Politics, 3/27/2006
Antioch governor visits Syrian city
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 3/27/2006
Syria,Turkey for developing bilateral relations
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 3/27/2006
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