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Syria ready to welcome Siniora
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/12/2006

Somali warlords fight, Islamic courts, many dead
Conditions in the Somali capital are deteriorating amid fighting between warlords said to be related to the growing power and respect Islamic courts have gained, threatened the warlords powers.
Somalia, Politics, 5/12/2006

Junblat party: Lebanese demonstrations were political
The political party headed by Lebanese MP, Walid Junblatt, said that the demonstration just held on Wednesday were for political and not economic reasons.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/12/2006

Al-Assad meets former Lebanese Jamaa Islamiya head
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/12/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad says letter to Bush was invitation to Islam
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said yesterday in Indonesia that his letter to President George W. Bush did not concern the nuclear dossier, but rather was an invitation to Islam and the prophets culture.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/12/2006

West's enmity to Iran is opposition to Muslim progress: Ahmadi-Nejad
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad of Iran, currently in Indonesia, said on today that West's hostility towards Iran was in line with its opposition to progress and development of the Muslim nations.
Iran-Regional, Politics, 5/12/2006

Iraqi PM: Iraq not for threatening Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamel al-Maleki in a meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, yesterday announced that his country is not a place for threatening Iran.
Iraq-Iran-USA, Politics, 5/12/2006

President Abbas meets Beilin, no deals
Head of PLO Negotiations Department, Saeb Ereikat, said yesterday that President Mahmoud Abbas met, two weeks ago in Amman with the head of the Israeli party of Meretz-Yahad, Yossi Beilin.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/12/2006

Oil for no one if Iran attacked: Chavez
Regional-Venezuela, Politics, 5/12/2006

Mubarak supports an independent judiciary, demonstration clashes
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said he supports an independent Judiciary in the country and is not interested in interfering in the affairs of judiciary, adding he highly appreciates the role of judges.
Egypt, Politics, 5/11/2006

Mubarak: emergency law cancelation being researched
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said the presence of the party affairs committee is essential as it sets the solid grounds for the establishment of new parties adding it observes the national interest and helps enrich party and political life.
Egypt, Politics, 5/11/2006

African Union military chief wants more troops in Darfur
A report today by Sudan Vision said that the African Union troop commander has called for increasing significantly the number of African union forces to be able to deal with the Darfur security issues.
Sudan, Politics, 5/11/2006

Mrs. Mubarak for gender equality
Some 20 female leaders in Germany honoured yesterday Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak for her part in empowering women politically, economically, and socially.
Egypt, Politics, 5/11/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad says Iran defending everyone's right on nuclear issue
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that the opposition of Iran's opponents to the country's nuclear activities has nothing to do with their anxieties over possible deviation from peaceful path
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/11/2006

London bombings part of Muslims radicalization
Muslim leaders in the UK said today the publication of two official reports on last year's London bombings as not going far enough to develop a government strategy to defeat terrorism.
Regional-UK, Politics, 5/11/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Germany, Egypt stress need for aid to ordinary Palestinians
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stressed yesterday on the need to provide aid to ordinary Palestinians.
Palestine-Germany, Politics, 5/11/2006

Zaqzouq: Egypt does not discriminate between doctrines
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 5/10/2006

Egyptian security forces arrest political activists
The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights on Sunday said, and after the court hearing in the appeal of the decision of presenting both judges Hisham Bastawesy and Mahmoud Mekky to the Qualified Judges Committee, that groups of security forces cordoned South Cairo Court premises and arrested a group of political activists
Egypt, Politics, 5/10/2006

Palestinians say economy in bad shape, support Hamas
A survey showed that 58% of the Palestinians say the general economic condition in the Palestinian territories as "bad." 36 described it as mediocre and only 6%% as "good." This comes as US and EU aid has been cut.
Palestine, Politics, 5/10/2006

Accused Jordanian fights UK efforts for deportation
Abu Qatada, who came to the UK with his family as a refugee in the mid 90s, was originally detained without trial or charge under anti-terrorist measures in 2002
Jordan-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran will reject incorrect UN decisions
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said in Indonesia today that Iran will not accept any illegal or incorrect decisions made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or the UN Security Council on the country's nuclear program.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/10/2006

Majlis speaker: Iran proves Muslim self-confidence
Iran's Majlis speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel in a meeting with the Syrian Minister of Religious Endowments Muhammad Ziyad al-Ayubi in Tehran today said that President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's letter to his US counterpart George W. Bush manifests the Muslims self-consciousness and self-confidence.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 5/10/2006

Chapter 7 of UN charter not on agenda: Russian FM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday said that resort to Chapter 7 of the UN Charter was not on the agenda of meetings of the Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany to resolve the Iran nuclear issue, stressing talks with Iran should continue.
Iran-Russia, Politics, 5/10/2006

On Iran - US talks
Iran's Ambassador to Sweden Hassan Qashqavi said that Iran-US talks in an atmosphere based on mutual respect will be constructive.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/10/2006

D-8 Muslim countries discuss draft resolution on peaceful nuclear energy
The D-8 (Group of 8 developing Muslim countries) will discuss a draft resolution prepared by Indonesia enjoing the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Regional, Politics, 5/10/2006

Rice on Iraq, Iran and regional issues
Rice: I think we'll see a substantially new government under Prime Minister Maliki. Everybody knows that the Interior Ministry is a problem and everybody knows that the -- an interior ministry in which people have confidence that is not being used for sectarian purposes and that is competent
Regional-USA, Politics, 5/10/2006

Rumsfeld: Military presence depends on Iraq progress
US Secretary Of Defense Donal Rumsfeld was asked yesterday about "the prospect of US troops eventually returning from Iraq. And given the positive political developments in Baghdad in recent days and weeks, which you also mentioned, why aren't you moving faster to draw down forces?"
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/10/2006

Abul-Gheit: Egypt seeks to Palestinian unity
Egypt always seeks to group Palestinians together, defuse internal tension and convince all parties to take the right path of cooperation and national dialogue, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit said Tuesday night.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

South Korea begins Iraqi troops withdrawal
Iraq-South Korea, Politics, 5/10/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006

France colonialist brutal mentality remembered by Algeria
Butaflika said that Algeria was peace loving Algerians were peaceful in their own country they know no thing about colonialism they even do not know where France is located all of a sudden in 1830 France invaded them and slaughtered one and half million of them destroyed their country and had kept them backward for more than a century
Algeria-France, Politics, 5/9/2006

May 10 Lebanese demonstration seeks to offset UN pressure on Syria
Hariri said the demonstration, which is backed by Syria's allies in Lebanon, coincides with an upcoming United Nations Security Council meeting that is expected to pressure Damascus into implementing decisions that were unanimously taken in the ongoing Lebanese national dialogue conference
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/9/2006

Iran president letter not meant for nuclear issue
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/9/2006

US General Casey view on current situation in Iraq
Multinational Force-Iraq Commanding General, US Army Gen. George W. Casey said in remarks to May 14 coming as the second anniversary of Multinational Force-Iraq, and said that this past year, MNF-I soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have made great strides toward our strategic objectives in Iraq
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/9/2006

Abbass: PLO is responsible for negotiations
As if brushing aside the newly elected Palestinian government, led by Hamas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that the PLO is the sole body responsible for negotiations since Madrid Conference
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Somali president in Libya
Libya-Somalia, Politics, 5/9/2006

Nazif: No one above law, corruption will be exposed
In the inaugural session of the conference on the role of modern technology in uncovering corruption, Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the government would face corruption head on adding that the corrupt would be pursued irrespective of their positions.
Egypt, Politics, 5/8/2006

Libyan political prisoner may face death penalty
Libya's most prominent political prisoner, Fathi al-Jahmi, faces a possible death sentence for slandering Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi and talking with a foreign official, who may be a US diplomat, Human Rights Watch said last week.
Libya, Politics, 5/8/2006

Syrian court summons against Walid Junblat
Syria had issued a court summons against Walid Junblat delivered to the Lebanon authority
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/8/2006

Mubarak receives Jumblat
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak Sunday May 7th received Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Socialist Progressive Party and the member of the Lebanese parliament.
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 5/8/2006

Iran president letter to Bush on prophet's birthday
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today handed over a letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to his American counterpart President George W. Bush to Swiss embassy in Tehran.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/8/2006

US another try at consensus on anti-Iran resolution
The United States has invited 14 members of the UN Security Council to attend a meeting here Monday night to try again to achieve a consensus on a draft resolution legally obliging Iran to freeze its nuclear activities.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/8/2006

Awwad on Egypt's role in Darfur
Egypt's Presidential spokesman Soliman Awwad has described the Egyptian role in Darfur peace process as "basic and major."
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 5/8/2006

US pressure for Iraqi government formation
About 3,500 active-duty soldiers who were to begin their deployment to Iraq in the coming days will remain at their base in Schweinfurt, Germany, until further notice, defense officials announced today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/8/2006

US proactively depriving Palestinians of aid from other people
"The problem is no longer procuring the money from Arab and Muslim and other friendly donors, but how to transfer the money to beneficiaries." Abdul Razeq voiced bitterness at the fact that Arab banks in the region were vulnerable to American pressure.
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 5/8/2006

3 Palestinians killed in clash between Fatah and Hamas in Gaza
Three Palestinians, two from Fatah and one from Hamas, were killed today in an exchange of fire near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, security and medical sources said.
Palestine, Politics, 5/8/2006

Israel celebrates father of modern political Zionism
Israel, under a declaration of the Israeli parliament declared today, May 8, as Herzl day in memory of his Zionist ideology teaching.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/8/2006

EU official said aid to Palestinian to about be set up
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/8/2006


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