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Moroccan government approves six cooperation agreements with Syria
Morocco-Syria, Economics, 5/11/2002

Al-Shara holds phone calls with Egyptian, Iranian peers
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 5/11/2002

Fares Kallas highlights Syrian- British shared musical concerts performed in Syria
The Syrian Ministry of Culture, the British council in Damascus presented musical concerts for theworld wide famous guitarist, Justin Adams, in Damascus and Aleppo. Adams performed for the first time with Syrian musicians. He played during the concerts with Juan Karajouli, the Syrian Oud performer, Muhammad Othman, the Buzok player, the percussionists: Rateb Shammout and Jamala al-Saqqa and the guitarist Tareq Salhiyeh.
Syria-UK, Culture, 5/11/2002

The first issue of reviving civil society magazine
under the tile "Citizen's bulletin, for what?" considering it a means to conveying the "views and opinions, stances and necessary expertise for his return ( the society) to the public service and its direct activities as a relatively independent entity from the existing political representation."
Syria, Politics, 5/10/2002

The first trial session of Dalila, Saleh trial
The first session of the trial of both the Syrian economy researcher Arif Dalila and the founder the "dialogue forum" in Tartous Habib Saleh started on Thursday amid an absence for the representatives of Arab and foreign media and foreign diplomats accredited in Damascus from the events of the trial.
Syria, Politics, 5/10/2002

Al-Assad hold phone calls with Mubarak, confers with Berri
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday evening received a telephone call from Egyp's President Hosni Mubarak during which discussions dealt with the expected Syrian- Saudi, Egyptian summit.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 5/10/2002

Fallman rejects any pullout from the Golan
Chairman of the so-called settlements council in the occupied Syrian Golan heights Ehuda fallman has stressed his cling to continued occupation of the Syrian Golan regardless to conditions.
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/10/2002

Abyad- Aswad the first political periodical in Syria
The Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro offered the first licensing for a comprehensive political weekly bearing the name ( Abyad- Aswad ) "Black and White," in addition to licensing another magazine specialized in computer affairs. Thereby number of periodicals which have been so far licensed according to the new legislative decree of the press law in Syria increased to four, but not one of them has been yet, published.
Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

Mubarak welcomes a visit to President al-Assad at any time
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

Syrians Aref Dalila, Habib Saleh to be tried today
Trial of the economist researcher and the spokesman for civil society defense committees Aref Salila and the founder of the "Dialogue Forum" in Tartous Habib Saleh starts today (Thursday) at the state security court, just few days after the beginning of trial for lawyer Riyadh al-Turk.
Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

Al-Assad discusses with Saudi foreign minister the visit of Saudi crown prince to Washington, coordination
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday received Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. The meeting was attended by the Syrian deputy Premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the Saudi ambassador in Damascus.
Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2002

Preparations for visit of Saudi foreign minister to Damascus
The Saudi daily al-Watan on Wednesday said that contacts are underway between Damascus and Riyadh at the meantime to arrange for a meeting to be held to Syria by the Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal.
Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

Berri today in Damascus
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

New changes to be introduced to the Syrian ministry of information
Well-informed sources told the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am that the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro has licensed two new magazine in Syria.
Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002

Palestinian forces alliance leaders hold a press conference
The leaders of the Palestinian forces alliance have stressed "continued legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people and their just struggle against the Zionist occupation until the liberation of the occupied Palestinian territories and the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of their own independent state with Jerusalem as a capital."
Syria-Israel, Politics, 5/8/2002

Al-Shara phone calls with Hammoud, Moussa on developments
The Syrian deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Monday received a telephone call with the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud during which views were exchanged on the developments of conditions concerning the next meeting of the Arab initiative committee due to be held in Beirut.
Syria-Regional, Politics, 5/7/2002

First Syrian products exhibit opens in Algiers
The Algerian minister of trade Hameed Ghar will open today at the exhibition palace in Algiers the first exhibition for Syrian products. The exhibition which will last until May 17th, organized by al-Masri For Exhibitions, will be attended by some 75 Syrian companies.which will display latest Syrian produce and industries.
Algeria-Syria, Politics, 5/7/2002

Al-Assad calls on US to be objective
Al-Assad also wondered over the uselessness of the calls for negotiations. He questioned: "what we can negotiate on, and what can negotiations produce if there is no clear course... The required negotiations should consequently be known in respect to limits and disciplines."
Syria-USA, Politics, 5/6/2002

Syrian prime minister to visit Ankara
The London- based al-Hayat daily said according to Turkish sources in Damascus that the Syrian and Turkish sides are preparing for a visit by the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro to visit Ankara in order to sign political and economic agreements, with Damascus's preliminary consent to sign a military cooperation agreement in the area of training and the exchange of expertise and observers.
Syria-Turkey, Politics, 5/6/2002

Syria participates in UN General Assembly session on Children
To improve the situation in the Arab states, Alami said, "we need to put the children at the center of our priorities because children are the future of this nation and only with the children we can introduce changes and make development sustainable. The best investment the Arab countries can do is investing in children because this is something under our control within our capacities to reproduce our society and to orient our future according to the national objectives and aspirations."
Regional-Syria, Culture, 5/6/2002

Syrian decrees on real estates, fodder, accord with Yemen
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has issued the legislative decree no 24 for 2002. It provides for extending by one year the validity of the financial assessment for mortgage used for real estates and those governed by rules of paragraph one of Article one of the 1970 Legislative Decree No. 187. The extension starts as of 1.2. 2002 and ends by 31- 12.2002.
Syria, Economics, 5/6/2002


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