Today's Headlines
- The legal reasons behind arresting al-Homsi
The following was issued by the press office of the Syrian ministry of the Interior: Member of the Syrian People's Assembly PA ( parliament) Mamoun al-Homsi has issued a statement dated August 7, 2001 and he circulated it inside the country and through the international news agencies. Syria, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Some 19 Israelis killed 120 wounded in a Palestinian suicide operation in Jerusalem
A Palestinian teenager on Thursday carried out a suicide attack in Jerusalem resulted in killing 19 Israelis and wounding 120 many of them are in critical health conditions. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/10/2001
- AL-Bashir ready for negotiations
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has renewed his government's care to achieve peace and reconciliation on the ground of its desire to build a new strong and united Sudan in which all differences can be eliminated between its north and south. Sudan, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Morocco denounces aggression against Moroccans participating in world youth festival in Algiers
Morocco has strongly denounced the aggression perpetrated Wednesday against 10 Moroccan youth participating in the world youth festival, held in Algiers, by separatist mercenaries and protested the poor security conditions. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Al-Shara confers with Russian counterpart
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday received the ambassador of special missions at the Russian foreign ministry Nicolai Kartazove. Syria-Russia, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Jordan: Islamists resigned from municipality councils, in protest of a government plan to merge it
The secretary general of the Islamic work front party Abdul Latif Arabeiyat, the main Jordanian opposition organization on Thursday announced that 83 Islamists, members or heads in the Jordanian municipal councils had resigned in protest of a government's plan aims at merging the municipal councils and appointing half of their members. Jordan, Politics, 8/10/2001
- PLO: no Palestinian political detainee in Syria
The official spokesman for the political department of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) Anwar Abdul Hadi has stressed that there are not any Palestinian political detainees of any group in Syria. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Al-Shara confers with US senator
The Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara on Thursday in Damascus met with member of the US Senate Gary Ackerman, a US senator for New York and the chairman of the Middle East center for economic cooperation and peace. Syria-USA, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Riyadh for Iraq's return to Arab fold, saudi official
Saudi Arabia welcomes the return of Iraq within the Arab fold and is ready to forget the past and overcome the present situation, said Saudi minister of defense and aviation, Prince Soltane Ibn Abdelaziz. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 8/10/2001
- On the killing of the Israeli jeweler in Amman
Al-Manar TV ( of the Lebanese Hizbullah Party) said that a secret organization which calls itself " Shurafaa al-Aurun " ( the honest people of Jordan) on Monday evening claimed responsibility for killing the Israeli merchant in Amman and described him as an " agent for the Israeli Mossad." Jordan-Israel, Politics, 8/10/2001
- Two thousands Bahraini burn the American and Israeli flags
Some 2000 Bahraini on Thursday evening held a demonstration as an expression of their solidarity with the Palestinian Intifada and protest against the Israeli acts of killing and the American bias to Israel. Bahrain-Palestine, Politics, 8/10/2001
- In a memorandum to Annan, Arab youth, women organizations call for international moves to halt Israeli massacres
A delegation representing the Arab political, cultural, humanitarian, women and youths organizations, which on Monday observed a symbolic food strike in solidarity with the Palestinians and their Intifada, on Wednesday handed a message to the UN resident representative, addressed to the UN secretary general Kofi Annan. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 8/10/2001
- ADC calls state department to investigate case of US citizen reported missing in the West Bank
The Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) calls upon the United States Department of State to take the necessary steps in protecting the legally guaranteed rights of Adnan Ali, an American citizen reported missing in the West Bank. Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/10/2001
- The settlement process recedes in Israel because of the Intifada
The Israeli ministry of the Interior has stressed that the rate of Jews who come to settle in the settlements of the West Bank has receded because of the Palestinian Intifada. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/10/2001
Short Takes
- The Secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa on Thursday considered that the non- movement of the international community towards conditions in the Middle East is behind the escalation of violence in the Middle East and the recent " suicide attack." Mousa told the press that " with our total rejection to killing innocent civilians where ever, the International community as a whole is responsible for the daily killing of innocent people." Go
- The Yemeni News Agency said that the commander of the US fifth fleet, stationed in the Gulf region Tommy Franc will visit Sanaa next Tuesday in the first visit of an American military commander for Yemen since the attack took place against the US warship "USS Cole" on October 12 in Aden. Go
- The Israeli warplanes on Thursday violated the Lebanese airspace. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli warplanes flew over south Lebanon especially over the central sector. Go
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