Today's Headlines
- Arab FM s voice support for the Intifada, convening the boycott office conference, halting political contacts with Israel
The Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday concluded their emergency meeting by stressing the need of supporting the Palestinian people and their uprising by all means being a national legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation and rejection to describe this Intifada as " violence or terrorism." Regional, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Nile's Water level highly increased
The Sudanese ministry of irrigation has warned that levels of waters of the Nile river to the north of Atbara, Marwa and Danqala area will increase during the two coming days the height level reached since 1988 and 1994. Sudan, Local, 8/23/2001
- Heavy floods after drought jeopardize food security in Sudan, UN agency warns
Extensive floods following two consecutive years of serious drought in northern Sudan have displaced tens of thousands of people, destroyed crops and aggravated the area's already precarious food supply situation, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. Sudan, Local, 8/23/2001
- Hunger threatens half a million Somalis, WFP says
The United Nations World Food Program on Wednesday warned that more than half a million Somalis faced a serious food crisis following the almost total failure of rains in the southern part of the country. Somalia, Local, 8/23/2001
- Syria and the Palestinian authority
The Israeli daily Haartez said on Wednesday that a Palestinian delegation led by the regional cooperation official in the Palestinian authority Nabil Shaath will head for Damascus this week in order to discuss areas of cooperation between Syria and the Palestinian Authority. Palestine-Syria, Politics, 8/23/2001
- On the visit of Ramadan to Damascus
The Monte Carlo radio correspondent in Damascus said that the Syrian and Iraqi sides did not disclose news on the nature of the talks President Bashar al-Assad held with the Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan to Damascus just one day following President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Kuwait. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Iraqi delegation led by Vice President Ramadan visits Aleppo
The Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan and members of the accompanying delegation, accompanied by the Syrian minister of the economy and foreign trade arrived in Aleppo on Wednesday. He was welcomed at Aleppo's airport by the governor Salah Kannaj and the chairmen of the chambers of commerce and industry in the governorate and officials concerned. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Israel distorts bodies of killed Palestinians
Four Palestinians were killed on Wednesday morning in clashes between the Palestinian Intifada youth and the Israeli forces to the northern west of Nablus in the West Bank. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/23/2001
- King Abdullah visit Moscow
During his visit to Moscow on Monday, the Jordanian King Abdullah will discuss cooperation relations between the two countries especially in the military field and Jordan's buying of Russian weapons. Jordan-Russia, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Morocco's FM: Arab Foreign Council Meeting Positive
Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, said the extraordinary session of the Arab League foreign ministers council held in Cairo on Wednesday was successful as it took a series of measures to consolidate the Palestinian position. Morocco-Regional, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Egyptian people's committee call for revitalizing boycotting Israel in support of the Intifada
The Egyptian anti - Zionism people's committee and in support of the Palestinian Intifada has called on all Arab states to halt all kinds of relations with Israel and to "revitalize official Arab boycott of Israel in support of the heroic Palestinian Intifada and liberating the Arab national will." Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Former Spanish Premier Hails Changes Underway in Morocco
Any objective observer must recognize the changes that swept over Morocco since the enthronement of King Mohammed VI (July 1999), Gonzalez wrote, pointing out that a wave of unprecedented freedom is currently prevailing in Morocco. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Syrian- Turkish water talks
The minister of irrigation Taha al-Atrash has called for the revival and reactivation of the joint technical committee which was formed in 1980 to discuss the way of sharing or dividing waters between the three countries of Syria, Iraq and Turkey, noting that Iraq had extended a similar invitation to Turkey with the aim to reach an ultimate agreement to this end. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 8/23/2001
- The Turkish waters to Syria
The Turkish daily Joumhoreyat said on Wednesday that Turkey has tried during the few past months to provide Syria with 650 cubic meters of waters per second in compensation to the amounts of water which it ( Turkey) was obliged to reduce to less that 500 cubic meters per second in the year 2000 and the beginning of 2001. Syria-Turkey, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Jordan inaugurates three water projects
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Wednesday inaugurated three vital water projects in southern Jordan that will contribute to filling water deficit in the Jordanian province of al-Karack, al-Tufeilah and Amman and also serve agricultural and industrial, tourism projects in this area. Jordan, Economics, 8/23/2001
- FBI to return back to Yemen over cool investigations
The US said on Wednesday that it has been closely working with Yemen to permit the return back of a team of the Federal Investigation Bureau ( FBI) to come back to Yemen in order to resume investigations in the exploded the US warship USS Cole. Yemen-USA, Local, 8/23/2001
- Israel strikes liberated villages in south Lebanon
The Israeli forces on Wednesday machine- gunned liberated areas in south Lebanon, especially the outskirts of al-Majedeyah, Shanouj and Bastara villages, while the Israeli warplanes were flying over the Israeli positions inside the occupied Shebaa farms. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Speaker of morocco's parliament receives political affairs committee of Maghreban shoura council
Speaker of Morocco's house of representatives, Abdelouahed Radi, received in Rabat on Wednesday members of the political affairs committee of the Maghreban Shoura council (legislative body of the Arab Maghreb Union). Morocco-Maghreb, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Morocco says responsibilities are shared between Morocco and Spain in illegal immigration issue
Morocco considers that the Spanish approach to the issue of illegal immigration is simplistic and does not reflect the complexity of the issue where responsibilities are shared and where actors and interests are both Spanish and Moroccan. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 8/23/2001
- Environment show in Casablanca in October
The second Moroccan-German show on the protection of environment "EnviroMaroc 2001" will be held in Casablanca next October 8 through 10. Morocco, Environment, 8/23/2001
Short Takes
- President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Wednesday received a message from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad relating to Arab conditions and developments on the Palestinian arena. The message was conveyed by the foreign minister Farouk al-Shara during his meeting with President Mubarak on Wednesday morning in the Egyptian city of Marsa Matrouh. Go
- President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Wednesday morning at Marsa Matrouk airport met with the chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat. Who is taking part in the emergency meeting of the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo. Go
- The director general of the Israeli defense ministry Moshe Eiroun said that the position that was held by members of the Hizbullah party near al-Ghajer village on the border with Lebanon recently is situated within falls under the control of UNIFIL in South Lebanon. Go
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