Today's Headlines
- Journalists call for press freedom in the Arab world
Journalists have called on the Arab states to lift hard restrictions imposed on the mass media with the aim to establish democratic basics on the western style in the age of Globalization. Regional, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Al-Shara discusses with Larsen conditions in the ME region
Larsen stressed that there is today an international consensus that any solution to the grave conditions in the Middle East should be built on the UN security council resolutions 242 and 338, ending the occupation and establishing the Palestinian states and that the bridge to negotiations should be built on economic and political bases Syria-Regional, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Arab Maghreb foreign ministers meet in January, a summit expected this year
The Tunisian foreign minister al-Habib Bin Yahya has stressed that the foreign ministers of the Arab Maghreb federation states will hold a meeting on January 16 and 17 in Algiers in order to revive and reactivate the federation's establishments in addition to selecting a new secretary general for the federation's secretary general in succession to Muhammad Amamou. Maghreb-Tunisia, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Morocco renews demand for immediate release of all Moroccans detained in Algeria
Morocco has renewed, in a letter to the United Nations Security Council, demand for the immediate return and repatriation of all Moroccans detained in Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/11/2002
- IGAD summit starts deliberation by a close door meeting
Deliberations of the 9th session of IGAD's session started on Thursday in a close door session presided over by the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. It was attended by IAGD's states seven presidents. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Qatari gas to Bahrain
Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Wednesday at his office in Bahrain received the minister of oil in Bahrain Sheikh Issa Bin Ali al-Khaleifa. Qatar-Bahrain, Economics, 1/11/2002
- Palestinian authority warns over explosion after Israel's destruction of runway
The Palestinian authority warned on Friday over risks of explosion in the whole Middle East region, following Israel's new incursion in the Palestinian territories and destruction of a runway at the Gaza international airport. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Syria provides electricity to Lebanon at an agreement between Miro, al-Hariri
The London- based al-Hayat daily said in its Wednesday's issue that the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro agreed with his Lebanese counterpart Rafiq al-Hariri to re-provide Syrian electricity to Lebanon through the two lines of al-Deimas Anjar and Tartous- Deir Nabouh, after the completion of the maintenance works carried out by the Syrian side and completed on Wednesday. Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 1/11/2002
- Moroccan government examines measures to enforce king's creation of single investments desks
He called the government members to look into administrative procedures that need to be simplified and updated in order to reduce red tape for people wishing to create enterprises and urged the ministers to start delegating some of the central administrations' prerogatives to regional administrations and to walis (senior governors). 16 regions. Morocco, Economics, 1/11/2002
- Saudi Arabia rejects western pressures to change the curricula
The Saudi minister of education Muhammad Ahmad al-Rasheed has denied that Saudi Arabia is determinant to make any changes on its educational curricula in response to western calls. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Unemployment increases in Bahrain
Number of unemployed in Bahrain reached by the end of November 2001 15797 persons representing 12.4% of the total number of the labor force in Bahrain estimated at 127121 persons. Bahrain, Economics, 1/11/2002
- America appreciates Moroccan support after September 11 attacks
America is deeply appreciative of the support and help it received of Morocco since Sep. 11th, U.S congressman, Richard Gephardt, said in a press statement made after the King received the U.S Congress delegation. Morocco-USA, Politics, 1/11/2002
- Bahrain starts preparations for the third Arab summit
Bahrain's minister of information Nabil Yaqoub al-Homur has stressed his country's interest in the third Arab summit due to be held in March 2003 in being the first Arab conference at this highest level to be held in Bahrain. He indicated that sides concerned in Bahrain started actual preparations to host this big event by preparing necessary buildings, halls and equipment for this summit. Bahrain-Regional, Politics, 1/11/2002
- King Mohammed decrees grace measures for 1,266 convicts
As Morocco marks this Friday the anniversary of the independence manifesto, King Mohammed VI has issued grace measures for 1,266 convicts, including some who are in prison. Morocco, Local, 1/11/2002
- ISESCO's colloquy on Muslim world image in western media closes
The international colloquy on "The Muslim World Image in Western Media: between Fairness and Bias" held by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Rabat this January 9-10 wound up with a call to western media to respect journalism ethics. Regional, Religion, 1/11/2002
- Yemen tightens measures on accepting Arab students and preachers
The Yemeni government has suspended measures of accepting Arab or foreign students in the Yemeni schools and universities and approved a series of measures aiming at making contracts by educational establishments and sides concerned at the ministry of justice ( al-Awqaf) to contract with teachers or mosques preachers of Arab and Muslim nationalities and to confine such contracts to cooperation agreements and protocols signed with countries from where there applicants come. Yemen-Regional, Local, 1/11/2002
- Lebanese government hands over a Kuwaiti to the American authorities
The Lebanese government on Wednesday approved an American request stated to hand over the Kuwaiti citizen Muhammad Hassan al-Hammoud ( has an American nationality) to the American authorities. Al-Hammoud is wanted by the American judiciary over financial and falsifying crimes. Lebanon-USA, Local, 1/11/2002
- Maareve issues a new Arab daily in Israel
The first issue of a new Arab-language daily in Israel was issued on Thursday in Israel. It is addressed to the " Palestinians " of the 1948 territories. Israel-Palestine, Culture, 1/11/2002
Short Takes
- The general secretariat of the Arab Bar Association have condemned the American threats against Iraq and stressed that these threats are a flagrant violations to the UN charter and the principles of the international law and all international norms. Go
- The Israeli daily Haartez said that Israeli security circles have proposed to exchange five Egyptian sailors arrested on the dock of the weapons ship recently seized in the Red Sea by the Israeli Azzam Azzam who is jailed in Egypt, according to the Israeli radio. Go
- The central bureau for statistics in the Palestinian Authority has announced that number of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories reached until the end of 2001 4.3 billion, including 2.2 million in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and 1.2 million in Gaza. Go
- US President George Bush stressed on Thursday that the US will continue its efforts to establish peace in the Middle East region. Go
- The Kuwaiti Development Fund will grant Senegal a US$ 12.2 loan, official paper "Le Quotidien de la R?publique" reported. The loan will finance two road projects. The first concerns technical studies and extension of an 8.5 km long urban relief road, north of Dakar. The second project provides for the widening of a 40 km long road section to the east of Dakar. Go
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