Today's Headlines
- Europe pleased with al-Assad's reform, worried over human rights, detentions
The European Union on Monday expressed satisfaction over the political and economic reforms taking place in Syria, and simultaneously expressed concern over issues pertinent to human rights in Syria and acts of arrests which targeted political activists and recent sentences taken against them. Syria-European Union, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Jordanian authorities expel Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Odeh
A Jordanian official stressed on Monday that the Jordanian authorities expelled the Saudi Sheikh Salman al-Odeh by the end of last week just one hour before a lecture he was due to deliver at the vocational trade union complex in Amman under the title "the Islam of Jihad or terrorism?" Jordan, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Sudanese negotiations begin with the people's liberation army
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has stressed that Sudan will witness a phase of peace, stability and development, noting that people's choice is commitment to peace, giving up violence and fighting. Sudan, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Baghdad: UN inspectors have completed their work
Baghdad on Monday asserted that the UN inspection team in charge of banned weapons in Iraq had "completed" its mission in Iraq in accordance to the UN security council resolutions. Iraq, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Jordanian- American military maneuvers start in Aqaba
Jordanian and American forces have started joint maneuvers on Monday immediately following the arrival of the American forces in Aqaba port, according to a Jordanian official who stressed Jordan's care to stress that there is no connection between these maneuvers to a likely American attack against Iraq. Jordan-USA, Military, 8/13/2002
- Barcelona process in Jeopardy, Arab League chief warns
The Barcelona process of Euro-Mediterranean integration is currently jeopardized, Amr Moussa, Secretary-general of the Arab League, warned on Sunday. Regional-European Union, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Jalal Talibani rejects attacking Iraq
The leader of the Kurdistani national federation Jalal al-Talibani has rejected any attack that damages the interests of the Iraqi people or inflecting destruction on its economic infrastructure. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Destruction of Nablus Old City,, a war crime, Palestinian minister
Palestinian minister of culture and information, Yasser Abed Rabbo, condemned the latest Israeli efforts to cause irreparable damage to invaluable cultural and historical sites as war crimes and crimes against humanity, most notably in the Old City of Nablus. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Arafat's rival calls for halting the Palestinian Intifada
Rival of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat to the presidency of the Palestinian authority in the next election, Husam Nazzal, has called for halting the Palestinian Intifada for 6 months in order to "prove the good intention of the Palestinians towards the Israelis." Palestine, Politics, 8/13/2002
- Israel kills one a of al-Aqsa members; three Israeli soldiers wounded
The Israeli forces on Monday killed the Palestinian youth Ghazalle Shreihat from al-Aqsa group in Yamoun village near Jenin, while breaking in by tanks the village on Monday at dawn and arrested tens of its citizens. Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/13/2002
- Successful eye surgery for Amir of Kuwait
In a statement, the Kuwaiti Amir's court ( Divan) on Monday said that a successful eye surgery was done on Amir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and that he had left the hospital. Kuwait, Local, 8/13/2002
- Contradicting news on high-jacking a ship near Somalia
Somali gunmen held a cargo ship, a group for monitoring crimes in the oceans said of be ship "Jenlil" registered in Northern Korea and not a ship carrying the British flag as stated before. Somalia, Local, 8/13/2002
Short Takes
- The Jordanian King Abdullah II on Monday held an official visit to Saudi Arabia in which he held talks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz which centered on the developments of conditions in the region and the efforts made to end the aggression conducted by the Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories and means of strengthening relations between the two states as well as current regional and international issues. Go
- Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro has issued a decision firing engineer Mahmoud Bin Ali Ghafar, the chairman of the Qasyoun ( construction and building ) company, Lattakia branch. The decision was taken because the said engineer violated enforced laws, and operated the company's machinery and equipment for free for the interests of others ( for serving his own interests ). Go
- A source in the Iraqi opposition said that the Dutch capital Amsterdam is the place nominated for convening the plenary conference due to be shortly held for the representatives of the Iraqi opposition with the aim to elect an executive committee to be a sort of a parliament in exile, noting that the Dutch authorities do not oppose convening the conference on its territories. Go
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