Today's Headlines
- Moroccan democracy, the winner of Friday's polls, minister Morocco, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Interior minister proclaims results of legislative poll
Moroccan Interior Minister, Driss Jettou, proclaimed Sunday evening the results of the legislative elections, held September 27. The results cover 295 seats out of the 325 seats of the House of Representatives. Morocco, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Al- Assad visits Cairo and meets with Mubarak, today Egypt-Syria, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Message from Saddam to Khatami, Kuwaiti defense minister in Tehran
Tehran on Sunday hosted the Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri and Kuwait's Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, who stressed the "impossibility" of meeting with any "representative for the Iraqi regime," one the one hand, and that Kuwait does not play a broker role between Washington and Tehran, on the other. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Al-Assad meets Abul Ragheb, Abdullah Bin Zayed
President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday at the al-Shaab ( people 's) palace received the Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb. The meeting was attended by the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro, the Jordanian ambassador in Damascus and the Syrian ambassador in Amman. Syria-Regional, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Turkey criticize US policy on Iraq
The US Department of State has announced that the visit to be held by the US under secretary of state in charge of Europe and central Asia affairs Elizabeth Jones and the visit of the Iraqi deputy premier Tareq Aziz at the same time to Turkey next week is just a coincidence. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Saudi Arabia summons its ambassador in Qatar
The Saudi official news agency on Sunday evening decided to summon its ambassador in Qatar in order to make consultations, but the decision was taken before providing more details on the decision. Saudi Arabia-Qatar, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Kharazi confers with Sabri
The Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi on Sunday in Tehran discussed with the Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri bilateral relations between the two countries and the pending humanitarian relations and means of solving them and the American threats against Iraq and other regional issues. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Sabri confers with American Congressmen
The Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri has stressed Iraq's readiness to cooperate with the UN weapons inspectors, stressing that Iraq is free from all mass destruction weapons. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Al-Turkman against partition of Iraq
The representative of the Turkmani front in Turkey, Mustafa Zayya, has stressed the rejection of the Turkman to any formation that would result in threatening Iraq's territorial integrity, stressing that they are using all measures, including armed confrontation in order to ensure Iraq is not partitioned. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Al-Muharrir news: Saddam is ready to resign Iraq-Regional, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Iraqi- UN inspection team talks in Vienna
Iraqi talks with a team representing UN inspectors chaired by Hans Blix, the executive director of the UN inspection and monitoring commission on arrangements relating to the UN inspectors to Iraq starts today in Vienna. Iraq, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Riyadh: One German killed in a car explosion
Explosions which target westerner residents in Saudi Arabia have renewed. An explosive went off on Sunday in a car owned by a German and this resulted in the death of one persons in an attack whose intention was not known. Similar attacks took place during the two past years and they were linked by the Saudi security authorities to fighting a Mafia in the alcoholic drinks trade. Saudi Arabia, Local, 9/30/2002
- Iraq rejects US additional conditions to UN weapons inspection
Iraq announced Saturday it will not accept the new conditions the US wants to impose on the UN for inspecting weapons. Iraq, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Yemen: Persons killed, wounded in a clash near the British embassy Yemen, Local, 9/30/2002
- Sharon: conditions not proper for military action regarding al-Wazzani river
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon stated that the current conditions are not proper to launch any military action concerning what the Lebanese government is doing on al-Wazzani river. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/30/2002
- Israeli government redeploys tanks in Ramullah, imposes curfew
the Palestinian Youth Qader Diab ( 24 year old) was killed in an explosion in Toulkarem. He is the local official for the People's Front in Nablus. A Palestinian patient died at Abu Hauli Israeli military check point to the south Gaza died of a heart attack. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/30/2002
Short Takes
- President of the United Arab Emirates UAE, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, on Sunday in Abu Dhabi discussed with the Afghani President Hamid Karazai current Arab, Islamic and International conditions especially developments and incidents in the Middle East region and the developments of the Palestinian question. Go
- Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak flies to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today leading Egypt's delegation to an Arab women's forum, which opens in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Go
- The Jordanian minister of state for political affairs and minister of information Muhammad al-Edwan has denied the report by a British magazine speaking about an agreement according to which Jordan permits the Israeli planes to cross its airspace if an attack against Iraq will be carried out. Go
- The Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said on Saturday that Iraq will inflict heavy losses on the USA in case it will launch its attack against Iraq. Go
- The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation council GCC Abdul Rahman al-Atieh on Saturday in Muscat met with the first minister for foreign affairs in Oman Youssef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah. Go
- The Israeli warplanes on Sunday renewed its violations of the Lebanese territories over the areas of Bint Jbeil and its suburbs in south Lebanon and over the central sector. Go
- The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher on Saturday in Cairo discussed with the first deputy for the Polish foreign minister for Arab affairs Andre Pert the deteriorated conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Go
- The Saudi army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Saleh Bin Ali al-Mahya on Sunday in Riyadh met with the commander general of the Czech armed forces and members of the accompanying delegation. Go
- The Lebanese permanent military court on Friday evening issued its sentence in the crime of killing of the three Lebanese military men in al-Hamshari area in Sidon on July 11, and asked for death penalty for the first convicted person in this crime Badee Hammadeh, known as " Abi Obeida." Go
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