Today's Headlines
- Omanis called to participate in building their country; Shura new election, Interior Minister
Sayyid Saud bin Ibrahim al-Busaidi, Oman's Interior Minister, has said His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said's orders to allow all citizens who are 21 year or older to participate in the elections of Majlis A'Shura as fromÊ the forthcoming fifth term election, came in implementation of the Royal policy of giving all sons of Oman the opportunity to taking part in the processes of nation building and development, Oman's official news agency ONA reported yesterday. Oman, Politics, 2/6/2003
- Gulf Daily News: Bahrain marks a first in open government; transparent bidding
Gulf Daily News reported today that "tenders submitted by 22 contractors for four government projects were opened in public for the first time yesterday. Contractors and suppliers who bid for the jobs, as well as the Press, watched as sealed boxes were opened at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre." Bahrain, Politics, 2/6/2003
- Powell presents US case of Iraq's failure to disarm; Iraq replies to allegations
Armed with satellite images, transcripts of intercepted telephone conversations and other intelligence data, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell today presented the United Nations Security Council with what he called "solid" evidence that showed Iraq still has not complied with resolutions calling for it to disarm. Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/6/2003
- UN Security Council hears repeated calls for more time for UN inspections in Iraq
"Why go to war if there still exists an unused space in resolution 1441?" Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin of France said, referring to the Council's text adopted last November authorizing the resumption of UN inspections in Iraq after a nearly four-year hiatus. "Let us double or even triple the number of inspectors," he added Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/6/2003
- King Mohammed receives message from Ivoirian president
Morocco's King Mohammed VI received in Marrakesh Wednesday visiting finance and economy minister of Cote D'Ivoire, Bohoun Bouabre, who handed him a message from Ivoirian president, Laurent Gbagbo. Morocco-Cote D'Ivoire, Politics, 2/6/2003
- Suspected members of al-Qaeda cell deny charges at Casablanca appeal court
A group of three Saudis and three Moroccans, currently standing trial at the Casablanca court of appeal denied on Tuesday that they are members of Al Qaeda group. Morocco, Local, 2/6/2003
- Moroccan gold medalist receives Flo Hyman memorial award
Morocco's Nawal El Moutawakel, the first Arab and Muslim female ever to win an Olympic gold medal, will receive this Friday, at a congressional luncheon in Washington, the Flo Hyman Award, the Women's Sports Foundation's most prestigious award. Morocco, Sports, 2/6/2003
- Israeli Apache Gunfire attacks a hospital and kill 2 Palestinian nurses
Omar Hassan, 26 and Abed al-Karim Loubed, 41, were killed in the compound surrounding the al-Wafaa hospital for the elderly where they both worked. When the air raid started, the two men went outside into the courtyard where they were immediately gunned down, falling dead on the spot Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/6/2003
- Morocco's carrier RAM, US peer Delta Airlines sign cooperation agreement
The accord, part of the marketing alliance signed by the two companies in June 2000, is meant to optimize existing technical resources at both carriers' aeronautic industrial centers, to foster partnership in marketing innovation, computerized systems Morocco-USA, Business, 2/6/2003
Short Takes
- Bahrain's king, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, started on Wednesday a visit to Morocco. Go
- Chief Palestinian negotiator Sa'eb Erekat said Wednesday that Israeli authorities have prevented 1,000 Palestinians related to Palestinians killed by IOF from leaving for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Go
- Acting minister of oil, Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim met on Tuesday head of Russian committee for scientific, cultural and international cooperation with Iraq and accompanying elegation...(and) reviewed Iraqi, Russian developed relations in the field of oil.", INA reported yesterday. Go
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