Arabic News Daily Page for 2/10/2003
Daily Edition - Monday, February 10, 2003
- Oyahya calls for active Democratic views to oppose Islamists influence Algeria, Politics, 2/10/2003
- More judges elected to International Criminal Court
The countries taking part in the organizing assembly for the world's first permanent war crimes court, being held at United Nations Headquarters in New York this week, today elected three more of the required 18 judges who will be the first to serve on the new tribunal. Regional-UN, Judicial, 2/10/2003 - Signs Iraqis taking disarmament 'more seriously,' Blix says after talks in Baghdad
The top United Nations weapons inspector, Hans Blix, yesterday said he saw signs the Iraqi authorities were taking the disarmament issues "more seriously," reporting that a number of documents concerning biological weapons and missiles have been turned over to UN officials for analysis. Iraq-UN, Politics, 2/10/2003 - Nine Key Kurds killed in Ansar al-Islam ambush
Eight persons were murdered including a key figure in the Kurdistani National Federation party on Saturday in an ambush installed by a group representing by Ansar al-Islam ( Islam partisans) in one of the Kurdish villages to the North of Iraq, according to the party's political bureau which is led by Jalal al-Talibani. Iraq, Politics, 2/10/2003 - Several American diplomats leave Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel
The US Department of State has announced it has permitted certain American diplomats in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel to leave their work positions while the US is preparing for war against Iraq. Regional-USA, Politics, 2/10/2003 - World Court rules US must stay executions of 3 Mexicans
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial body of the United Nations that settles disputes between countries, ruled today that pending further investigation the United States must temporarily stay the execution of three Mexican citizens on US death row. Regional-UN, Judicial, 2/10/2003