Today's Headlines
- La Nouvelle Republique: Former Algerian defense minister denies army role in blocking settlement to sahara issue
He further commented that the Sahara conflict is part of "a clash made unavoidable by a bad decolonization" and that "prejudices and mean considerations have turned into an obsession," the aim being to exhaust energies and prevent that efforts go to fields that are more profitable to people. For him, the scene of operations, which was often depicted as a conflict opposing Algerians and Moroccans, via the Sahrawis, has for long hidden far older, larger, more complex and more strategic disputes." Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/14/2003
- King's human rights commitment goes beyond settling past cases, says chairman of HR council
Explaining his vision of the Council action in human rights consolidation, Azziman -- a former justice minister who was appointed last December by the sovereign as CCDH chairman -- said "the narrow approach dictated by a span of our history is now outdated, leaving room for a comprehensive human rights approach that Morocco can and must assume." Morocco, Politics, 3/14/2003
- Government is determined to control markets to break monopoly
The Cabinet has expressed determination to control markets, and to break monopoly indicating that there would be no return to obligatory pricing. Egypt, Economics, 3/14/2003
- Canceling Arab League delegation visit to Baghdad
News reports in Cairo said that the committee assigned by the ordinary Arab summit in Sharm Esh Sheikh to move at the UN and Iraq canceled a visit to Baghdad that was due today. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/14/2003
- Construction of Arab Maghreb Union matter of survival, moroccan speaker says
Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives (Lower Chamber), Abdelouahed Radi said in Mauritania on Wednesday that the construction of the Maghreb Arab Union (UMA) "is a matter of survival," given an international juncture that is suitable only for strong regional economic groupings. Morocco-Maghreb, Politics, 3/14/2003
- Agha Khan Network to implement projects in Syria
The small loans program of Agha Khan network in Syria is a part of its long termed developmental purposes which aim at developing the private economic sector activities, supporting and increasing projects of commerce activities and small industries. Syria, Economics, 3/14/2003
- Arafat postpones decision on prime minister post
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has postponed the ratification of the special law providing for the establishment of the post of the prime minister in the Palestinian authority. Palestine, Politics, 3/14/2003
- Five Palestinians, two Israelis killed in West Bank confrontations
The Israeli soldiers banned anyone from approaching the bodies of the Palestinians to check their identity and whether they were armed. Palestinian sources said that the clashes took place after the Israeli forces cordoned the town's municipality and a school. Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/14/2003
- Saudi al-Jazeera: Kuwaiti official deny citizens evacuating to neighboring states
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Jaber D'eij al-Sabah, has denied any evacuation of Kuwaiti citizens to Saudi Arabia or to the neighboring states because of fears of a war against Iraq. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 3/14/2003
Short Takes
- Morocco's minister in charge of relations with the parliament, Saad Alami, said in Mauritania on Wednesday that the construction of the Maghreb Arab Union (UMA) depends on "the respect of national feelings and the respect of member states' integrity," as stipulated by the Union's founding treaty of Marrakesh (1989). Go
- Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Shara received today Head of Mediterranean and Middle East Department at the European Commission, Christian Leffler. Talks during the meeting dealt with Syrian- European relations and ways of boosting them in various fields. Go
- Latest developments in Moroccan-Spanish bilateral relations topped discussions held in Spain on Tuesday between Morocco's minister of territorial development, water and environment, Mohammed El Yazghi and the president of the Catalan regional government, Jordi Pujol. Go
- Morocco airliner Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is developing industrial partnerships with African airliners, particularly Air Senegal, as part of South-South cooperation, said Khalid Bendahou, a member of RAM delegation to the 12th annual conference on maintenance, repair and planes mechanic overhauling (MRO), recently held in Addis Abeba. Go
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