Today's Headlines
- UN resolution to eject the United States from the United Nations
This is the ultimate threat the US is using to intimidate and coerce world countries to gain their support. The tactics the US is using are those of despots, and dictatorships that always go beyond the law and will use any means to achieve their interests -- bribe, lie, intimidate, and if all else fails, use force. That is the state of affairs the world is in today. Regional-USA, Analysis, 3/15/2003
- The US has not made its case against Iraq
The US vice president asserted Sunday that "We know (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons,'' Iraq-USA, Analysis, 3/15/2003
- What exactly does the USA mean by 'Iraq must disarm?'
The United States keeps reiterating that "Iraq must disarm." The US claims that Iraq has nuclear, chemical and biological weapons or capabilities. But the US has failed to provide credible evidence to this effect, and all efforts so far by UN inspectors have yielded no proof of such claims. Iraq-USA, Analysis, 3/15/2003
- Justice minister calls prison staff to enshrine human rights culture in prisons
The culture that must prevail in prisons is that of human rights, for it is the only one capable to protect democracy, said minister of justice, Mohammed Bouzoubaa. Morocco, Judicial, 3/15/2003
- UNICEF racing to bolster the strength of 400,000 malnourished children in Iraq
The report continued that Iraq has one of the highest rates of children under- five mortality in the world, with more than one in eight children dying before they reach their fifth birthday. Although it has improved in recent years, malnutrition also remains high, affecting one in four Iraqi children under the age of five- almost 1 million youngsters in total. Half of Iraq's 24.5 million people are children. Iraq, Health, 3/15/2003
- Lahoud underlines the important of Syrian- Lebanese unity of stances regarding developments
Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has stressed the importance of the unity of the Syrian and Lebanese positions concerning current developments and their impact on the decisions of Arab Sharm esh Sheikh summit. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/15/2003
- La Nouvelle Republique: Algeria shouldn't persist in a hundred-years-standby to support would-be state, Algeria's former defense minister
Algeria's former Defence minister, Khaled Nezzar said that his country "shouldn't hold itself in a hundred-years-standby to support the claims of a would-be state." Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/15/2003
- NY Times: U.S. Senator wants investigation into fake US evidence against Iraq
It added "Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia said he was uneasy about a possible campaign to deceive the public about the status of Iraq's nuclear program." Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/15/2003
- Chile will not vote for any war against Iraq
Chilean Foreign Ministry stressed yesterday that his Country will not support the American- British and Spanish draft resolution that paves the way for war against Iraq. Iraq-Chile, Politics, 3/15/2003
- Maher: Calling off Arab committee's visit to Baghdad inappropriate
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher said on Thursday that the postponing of a visit by the ministerial committee formed by the latest Arab summit in Sharm El-Sheikh was not an appropriate decision. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/15/2003
- Negotiations on the Association Agreement between European Union and Syria
The 10th Round of negotiations on the Association Agreement between the European Union and Syria took place in Damascus on 12 and 13 March 2003. The negotiation teams were headed by Tawfik Ismail, Head of the State Planning Commission, on the Syrian side, and on the European side by Christian Leffler, Director for the Middle East and South Mediterranean at the European Commission. Syria-European Union, Politics, 3/15/2003
- Moroccan bank SGMB takes over Ghanaian SSB bank ltd
Moroccan bank SGMB has recently struck a deal in Accra to take over Ghanaian SSB Bank Ltd, announced a release of SGMB circulated in Rabat on Thursday. Morocco-Ghana, Business, 3/15/2003
- Saadat observes food strike
In a statement, the People's Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that its secretary general Ahmad Saadat detained in Areiha prison started a food strike over what he has been exposed to of "strong measures" by the British and American guards. Palestine, Politics, 3/15/2003
- New Israeli aggression in Tammon, Jenin, 11 Palestinians killed
The security source explained that a group of Israeli tanks escorted by a military bulldozers incurred into Rafah area and broke into several houses and leveled a vast area of land before it pulled out. Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/15/2003
- Rosetta's historical treasures in sorry state
The sight of piles of refuse detracts from the cultural and historic values of the town. Egypt, Local, 3/15/2003
Short Takes
- Algerian paper Al Bilad wrote on Thursday that recent remarks, on the Sahara issue, by Algeria's Former Defence minister, Khaled Nezzar, tantamount to "a shock therapy" that incites for a "new thinking" on the three-decade long conflict. Go
- Egypt's President and Bahrain's King, the current Arab Summit Chairman, exchanged in a telephone conversation yesterday viewpoints on the special ministerial committee stemming from the recently held Arab Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, in light of Wednesday's memorandum form the Iraqi government requesting the postponement of the Arab committee to Baghdad. Go
- Syria's Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa Miro stressed yesterday the importance of boosting Arab solidarity in the interest of Arab nation asserting that solidarity is the first option in the current situation. In an interview given to the Deputy of al-Anbaa Kuwaiti newspaper's Editor in Chief, Adnan AlRashed, Miro stressed the standing strong relations between Syria and Kuwait indicating the importance of developing these relations in all domains. Go
- Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher received on Friday a telephone call from his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal on the circumstances that led to the suspension of the visit by the Arab ministerial committee to Baghdad. Go
- The U.S. launched a Web site serves as a single point of access to U.S. visa information. With sections titled "Doing Business and Working Temporarily in the United States," "Studying in the U.S. and Coming on an Exchange," "Visiting the U.S.," and "Coming Permanently to the U.S.," it is designed to help users find information about current visa rules and procedures quickly and easily. Go
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