Arabic News Daily Page for 3/11/2004
Daily Edition - Thursday, March 11, 2004
- Rouhi Fattouh, president of the Palestinian legislative council
Member of the Palestinian legislative council, Rouhi Fattouh, who is backed strongly by President Yasser Arafat was elected yesterday as President of the council by getting the majority of the votes of the Palestinian parliamentarians who simultaneously elected one of the opposition members as a deputy chairman. Palestine, Politics, 3/11/2004 - Italy, Arab League reject ready- made initiatives for reform
The Arab League and Italy stressed the necessity for finding just and comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, expressing rejection to the ready-made initiatives for reform. Regional-Italy, Politics, 3/11/2004 - Annan: No plan to resume the Syrian and Lebanese tracks
The UN secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday denied the existence of any plan for the UN to resume negotiations between Israel, on the one hand, and each of Syria and Lebanon on the other. Regional-Israel, Politics, 3/11/2004 - Two Iraqis, nine Iraqis were killed in different clashes in Iraq; Governing council: Saddam's trial will be purely Iraqi
The rotating president of the Iraqi governing council Muhammad Baher al-Oloum said yesterday that the trial of the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will be made inside Iraq by Iraqi judges and in an Iraqi court without foreign intervention. Iraq-USA, Military, 3/11/2004 - Japanese Grant for Syrian for Deaf and Mute society
The Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Mrs. Siham Dello, and the Japanese Ambassador in Damascus Azusa Haiachi on Wednesday signed an agreement of grants upon which the Japanese government is to grant assistance estimated at $ 218,674 for the Societies of Deaf and Mute in the Syrian governorates of Hama, Lattakia and Raqqa. Syria-Japan, Local, 3/11/2004 - International journalist federation relocates MENA office in Morocco
The international federation of journalists (IFJ) has decided to relocate its regional office for the Middle east and North Africa to Morocco. Morocco-Regional, Local, 3/11/2004