Arabic News Daily Page for 3/19/2004
Daily Edition - Friday, March 19, 2004
- Yemeni President wants to deal with effects of tribal revenge acts
The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the formation of a higher national committee for eliminating revenge acts phenomenon which passively affects foreign investments and the country's tourism movement as well as threatening social peace and security. Yemen, Local, 3/19/2004 - Equity and Reconciliation Committee, health department weigh partnership
Health minister, Mohammed Cheikh Biadillah, held Wednesday a working meeting with Driss Benzekri, the president of the Equity and Reconciliation Committee in charge of out-of-court settlement of past human rights abuses. Morocco, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Syrian - Iraqi economic cooperation highlighted
Syria's Minister of Economy on Thursday said Syria was a main and strategic partner of Iraq at the economic and trade levels and pledged to exert all efforts to boost Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 3/19/2004 - Assessment on Baghdad's explosion is still contradictory, two persons killed in a hotel explosion in al-Basra
Iraqi security sources said that two persons were killed while a third was wounded in a car explosion near one hotel in al-Basra city to the south of Iraq. Witnesses, however, said that the explosion resulted in killing four persons and wounding other two. Iraq-USA, Military, 3/19/2004 - Yemen stops support to a demonstration on Iraq's invasion anniversary
The Yemeni government went back on its promise it had vowed to offering the opposition parties a licensing to organize a huge demonstration today ( Saturday), on the occasion of the first anniversary of Iraq's occupation at the hands of the American occupation forces and its allies. Yemen-Iraq, Politics, 3/19/2004 - Moroccans arrested in connection with Madrid blasts, not on European terror groups list, EU official
The "Moroccan terrorist group" suspected of being behind last Thursday's bombings in Madrid, does not figure in the European list of Terrorist organizations, said Thursday, Jonathan Faullle, director general of the European Commission for Justice and Internal Affairs. Morocco-Spain, Local, 3/19/2004 - Qatar invites an Israeli minister to an International conference
The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot said that the Israeli minister of Tourism Bani Eylon who calls for the evacuation of the Palestinians received an invitation from Qatar to take part in an international conference due to be held in Doha. Qatar-Israel, Politics, 3/19/2004