UAE-POLITICS: Utmost to alleviate war miseries in Iraq

Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has said that events in Iraq bear witness to the attention paid by the UAE to humanitarian issues in a bid to mitigate risks of wars and disputes and their repercussions on civilians.

IRAQ: Disarming people "an ambitious concept", says UAE paper

A leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) daily has described a plan by allied forces to disarm the Iraqi people of their weapons as an " ambitious concept", saying many Iraqis will be reluctant to hand over their only means of defense at this time.

MIDDLE EAST: Destruction of weapons of mass destruction decisive for

Russia intends to raise the file of Israel's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as soon as possible, Israeli sources said today.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli troops kill second Palestinian in 12 hours

Israeli troops killed one Palestinian today in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli troops kill second Palestinian in 12 hours

Israeli troops killed one Palestinian today in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

POLITICS-MIDEAST: Bush Faces a Long and Winding Road

As U.S. President George W. Bush launches his peace moves in the Middle East, many Arabs are asking whether he really is up for the task.

DEVELOPMENT: Counter-Summit Issues Desperate Call for Debt Relief

Civil society organisations issued another call to the Group of Eight (G8) most powerful countries to cancel the foreign debt owed by the world's 52 poorest nations - although they do not harbour hopes for a favourable response.

UAE-POLITICS: Study on Palestinian struggles released in Spanish

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed International Centre for Coordination and Follow-up has recently issued a study in Spanish by Dr. Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin), the Palestinian Prime Minister, under the title "The Political March in the Middle East".

MIDDLE EAST: Israel trying hard to create large-scale Palestinian civil war

A leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) Arabic newspaper today lauded the remarkable compliance the Palestinian resistance factions have recently shown in response to pressure and international, regional and local efforts aimed at paving the way for the expected launch of the roadmap plan.

MIDDLE EAST: Call for integration of Arab education

Arab education experts, meeting for the second day as part of the fourth General Assembly of the Association of Arab Institutions for Higher Education, organized by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ajman University of Science and Technology (AUST), have called for the integration of the Arab educational institutions to face future challenges.

UAE-IRAN: Bound by historical ties

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran are not only bound by long-standing historical ties but also share common socioeconomic interests, Saif Saeed bin Sa'ed , Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

UAE: RCS earmarks seven million dollars for Palestine

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society (RCS) has earmarked a total of. 26 million dirhams (more than seven million US dollars) in its budget for this year for relief work in Palestine.

IRAQ-UN: Belated move by UN to find itself a role in post-war Iraq a fantasy

The United Nations will not regain its role in the international arena as a peace keeper unless the five permanent members of the Security Council put an end to their deliberate marginalization of the world body, a leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) Arabic daily said today.

IRAQ: Honesty an essential starting point for US to win a wider trust from

The US and British governments appear to have misled the world with their claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, said a United Arab Emirates (UAE) English daily.

INDIA: Heat wave death toll nears 600 mark

At least 592 people have died due to a severe heat wave still gripping various parts of India as weather officials Friday held out no immediate hope of respite.

SRI LANKA: Tigers reject government offer to resume peace talks

In a major setback to the peace process, Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels on Friday rejected the government's proposal for financial authority to oversee war reconstruction in Tamil-majority areas.

ALGERIA-EARTHQUAKE: Reconstruction program announced

The government of quake-hit Algeria announced a 1.89 billion USD reconstruction program Friday to provide 20,000 new homes for the tens of thousands of people whose housing was destroyed, state radio said.

MIDDLE EAST: Abu Mazen reports to Arafat on his meeting with Sharon

Palestinian premier Mahmoud Abbas this morning presented a detailed report to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on the outcome of talks he held in Al Quds last night with his Israeli peer Sharon.

MIDDLE EAST: Abbas-Sharon meeting useful and frank

A Palestinian official source has described as useful and frank the meeting held in Al Quds last night between Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas and his Israeli peer Ariel Sharon.

RIGHTS-EGYPT: Sword Hangs over Civil Society

Egyptian civil society is bracing itself to face a controversial law that requires NGOs to register with the government by May 31 or face liquidation.

ISRAEL: 500 conscripts refuse to take oath for army and state

More than 500 Israeli young men and women have refused to take the oath for the Israeli army and state and opposed service in the occupied Palestinian territories and active duty.