UAE-WTO: Accord to help boost agriculture

A two-day workshop generating awareness on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and agriculture agreement as well as negotiations in this field, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf countries, was inaugurated in Dubai yesterday.

MOROCCO-SAUDI ARABIA: Bombings unite people against terrorism

The terrorist bombing of people's homes and hotels in Saudi Arabia and Morocco have alienated and revolted many in those countries, said a United Arab Emirates (UAE) English daily.

UAE: No hurdles to women participation in political life of the country

Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the President's wife and Chairwoman of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Women's Union, has said that there were no hurdles impeding the participation of UAE women in the political life of the country.

IRAQ: UAE mission facilitating delivery of relief assistance

In line with the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Society, the UAE mission in Baghdad has redoubled it efforts to clear all hurdles that impede the delivery of relief assistance to the Iraqi people, said Ali Saif Al Kaabi, UAE Charge d'Affairs.

UAE-AID: Humanitarian caravan leaves for Iraq

A 12-truck caravan carrying foodstuff, dates and canned items left here today for the people of Iraq.

MIDDLE EAST: Call to reassert Arab League role

The Arab League should launch initiatives to preserve the sovereignty of Iraq by forming a team of Arab intellectuals, diplomats and lobbyists to pressure the United Nations to safeguard the territorial integrity of Iraq, said Dr Clouvis Maqsoud, former Arab League representative to the UN.

MIDDLE EAST: Arab investment forum to focus on Iraq

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dubai Development and Investment Authority, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, Emaar and Shuaa Capital are among the sponsors of the ninth Arab Investment and Capital Markets Conference (ACM), which will be held in Beirut during May 22-23.

PALESTINE: Abu Mazen activates Interior Ministry, makes police reshuffle

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has issued executive decisions to activate the structure of the Palestinian Authority Interior Ministry.

MIDDLE EAST: Israel is working to abort roadmap, says UAE press

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) press today warned that certain gloomy regional and international indicators may put the roadmap on hold and sweep it into oblivion like the previous ambitious peace plans.

MIDDLE EAST: Israel against Canadian foreign minister’s meeting with Arafat

Israel expressed its disappointment over Canada's decision to send its foreign minister to the Palestinian territories within ten days in order to meet with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

INDIA: Banks to observe strike on Wednesday

Banking operations throughout India are expected to be paralyzed on Wednesday in view of the one-day strike call given by major trade unions.

TURKEY: Explosion in cafe kills one person

An explosion in a cafe at one of Ankara's busiest intersections killed one woman and wounded another during the morning rush hour Tuesday, police said.

UAE: Daily calls for effective methods to eradicate terrorism

A major United Arab Emirates (UAE) Arabic newspaper today criticized the suicide bombings that rocked several buildings in both Riyadh and Casablanca, where scores of people were killed and wounded.

UAE-HEALTH: Inking of WHO’s global treaty on tobacco control

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to ratify the first global treaty on tobacco control, to be adopted in the 56th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

IRAQ-ECONOMY: National investors set up $100 million offshore firm in UAE

A group of Iraqi national investors yesterday announced here the setting up of a $100 million offshore company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Jebel Ali Free Zone with the objective of playing a key role in the reconstruction and modernization of the war-ravaged country.

UAE: World’s biggest postcard for Sheikh Zayed

The biggest postcard in the world will be presented to United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in appreciation of his national achievements and his support to Arab causes.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace

Israeli war planes violated the Lebanese airspace for the sixth straight day today.

ISRAEL: Army minister threatens to expel Arafat

Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz today threatened to expel Palestinian President Yasser Arafat from the autonomous areas.

KASHMIR: Two militants killed in Udhampur clash

Two militants were shot dead on Monday in Udhampur of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here.

LEBANON: Clashes erupt between Palestinian factions

Heavy clashes erupted Monday between Palestinian factions inside the camp of Ain el Hilweh, two days after a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist leader was seriously wounded in a shooting, Palestinian sources said.

POLITICS-MOROCCO: Poverty Blamed for Terrorist Attack

The terrorist attacks that rocked Casablanca, Morocco's financial centre, have been blamed by analysts on deprivation that makes the young vulnerable to extremist propaganda.