TECHNOLOGY-UAE: Arab scientists display their inventions

Arab scientists worldwide have tasted the first fruits of success through their association with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sharjah-based Arab Science and Technology Foundation - but it is now important to keep getting Arab investors involved in such projects to reap the benefits within the region.

CULTURE-UAE: Artists from West to flock to Sharjah art biennial

US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be determined to wage a war against Iraq, but artists from the US and UK - far from being deterred from the region by the prospects of war - will be descending upon Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in droves for the 6th Sharjah International Art Biennial, to be held April 8 to May 8.

INFORMATICS-UAE: Clamp down on software piracy

Over 100 copies of illegal software installed in 23 computers were seized in a raid conducted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Information on a computer training center in Dubai.

UAE: Humanitarian aid for Eritrea

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society (RCS) is to execute next week a humanitarian program in Eritrea in a bid to ease the suffering of the population because of food shortage.

IRAQ-MALAYSIA: Non-Aligned Movement to denounce US threats

Non-aligned nations are set to denounce a possible US-led attack on Iraq - a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement - at their coming summit in Malaysia, officials said Wednesday.

MIDDLE EAST: Eleven Palestinians killed in Israeli massacre at Gaza

Eleven Palestinians were killed at dawn Wednesday in a new massacre Israeli forces committed at Al Shajaiyeh and Al Tufah, two districts in Gaza.

MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian leadership condemns Israeli massacre at Gaza

The Palestinian leadership on Wednesday condemned strongly the Israeli attack and armed incursion into residential quarters in Gaza at dawn today with tanks and attack Apache helicopters killing 11 Palestinians in Al Shajaiyeh and Al Tufah quarters where they also destroyed buildings, dynamited workshops and ripped electricity lines

OMAN: Citizens advised not to travel to US

The Omani Foreign Ministry advised Omani citizens not to travel to the United States except when conditions make it necessary due to the discriminatory and unbefitting measures they would face during their visit.

MIDDLE EAST: Israel lifts closure of West Bank, Gaza Strip

The Israeli army lifted its closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday and allowed some 12,000 Palestinians with entry permits into Israel to go to their jobs in the Jewish state, the ‘Jerusalem Post' daily reported.

RUSSIA-IRAQ: Moscow denies military cooperation with Baghdad

Russia does not cooperate with Iraq on military-technical levels, Itar-Tass News Agency quoted Mikhail Dmitriyev, Chairman of the Russian Committee for International Military-Technical Cooperation, as saying.

IRAQ: Arab Journalists Union members to fuel anti-war campaigns

The Secretariat-General of the Arab Journalists Union, chaired by Ibrahim Nafe, praised the recent international mobilization against looming threat of US-British attacks against Iraq.

ENVIRONMENT-UAE: Fish resources assessment survey project completed

The Fish Resources Assessment Survey in United Arab Emirates (UAE) waters, conducted by the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA) in cooperation with the UAE concerned agencies and an international consortium, has been completed.

FRANCE-UAE: Exhibition on Arab identity of Jerusalem

More than 70 historic pictures highlighting the Arab identity and cultural character of Occupied Jerusalem will be displayed at an exhibition opening here today.

SOUTH KOREA: Subway fire kills at least 20, dozens injured

A subway fire in South Korea Tuesday killed at least 20 people and injured more than 100 as police investigated it as an arson attack, media reports said.

ECONOMY-IRAQ: At Least Some Will Welcome War

An engineer in suit and tie smiles as he looks at the share prices at the booming stock exchange in Baghdad.

SAUDI ARABIA: Unknown gunmen assassinate deputy governor

Deputy Governor of the Saudi "al-Jouf" region Dr. Hamad bin Abdul Rahman al-Wardi was assassinated by an unknown assailant this morning, an official source at the Saudi Interior Ministry announced.

RUSSIA: Protest meeting staged near US embassy in Moscow.

About 700 protesters rallied in front of the US embassy in Moscow on Monday to protest war against Iraq.

OPEC: Prices reach record high mark over two-year period

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil prices reached a record high mark over a two-year period today, as a barrel of crude from the OPEC seven-brand oil basket reached 32.33 US dollars Friday, the OPEC Secretariat said in a report today.

KASHMIR: Security officer killed in landmine blast

A security officer was killed on the spot and a Jawan injured in a mine blast, suspected to have been caused by militants, in Anantang district of south Kashmir Monday, official sources said here.

MIDDLE EAST: Israelis to withdraw soon, says Palestinian interior minister

Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Hassan said today that he expected an Israeli military withdrawal from the Palestinian autonomous areas of the West Bank and Gaza soon.

IRAQ: Give diplomacy a chance, says UAE paper

The marches by masses around the world in the past two days rejecting a possible war on Iraq has a candid message to tell - give other options a chance, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) paper says.