Tunisia

December 10, 2003

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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an $87.3 million loan to finance the second phase of a railway infrastructure project in Tunisia. The total cost of the project is

December 8, 2003

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Egyptian producer Sami Al Adel has nominated Egyptian singer Angham for the leading role in the new film “Suraya Al Sultan” portraying the life of the late Tunisian singer Thikra

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South Korea’s Omu Electric Company has decided to send its team stationed in Iraq back home after the latest resistance ambush took the lives of two employees. Omu was commissioned by Washington Group

December 7, 2003

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Saudi Minister of Transportation Dr. Jubarah bin Eid Al-Suraiseri received in the capital of Riyadh Sunday the Tunisian ambassador to the Kingdom, Sal

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Tahseen Khayat, a Lebanese media tycoon and owner of New TV (NTV), was detained Saturday in a surprise military intelligence swoop on the television n

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The Egyptian Society for Art, Culture and Creativity held a commemoration ceremony for the late Tunisian singer Thikra, who was killed by her late husband Aiman Suweidi late last week, at the Marriott

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Saudi Arabia’s macroeconomic position is expected to improve in 2003 compared to last year, said the International Monetary Fund in its recently concluded Article IV consultation on the Kingdom.

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Loans and grants pledged at the International Donor’s Conference for Iraq, in Madrid, Spain on October 23 to 24, totaled a minimum of $32 billion, according to an official tally recently issued by the

December 4, 2003

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U.S Secretary of State Colin Powell was received Wednesday by Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Colin Powell, who arrived Wednesday afternoon

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A draft agreement, regarding the integration of the Maghreb (North Africa) electrical power network to the European one, has been signed Tuesday in Rome, after the proceedings of the 4th Euro-Mediterr

December 3, 2003

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell continued on Wednesday a tour of North Africa to muster support for Washington's "war on terrorism" with stops in M

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The Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife arrived in Damascus Wednesday for a two-day official visit to Syria. The tour is aimed

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Israel has recently rejected a Syrian proposal for a ceasefire on its northern border with Lebanon.

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Record stores around the Arab world have been witnessing a significant increase in the album sales of the late Tunisian singer Thikra, with the highest sales coming from her latest album “Youm Alaik”

December 2, 2003

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Reporters Without Borders has called on French President Jacques Chirac to do all he could to get his Tunisian counterpart, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, to allow a free and independent media in the Arab s