Poll Awareness Campaign to Start Next Month
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 13 August 2004 — Public awareness campaigns for the forthcoming municipal elections will start in the lunar month of Shaaban (September), according to Abdullah Muhammad Al-Subail, a member...
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Afghan Election Shouldn’t Be Postponed
Amir Taheri, Arab News |
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LONDON, 13 August 2004 — As Afghanistan moves toward its first presidential election, scheduled for Oct. 9, an international cacophony is calling for the exercise to be scrapped or postponed. Having...
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US Seizes Heart of Najaf
Naseer Al-Nahr • Arab News |
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BAGHDAD, 13 August 2004 — US troops backed by tanks and aircraft seized the heart of the city of Najaf yesterday after fierce clashes with a Shiite militia. In the southern town of Kut, scores died...
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The Thunder of Geriatric Greased Lightning
Khaled Almaeena, almaeena@arabnews.com |
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Last week Abdullah Abou-Alsamh wrote an article about the traffic situation. His observations were straight-forward and clearly spelled out. I believe that the traffic department could benefit from...
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Tax Local Text Messages, But Not Oil
Rasheed Abou-Alsamh, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 13 August 2004 — Having won the May presidential election, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is now hungrily looking for new tax revenue with which to fund government programs and to help reduce...
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