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Thursday 27 April 2006 (28 Rabi` al-Awwal 1427)

Fight Ignorance, Urges Yudhoyono
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News

 
RIYADH, 27 April 2006 — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the Islamic countries to fight “proactively and constructively” ignorance, backwardness and injustice. He also called...  Full Story 
 
 
Greater Powers Urged for Regions
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News

 
JEDDAH, 27 April 2006 — Hail Gov. Prince Saud ibn Abdul Mohsen has emphasized the importance of the decentralization of authority and transfer of decision-making powers from the ministries to regional...  Full Story 
 
 
Kingdom’s Net Foreign Assets Reach SR752.8bn
Khalil Hanware, Arab News
JEDDAH, 27 April 2006 — Due to higher oil revenues, impressive growth in non-oil exports and favorable macroeconomic conditions, the net foreign assets held by Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA),...  Full Story 
 
 
Domestic Violence Against Men Increasing: NSHR
Arab News
JEDDAH, 27 April 2006 — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has sounded an alarm bell about the increasing instances of domestic violence against men being reported in the Kingdom. An...  Full Story 
Abbas Calls for World Meet on ME Conflict
Doug Mellgren, Associated Press
OSLO, 27 April 2006 — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday proposed an international conference to jumpstart long-stalled peace talks with Israel, and said the election of a Hamas government,...  Full Story 
 
 
New Suicide Bombings Rock North Sinai
Shafiah Shaban, Arab News
CAIRO, 27 April 2006 — Two new suicide bombings yesterday morning in north Sinai targeted multinational peacekeeping forces and Egyptian police. The attacks come less than two days after the deadly...  Full Story 
 
 
Iran in Last-Ditch Talks With IAEA
Agence France Presse
VIENNA, 27 April 2006 — Iran’s nuclear chief Vice President Gholam Reza Aghazadeh met yesterday with the head of the UN atomic agency Mohamed El-Baradei in last-ditch talks two days before a UN deadline...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Trouble in Sri Lanka
27 April 2006
SRI Lanka last night seemed to be moving closer to a resumption of full-scale conflict between the Tamil rebels and government forces. The suicide bombing at the Defense Ministry in Colombo seriously...  Full Story 

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