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Monday 23 April 2007

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Syria Today


* Syrian election ends amid reportedly low turnout

Voting for Syria's parliament ended on Monday with reportedly low turnout and a widespread lack of enthusiasm for the two-day polls which opposition activists had urged supporters to boycott.

 

* Voting makes slow start for Syrian parliament

Voting for Syria's parliament made a slow start on Sunday amid widespread lack of enthusiasm for the two-day polls which opposition activists have urged supporters to boycott.

 

* Opposition calls for boycott as Syrians set to vote

More than 9,000 candidates will be chasing 250 seats in Syria's parliament on Sunday, in a two-day election which opposition parties -- banned but still with a voice -- want their supporters to boycott.

 

* UN urges Lebanon to hasten Hariri murder court

The UN's top legal adviser on Friday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

 

* NSF Delegation meets US State Department officials

A National Salvation Front delegation in the Unites States held meetings with officials from the National Security Council, the US Department of State and a number of Congressional staff from April 17-19, 2007.

 

* Syrian president meets Russian deputy foreign minister for talks

* UN envoy in Beirut to speed up Hariri murder court

* UN probe of reported arms smuggling across Lebanon-Syria border urged

* UN envoy says time to move forward on Hariri murder court

* Russia warns Israel against Syria war

* Syria says Israel should surrender Golan Heights before talks

* Syria Hails Venezuela's stances towards Arab Issues

* Palestinian camp children 'shoot' gloomy life in Lebanon

* Official Source: Suleiman Statements Don't reflect Syria's Viewpoint

* Cheney Chastises Dem's Trip to Syria

* Syrian exports soar to 10.8 billion dollars for 2006: PM

* Rival Druze gunmen clash in Lebanon

* Civil War prompts soul searching among Lebanese

* First Massari concert in Syria

* Beirut Asks U.N. To Help End Syria's Influence in Lebanon

 


Arab & World


* Gates in Israel on third leg of Mideast tour

* Rice meets Palestinian finance minister

* UN calls for more help for fleeing Iraqis

* Qatar urges Israel to heed Arab peace calls

* Israel ready for talks with Arabs on peace plan: Olmert

* Top Iran MP wants talks with US House speaker

* Abbas and Olmert to discuss Palestinian state details

* Olmert considers entering talks with Arab group

* Iraqi leaders say bombing will unite them

* Pressure grows on Wolfowitz in promotion scandal

* Cheney: Dems don't understand terrorism

* Report: Boycott raises Palestinian poverty

* Vatican envoy to shun Holocaust ceremony over pope picture

* Algeria in shock after suicide bombs kill 33

* Norway to resume direct aid to Palestinian government

* Israeli finance minister grilled again in graft probe

* Kidnapped BBC man's father urges release, seeks to reassure son

* BBC says evidence kidnapped correspondent alive

* US lawmakers ready to visit Iran after Syria trip

* U.S. delays imposing sanctions on Sudan

* 17 Dead in 2 Bombings in Algeria

 

 

Comment

  

* To Avoid Connivance Between France And The US Against Them

Jihad el-Khazen


* Pelosi's Syriana   

Debra J. Saunders


* Assad's Desperate Moves

Farid Ghadry


* Team Hezbollah

Hussein Shobokshi


* Suleiman in Israel

Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed


* Assad's useful idiot

Farid Ghadry


* The 'Tribunal' Standing Within The Lebanese Issue and the International Approach

Raghida Dergham


* A Twin Iranian-Syrian Escalation

Hassan Haydar


* Upside Down Logic

Walid Choucair


* In Lebanon as elsewhere, civil wars do not happen by themselves

Daily Star Editorial


* Iraq can't be a 'second Syria' for a Turkish show of power

SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ


 

 

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