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Iran heading for civil rebellion, says ex-Shah's son
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January 30, 2002
CNN
PARIS, France (Reuters) -- The son of Iran's late Shah said Monday there was widespread dissatisfaction among the Iranian people with President Mohammad Khatami's government and pressure for reform was building toward civil rebellion.
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Iran Report
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January 30, 2002
RFE
TEHRAN CONTINUES AFGHAN 'PSYOPS.' Mr. Farrokhi, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting representative in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, announced that a new Iranian TV channel -- Jam-i Jam 3 -- will start operating at the end of February and its broadcasts will cover Afghanistan, Tajikistan's Asia-Plus news agency reported on 24 January.
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Eastern Alliance
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January 30, 2002
The New Republic
On November 12, in the corridors of the United Nations, Colin Powell crossed paths with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi. But unlike every secretary of state since 1979, Powell didn't snub his Iranian counterpart; rather, he shook his hand.
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Was Ayatollah Shirazi Murdered?
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January 30, 2002
Marzeh Por Gohar
40 days after the death of Ayatollah Shirazi in Qum, one burning question is still
being asked: Did he die naturally or was he killed by poisoning?
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Asefi rejects US allegations on arms shipment to Palestine
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January 30, 2002
IRNA
Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi
here Tuesday rejected the allegations of the US Vice-President Dick
Cheney that Iran had shipped arms for the Palestinian Authority.
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Iran-Iraq relations still on ice
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January 30, 2002
BBC
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri has ended a five-day visit to Iran that was regarded by some as reflecting a sudden thaw in relations between the two countries, which fought a gruelling eight-year war in the 1980s.
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Iran returns to crude export pre-financing
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January 30, 2002
IRNA
London, Jan 30, IRNA -- Iran is reported to be negotiating four-
year Dlrs 500 million pre-financing facilities with a group of French
banks, including Credit Lyonnais and BNP Paribas.
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Muslim Haj Pilgrims Head to Saudi Under Close Watch
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January 30, 2002
Reuters
RIYADH (Reuters) - Thousands of Muslim pilgrims are flocking to Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage amid tight security in the wake of the Sept. 11 U.S. attacks.
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Pakistan Denies Bin Laden Visited for Dialysis
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January 30, 2002
Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan said Tuesday a report that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden underwent secret kidney dialysis in one of its hospitals a day before the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States was absurd.
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Scotsman sets off on foot through some of the Earth's most forbidding terrain.
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January 30, 2002
The Los Angeles Times
HERAT, Afghanistan -- For breakfast Sunday morning, Rory Stewart ate four fried eggs and a fistful of naan, the flat Afghan bread. Then he walked to the local bazaar and bought 20 tablets of the antibiotic Cipro, two dog-eared English-language books and a walking stick.
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A Need for Prudence in the Persian Gulf
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January 30, 2002
The New York Times
WASHINGTON -- In the debate about the United States-Saudi relationship, there are growing indications in Congress and reportedly among Saudi officials that a reduction of American military forces in Saudi Arabia is politically inevitable. A drastic change like a complete withdrawal of forces is unlikely.
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Saudi asks US to turn over detainees
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January 30, 2002
The Boston Globe
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's interior minister said yesterday that ''about 100'' of the 158 Al Qaeda detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay are Saudi citizens, and he requested that they be handed over to Saudi officials for interrogation.
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Bush: Fate of Saudi prisoners at Guantanamo to be decided case by case
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January 30, 2002
Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) The fates of more than 100 Saudis detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base will be decided individually, President Bush said, despite a request from Saudi Arabia that they all be returned home.
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Saudi Leader Reaffirms U.S. Ties, but Is Critical
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January 30, 2002
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah said U.S.-Saudi relations emerged as strong as ever from the Sept. 11 attacks, but he took issue in an interview published on Tuesday with what he called Washington's indefensible position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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An Inside Look at a Saudi Palace Gala: Poems, Prayer and Praise
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January 30, 2002
The International Herald Tribune
RIYADH For three hours, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz - the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, the heir apparent, the first deputy prime minister, the commander of the National Guard and the kingdom's de facto ruler - did what a Saudi royal must do.
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Arafat misled me, Bush tells Mubarak
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January 30, 2002
The Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON (January 29) - US President George W. Bush telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday and said Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat had misled him about his commitment to fighting terror.
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Arafat orders arrests of three officials in arms ship affair
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January 30, 2002
The Jerusalem Post
JERUSALEM (January 29) - Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has signed arrest warrants for three PA officials suspected of being involved in the Karine A weapons ship affair, dismissing two of them from their jobs.
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Administration Dismisses Arafat Speech
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January 30, 2002
AP
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is refusing to accept recent overtures by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as a serious attempt to curb terrorism. "So far, Yasser Arafat has not done what he knows he has to do," Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday.
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Fear of ‘alternative’ to Saddam need not inhibit Washington
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January 30, 2002
The Daily Star
If the peaceful transition of power is one of the main characteristics of democracy, Arab countries have unfortunately only experienced this phenomenon on rare occasions. The rule in the Arab world has always been forceful change, either through the death of the incumbent ruler, a military coup, or most commonly both.
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How Arabs look at both the West and world Jewry
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January 30, 2002
the Daily Star
Some Westerners in particular those under 50 are baffled by Palestinian and Arab aspirations, or rather demands, that the United States and Europe intervene to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is true that a nation has to take responsibility for solving its own problems one way or another, but the world today is interdependent, and there are historical and legal reasons for the demands that Arabs and Palestinians make of the West.
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How Enron Sheds Light on Failed US Mideast Policy
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January 30, 2002
The Daily Star
Can the demise of a single private corporation yield important evidence about a government's susceptibility to the sort of pressure that causes its actions to be divorced from its professed ideals and its foreign policy to undermine its own interests?
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Blair faces Enron 'cash-for-access' probe
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January 30, 2002
London Daily Telegraph
LONDON : The collapse of the American energy company Enron threatened yesterday to engulf Britain's Labor Party in a "cash-for-access" scandal.
Opposition politicians demanded an inquiry into the government's dealings with the failed company and its auditors, Arthur Andersen.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair's office denied any impropriety, insisting that a series of meetings between Enron executives and ministers since Labor came to power had been part of the normal business of government.
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Pakistan urges India to talk
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January 30, 2002
BBC
Pakistan has given a set of proposals to India for the improvement of relations between the two countries, including immediate talks to discuss a phased withdrawal of troops from the borders.
Though tensions have remained high along the border, India has so far rejected all proposals for talks unless Pakistan takes further measures to stop cross-border militant activities in Kashmir.
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Sheik sought in missing-report case
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January 30, 2002
The Boston Globe
Law enforcement officials are combing Pakistan in search of Sheik Mubarik Ali Gilani, an elusive spiritual leader with thousands of American followers, to question him about last week's kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Australia Indicates It Might Relocate Asylum Seekers
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January 30, 2002
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- The government hinted today that it might close an outback detention center and move illegal immigrants held there to other sites--one of the key demands of asylum seekers on hunger strike at the center.
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How the President Forged Response to Terror
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January 30, 2002
International Herals tribune
WASHINGTON At 7:30 a.m., half an hour after arriving for work in the Oval Office, President George W. Bush phoned his friend Tony Blair, the British prime minister. He knew Mr. Blair would help buoy his spirits - and might have some useful advice about what to do.
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In Afghan town, warlords clash over the king's return
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January 30, 2002
The Christian Science Monitor
KHOST, AFGHANISTAN - Thousands of Pashtun tribesmen swept down from the mountains into this city during the past three days to fend off what they claim is a conspiracy to smother Afghanistan's royal revival.
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Israel confronts security dilemma
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January 30, 2002
The Daily Star
The Israeli Government is considering controversial plans to tighten security around Jerusalem following a string of attacks by Palestinian militants on Jewish neighbourhoods in the western part of the city.
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