27 February 2004 07:38
Pan-Arab TV headlines 27 Feb 04
AL-JAZEERA HEADLINES 0500 GMT: British Premier Blair accuses former Minister Claire Short of threatening national
security by charging British intelligence agents of spying on UN Kofi Annan before war on Iraq ... Kofi Annan's
spokesman says Annan will be disappointed if information on British spying confirmed ... Two Russians arrested in Qatar
for assassinating former Chechen president ... Russian Foreign Ministry protests arrest of two Russians in Qatar ... USA
to allow Libya to open interest section in Washington, US companies to resume activities in Libya ... USA lifts
restrictions imposed on citizens' travel to Libya ... Libyan foreign minister says relations with West entering
positive phase ... Israeli army lifts siege imposed on Al-Muqata'ah ... Arafat presides over Fatah Movement'
Revolutionary Council meeting in Ramallah ... Confrontations break out between Moroccan police and Al Hoceima
inhabitants protesting slowness in aid distribution after quake ... Search for Moroccan quake victims ends.
AL-ARABIYA TV HEADLINES 0600 GMT: UN secretary-general's spokesman says Annan concerned about British spying on
UN ... Blair accuses former Minister Claire Short of threatening British security by claiming that British intelligence
has spied on UN Kofi Annan ... Court acquits former GCHQ employee for leaking information about US-British plan to
eavesdrop on UN Security Council members .... African Union summit to be held in Sirte, Libya ... Libya to begin
destroying empty chemical weapons shells ... Washington lifts embargo on Libya, to allow it to open interests section in
USA ... Libyan foreign minister says his country's relations with US, EU entering new positive phase ... Israeli
forces close entrance to Arafat's headquarters ... Israeli forces expel Palestinian from West Bank to Gaza Strip
.. US assistant secretary of state for economic affairs denies US wants to impose reforms on Arabs ... UN special envoy
to Iraq pays first visit to the country ... Iraqi policemen killed, seven injured in booby-trapped explosion in
Ba'qubah ... Batches of new Iraqi army graduate ... Two weapons-manufacturing companies protest against contract to
supply new Iraqi army ... Rumsfeld minimises in Afghanistan chances of capturing Bin-Ladin ... Moroccan security forces
clash with demonstrators blundering aid trucks ... International aid to Palestinians dropped by half last year.
LBC TV HEADLINES 0600 GMT: Former British Minister Claire Short rejects Blair's charges that her statements on
British intelligence spying on UN threaten national security ... Qatari public prosecution charges two Russians of
assassinating former Chechen president ... Russian foreign minister protests to Qatar against arrest of two Russian
security elements ... Libya to begin today to destroy thousands of bombs not equipped with detonators ... US lifts
restrictions on travel to Libya, allows Libya to open interests section in USA ... Ansar al-Sunnah Army claims
responsibility for 258 military operations in Iraq ... US Powell says law on running Iraq under preparation ... Ali
Al-Sistani calls on UN Security Council to pass resolution on holding general elections in Iraq by end of 2004 ...
General elections can be held in Iraq eight months after the establishment of institutional, legal framework, says UN
special envoy in Iraq ... US forces' commander in Iraq says foreign fighters pose more danger than Saddam's
supporters ... Four Palestinians, one Israeli killed in confrontations in West Bank, Gaza Strip ... US criticizes Israel
for seizing Palestinian funds ... Arafat clashes with senior security advisor on security reforms at Fatah Movement
meeting ... Arab foreign ministers to discuss Egyptian-Syrian-Saudi plan to reform Arab League 2 March in Cairo ...
Aftershocks hit Al Hoceima area in Morocco ... Army clashes with demonstrating Moroccans in El Hoceima.
AL-ALAM TV HEADLINES 0600 GMT: Premier Quray condemns Israel for seizing Palestinian funds ... Four Palestinians
martyred, 90 others injured by Israeli forces in confrontations at separation wall ... Iraqi policeman killed, seven
injured in booby-trapped explosion in Ba'qubah ... Armed Iraqi elements attack US occupation army military convoy
.. Explosive device explodes in oil pipeline near Samarra ... Libya to begin destroying incomplete chemical bombs, says
IAEA ... US lifts travel embargo imposed on Libya, allows Libya to open interest section in Washington ... IAEA
director-general says size of Israel's nuclear weapons programme vague.
[BBC Monitoring International Reports] |
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