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  List of state leaders in 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal (2002–2003)
Prime Minister - Vladimír Špidla, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2002–2004)
Prime Minister - Mikhail Kasyanov, Prime Minister of Russia (2000–2004)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_2003   (3109 words)

  
 Israel and the occupied territories
Specifically, foreign agencies complained that their Palestinian employees, whom the agencies claimed were necessary for adequate coverage of events in the territories, were denied press cards (and thereby unable to travel unhindered in the occupied territories) for no valid reason.
Foreigners and citizens of all religions were allowed freely to purchase or lease the 7 percent of land not controlled by the Government or the JNF.
If a legal foreign worker becomes pregnant while in the country, the child born to that worker is entitled to remain with their parent as long as the parent maintains a legal work permit and until age 18.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27929.htm   (17755 words)

  
 Joint Communique of SCO Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Tashkent, Sept 5, 2003
The Ministers gave instruction to national coordinators to prepare the suggestions necessary for the launching of the SCO Secretariat in Beijing and of the RATS Executive Committee in Tashkent on November 1, 2003.
The Ministers noted with satisfaction that the establishment of the SCO, its proclaimed goals and objectives, and the process of its formation and the development of cooperation within the framework of the Organization are being positively regarded in the world.
The Ministers reaffirmed the SCO's preparedness to make its contribution to elaborating concrete and effective measures for ensuring stability and security both in the SCO zone of operation and on a wider scale, and to cooperate for that purpose with states and international associations irrespective of their geographical position.
russia.shaps.hawaii.edu /fp/russia/20030905_sco_fm_jc.html   (1246 words)

  
 Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The ministry for foreign affairs is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government (prime minister or president); it is often granted to the deputy prime minister in coalition governments.
In a classic parliamentary system, a foreign minister can potentially exert significant influence in forming foreign policy but when the government is dominated by a strong prime minister the foreign minister may be limited to playing a more marginal or subsidary role in determining policy.
In the United Kingdom, the foreign minister is called the 'Foreign Secretary'; after the merger of the previously separate Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office in 1968, the foreign minister is officially referred to as the 'Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs'.
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs   (396 words)

  
 Appendix B -- Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
In 2003, suspected ‘Asbat al-Ansar elements were responsible for the attempt in April to use a car bomb against a McDonald’s in a Beirut suburb.
Militants also took foreigners hostage in 1999 and 2000, including four US citizens who were mountain climbing in August 2000 and four Japanese geologists and eight Kyrgyzstani soldiers in August 1999.
JI was responsible for the bombing of the J. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta on 5 August 2003, the Bali bombings on 12 October 2002, and an attack against the Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia in August 2000.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2003/31711.htm   (10719 words)

  
 The Hindu : Foreign Ministers of India, China, Russia to meet again
In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, said the proposal was floated by his Russian colleague, Igor Ivanov, at their recent three-way meeting in New York, and accepted by the Chinese Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing.
The Chinese Foreign Minister (then Tang Jiaxuan) came late and made an immediate exit the moment the meeting was over.
On Beijing's decision to remove Sikkim from the list of "independent nations" posted on its official website, he said it was part of a programme and timeframe indicated by the Chinese side.
www.hinduonnet.com /2003/10/12/stories/2003101205240800.htm   (620 words)

  
 Asia Times - Asia's most knowledgable news source
In the case of Beijing and Shanghai, foreign retailers were allowed to set up only four joint ventures in each, while in the other four cities, the number of joint ventures was capped at two per retailer.
With over 300 foreign retailers, large and small, already jostling for space, the race is on to corner as much of the market share as possible before China is fully integrated with the global trading community under the WTO.
The law-abiding foreign retailers would be permitted to expand, while a one-year curb on expansion would be imposed on those who had violated the norms.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Global_Economy/FA31Dj03.html   (3913 words)

  
 Foreign minister biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Ministry of Foreign (or External) Affairs is often considered to be the most senior ministerial position after Prime Minister, and is often given to the Deputy Prime Minister in coalition governments.
Since the end of World War II, it has been common for the foreign minister to be part of an inner cabinet, often known as a National Security Council with the defense minister so that the defence and diplomatic policy can better be coordinated.
In the United Kingdom, the Foreign Minister is called the Foreign Secretary, and has officially been called the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 1968, when the previously separate Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office were merged.
foreign-minister.biography.ms   (296 words)

  
 M - Appendix B: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
The following descriptive list constitutes the 36 terrorist groups that currently (as of 30 January 2003) are designated by the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
High-level foreign delegations—including from the United States—attending the inauguration were not injured, but 21 residents of a poor neighborhood nearby were killed by stray rounds in the attack.
Foreign citizens often are targets of FARC kidnapping for ransom.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19991.htm   (10013 words)

  
 The Europe - Asia Meeting (ASEM) - Ministerial & other meetings - Introduction
In addition to pursuing the ASEM dialogue under the first and third pillars (political dialogue, cooperation in other areas), the Foreign Ministers Meeting is also responsible for the overall coordination of the ASEM process.
The second Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Berlin on 28-29 March 1999, chaired by HE Mr Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany.
The first ASEM Conference of Ministers of Culture followed an initiative by China and was co-sponsored by France, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/asem/min_other_meeting/index_min.htm   (1111 words)

  
 List of Danish Female Ministers
She was minister for only 14 days before she had to resign because of her involvement in a scandal.
Her title was Udenrigsråd og Chef for Sydgruppen (Foreign Affairs Councillor and Head of the South Group) and she was Leader of the Department of Development Aid within the Foreign Ministry.
As minister of Church Affairs she was boss of both of her parents, who are both priests in the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Danmark_List.htm   (2714 words)

  
 The US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The European Union is linking aid to fighting terrorism as well, with European ministers warning countries that their relations with the economically powerful bloc will suffer if they fail to cooperate in the fight against terrorism.
Correction made: the 0.7% of GNI for foreign aid agreement was not first made in 1992, but in 1970, some 35 years ago.
List of resolutions from the 1970 25th Session of the General Assembly.
www.globalissues.org /TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp?so=d2003   (10178 words)

  
 Journalists killed in 2003
In November 2002, Alfonso's name was one of about 100 that appeared on a list distributed in the town of Arauca by paramilitary fighters, who threatened to kill the people on the list unless they "reformed," said Meléndez.
Chua-Eoan told CPJ that foreign journalists in northern Iraq had recently received warnings from U.S. State Department and Kurdish intelligence officials that Ansar al-Islam may target members of the media, as well as the hotel where most journalists are staying, the Sulaymaniyeh Palace.
The journalist said that an employee of the paper, whom Roaa also mentioned in her e-mail to CPJ as being a suspect in the case, was released by police, also for lack of evidence.
www.cpj.org /killed/killed03.html   (15067 words)

  
 Informed Comment : 10/01/2003 - 10/31/2003
UPI reported, "Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told the panel that while Thai soldiers were safe, he would not allow them to risk "mortal danger."" I'd say that the coalition of the willing is pretty shaky if troops are only being supplied on the condition that their safety be guaranteed.
The foreign fighters thesis had cold water poured on it the day before yesterday when US military sources told the Washington Post that satellite photos and other surveillance of the border to not show any infiltration of fighters from Syria.
Turkish Interior Minister Cemil Cicek said Monday that the ball is in the court of the US and the Interim Governing Council with regard to the question of deploying Turkish troops in Iraq.
www.juancole.com /2003_10_01_juancole_archive.html   (12349 words)

  
 It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - Iraq's deputy foreign ministers has been killed in an ambush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One of Iraq's deputy foreign ministers has been killed in an ambush outside his Baghdad home Saturday.
Kuba was a career diplomat who worked in the foreign ministry for over 30 years, holding an important post under the previous regime.
He had been a part of Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari's recent delegation to the United Nations in New York.
www.itshappening.com /showthread.php?t=44803   (511 words)

  
 Consolidated List
The list of entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban
The list of individuals belonging to or associated with the Al-Qaida organisation
The list of entities belonging to or associated with the Al-Qaida organisation
www.un.org /Docs/sc/committees/1267/tablelist.htm   (252 words)

  
 Morocco/Western Sahara - Amnesty International
Parliamentary elections took place in September resulting in the formation of a new government in November, headed by Prime Minister Driss Jettou, formerly Minister of the Interior.
The King retained powers to appoint key ministers, including the Prime Minister, and the Ministers of Justice and the Interior.
They had been charged in connection with a series of articles which accused Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Benaissa of embezzlement while he was ambassador to the USA.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Mar-summary-eng   (1575 words)

  
 Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source
The 2003 Defense Department's "Base Structure Report" lists 702 foreign bases owned or leased by the Pentagon, with about 6,000 more installations in the US and its possessions.
Fourteen of the top 15 foreign sources of crude oil in the first two months of 2004 were countries with direct access to the US (Canada and Mexico) or access to the world's oceans for direct transport.
Washington has attempted to gain support by adding to its list of suspect individuals and groups whoever is named by "allies" in the "war on terror".
www.atimes.com /atimes/Front_Page/FK20Aa01.html   (3070 words)

  
 The Foreign Policy of 20 Million Would-Be Immortals by Gary North
To imagine that fundamentalists will ever abandon their support of the State of Israel is to imagine that these people will also symbolically sign their own death certificates.
That would be the meaning for such a reversal in outlook regarding American foreign policy.
It is always possible that they will abandon their faith in pre-tribulational dispensationalism, but the odds are against it.
www.lewrockwell.com /north/north188.html   (2359 words)

  
 Bilderberg 2003 -Versailles, Paris, France, 15th to 18th May 2003
All conferences are to be on-the-record, the list of attendees to be released to the public in advance of the event.
She saw in Israel’s use of force against the Palestinians, and in America’s tacit approval of this, a consecration of the law of the jungle and a subversion of the role of the UN and of international humanitarian law.
The French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin is said to have remarked that, if the Americans hadn't insisted the war was about weapons of mass destruction and had merely admitted it was about regime change, the French would have supported Washington.
www.bilderberg.org /2003.htm   (19220 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: Middle East & Northern Africa: Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan
Shortly after the announcement of the amnesty, described by the authorities as "full and final and complete," Minister of Justice Mundhir al-Shawi clarified that those held in connection with espionage for the U.S. and the "Zionist entity" would also be excluded.
In the ensuing days, a number of former inmates described to foreign journalists the appalling conditions in which they had been held and the torture and ill-treatment to which they had been subjected during their incarceration.
During his visit, the rapporteur met with the ministers of foreign affairs, interior, justice, and labor and social affairs, as well as with members of the judiciary, police officials, and religious leaders.
www.hrw.org /wr2k3/mideast4.html   (3901 words)

  
 List of foreign ministers in 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foreign ministers in 2002 - State leaders in 2003 - Foreign ministers in 2004
Categories: Lists of foreign ministers by year
This page was last modified 04:29, 13 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_foreign_ministers_in_2003   (174 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Ivanov Continues to Follow the Right Path   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Igor Ivanov, the Russian Foreign Minister, today brought to the United Kingdom the message of his government with a loud and clear NO to war against Iraq.
Jack Straw, the British Foreign Secretary, who has followed the belligerent and bullying path blazed by the Bush administration, stated after his meeting with Igor Ivanov that he hoped the two countries would be able to reach agreement on how to manage the crisis in the Gulf.
Igor Ivanov, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation stated the position of his country clearly and unequivocally on Friday: that Russia will not allow any resolution which opens the path for war to pass in the Security Council.
english.pravda.ru /main/2003/03/05/44012.html   (2781 words)

  
 RP to host meeting of LatAm, East Asian foreign ministers - Nov. 27, 2003
THE PHILIPPINES in January will host 32 foreign ministers from East Asia and Latin America to boost cooperation between both regions, Foreign Secretary Blas Ople said Thursday.
The foreign ministers are expected to adopt a Manila declaration that will "chart the future cooperation of two of the world's most prodigious economic zones," Ople said.
Comelec resets release of voters' list to Dec. 15
www.inq7.net /brk/2003/nov/27/brkpol_19-1.htm   (164 words)

  
 Department of the Parliamentary Library - Ministry
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
www.aph.gov.au /library/parl/40/ministry/ministry.htm   (140 words)

  
 Official website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi held a meeting with Mr.
Guy Verhofstadt, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, the President of the Republic of Yemen, at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
www.kantei.go.jp /foreign/index-e.html   (311 words)

  
 LABOUR: Nigeria, Benin Join Forces to Fight Child Trafficking
The traffickers confessed that the children were smuggled into Nigeria in sacks which they pass for goods from Benin at the border.
Most of the children are said to be on the list of missing persons compiled by the Beninois authorities.
Eki Igbinedion, founder of the Idia Renaissance, an NGO, helps to rehabilitate and integrate victims of human trafficking and prostitutions, most of who were deported from foreign countries.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=20511   (1121 words)

  
 hmg | Houses of Parliament
Where Ministerial e-mail addresses are available for individual Ministers these can be found next to the Minister's name in the list of Departments of State and Ministers.
More details on Minister's responsibilities are given in the Cabinet Office's List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
Minister of State (Cabinet), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
www.parliament.uk /directories/hciolists/hmg.cfm   (1386 words)

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