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BBC Monitoring Headlines From Pan-Arab TV 4 July 05

Posted on: Monday, 4 July 2005, 03:00 CDT

The following is a selection of Pan-Arab TV headlines from bulletins broadcast at 0500 gmt on 4 July

Al-Arabiya TV 0500 gmt: Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah vouches to root out extremism in the kingdom following the killing of Al- Qa'idah leader in Saudi Arabia Yunus Al-Hayari east of Riyadh ... Saudi interior minister says Al-Hayari one of the most dangerous elements on the list of 36 wanted people ... Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad kidnapped ... Two suicide attacks launched in Al-Hillah, south of Baghdad ... US, Iraqi soldiers injured in booby-trapped car attacks in Al-Ramadi ... Jordanian government sworn-in ... Russia, France back Germany's demand for permanent seat on UN Security Council.

Al-Jazeera TV 0500 gmt: Fifth African Union summit to begin today in Sirte, Libya ... African summit to discuss UN reforms, Africa's representation on Security Council, conflict resolution in continent ... Algerian president to invite Algerians to a referendum on general amnesty to end crisis ... Egyptian Foreign Ministry hopes kidnapped ambassador to Iraq would be treated as a nationalist ... US justice minister arrives in Baghdad on surprise visit, to hold talks with Iraqi officials ... Saudi Arabia announces killing of Al- Qa'idah leader in the kingdom Yunus al-Hayari, who heads list of 36 wanted people.

Al-Alam TV 0500 gmt: African Union summit in Libya to discuss continent problems, representation on UN Security Council ... Israeli army foils Lebanese Hezbollah attempt 29 June to seize soldier in Shab'ah Farms ... Israeli soldier dies in "occupied Jerusalem" of wounds sustained in clashes with Palestinians ... "Occupation government" votes against proposal to postpone withdrawal from Gaza Strip, evacuation of 25 settlement ... Islamic Jihad, Hamas refuse to join Palestinian national unity government under Israeli occupation ... Over 7,000 Palestinians living in a village south of Gaza Strip live in difficult conditions due to threats from nearby Israeli settlement ... "US occupation forces" announce helicopter destroyed by fire in Al-Ramnadi, west of Baghdad ... US "occupation army" attacks residential quarters in Hit and Al- Hadithah in Al-Anbar Governorate, west of Iraq ... Iraqis demonstrate in Tikrit demanding release of Iraqi detainees, withdrawal of US occupation forces from Iraq ... Fate of Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad unknown ... Presumed commander of Al-Qa'idah in Saudi Arabia, Yunus al-Hayari, killed in Riyadh ... Tens of Egyptian journalists demonstrate in front of People's Assembly demanding cancellation of prison sentence in publishing cases ... Jordanian government reshuffled ... National alliance forces established in Sudan ... Russian, French and German leaders' summit conclude in Russia, discuss Iran, Iraq.

LBC TV 0500 gmt: Talks between Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal Trend and Michel Awn fail ... Prime Minister designate Fu'ad Al-Sanyurah says national free trend not to participate in government ... Former Minister Sulayman Franjiyah stresses incident at Dhahr al-Ayn isolated, condemned ... Israeli army foils Hezbollah group infiltration attempt into Shab'ah Farms 29 June ... Armed clash reported between Syrian military security and extremist Islamic elements ... Saudi crown prince promises US President Bush to continue to combat terrorism in cooperation with USA, other friends ... Al-Qa'idah commander in Saudi Arabia Al-Hayari, others killed in clashes with Saudi police east of Riyadh ... Saudi interior minister stresses Riyadh operation result of security services' surveillance efforts of wanted elements ... Egyptian foreign minister says Egypt coordinating with Iraqi government to find kidnapped ambassador ... US justice minister visits Baghdad secretly, holds talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Ja'fari, justice and interior ministers ... Israeli cabinet rejects proposal to postpone withdrawal from Gaza Strip for three months.

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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