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BBC Monitoring Headlines From Pan-Arab TV 22 Aug 05

Posted on: Monday, 22 August 2005, 03:00 CDT

The following is a selection of Pan-Arab TV headlines from bulletins broadcast at 0500 gmt on 22 Aug 05

AL-ARABIYA TV 0400 GMT: Al-Arabiya TV correspondent quotes Jordanian security source as seeing security forces arrested all members of group who carried out missile attack on Al-Aqabah, Eilat ports ... Southern Israel army commander says troops to end today evacuation of settlements in Gaza ... Palestinian president meets US president's envoy to discuss US aid to rebuild Gaza; security arrangements in Gaza ... Palestinian prime minister informs Syrian president about situation in Gaza following Israeli withdrawal ... Palestinian premier to meet today Palestinian factions' representatives in Damascus ... Iraqi government says there are two options to solving current crisis: extending the period to complete draft constitution or dissolve parliament ... Saudi king stress need to avoid extremism; says Islam is moderate religion ... Iranian president criticizes West, US; says his country will not to foreign pressure.

AL-JAZEERA TV 0400 GMT: Palestinian security source says Palestinian security forces to be deployed around West Bank town of Jenin to prevent attacks on Israelis during dismantling of four Jewish settlements ... Southern Israel army commander says evacuation of settlers from Gaza to end today ... Palestinian leader says he hopes withdrawal from Gaza is first step towards establishing Palestinian state ... Iraqi Sunni Arabs representatives urge US, UN to put pressure on Shi'is, Kurds not to have draft constitution endorsed by parliament ... Iraqi vice-president says there was agreement on more than 97 per cent of issues in draft constitution ... US Republican senator says war in Iraq resembles war in Vietnam; causes state of instability in Middle East ... Lawyer of former Iraqi vice-president says number of Tariq Aziz's family members were able to visit him in his detention centre near Baghdad airport ... Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group refuses to support any of 10 candidates in forthcoming elections; urges supporters to vote for candidate of their choice ... Jordanian security officials say tens of suspected Arabs are being interrogated on attack on Al-Aqabah port ... Four US soldiers killed in explosion in southern Afghanistan ... Venezuelan, Cuban presidents developed countries, US, of shaking stability in Latin America.

AL-ALAM TV 0500 GMT: Israeli army source says hundreds of soldiers sent to West Bank to help in evacuating four settlements ... Palestinian leader meets US assistant secretary of state in context of US follow up of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza ... Palestinian president praises US financial help, position on seeing Gaza withdrawal as one positive step forward ... Israeli army spokesman says Israeli soldier wounded in attack by Palestinians in Gaza ... Palestinian premier visits Syria, discusses with Syrian president Israeli withdrawal from Gaza ... Palestinian premier meets factions leaders in Damascus ... Jordanian security source says authorities two Egyptians suspected of missile attack on Al-Aqabah port ... Iraqi government reiterates possibility of extending period to complete draft constitution by another week ... Iraqi Al-Sadr current warns of civil war in case of failure to agree on federalism ... US army sources say US soldier killed by hand grenade in Iraq ... US senator says war in Iraq is similar to war in Vietnam ... Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood groups urge its supporters to vote in forthcoming presidential elections ... Iranian president defends before parliament make up of his government list.

LBC TV 0500 GMT: Israeli radio says Israeli troops head for last Jewish settlement in Gaza to evacuate it ... Palestinian security members deployed near Jewish settlement to contribute in evacuation guarantee safety of settlers when the leave settlement ... Four Iraqi policemen killed, five injured in explosion south of Baghdad ... Officials in Iraqi government do not rule out possibility of extending period to complete draft constitution ... Pope Benedict returns to Italy after taking part in world youth festival in Germany.

Sources: As listed

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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