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BBC Monitoring Headlines From Pan-Arab TV 1 July 05

Posted on: Friday, 1 July 2005, 03:00 CDT

The following is a selection of Pan-Arab TV headlines from bulletins broadcast at 0400 and 0500 gmt on 1 July:

Al-Alam 0400: Israelis and Palestinians deny kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claims to be holding soldiers and threatens to kill them ... Islamic Jihad expresses doubts about Israeli intentions to withdraw from Gaza Strip ... Quartet representative says Palestinian-Israeli coordination on Gaza withdrawal going well ... US Security Council tells Lebanese government to exert full control over its territories after clashes in south with Israel ... New Lebanese Prime Minister Fu'ad Sinyurah appointed ... Released Islamist leader Hasan al-Turabi criticizes Sudanese constitution ... Sudanese president says emergency laws to be repealed in most areas ... US says it will investigate alleged links of new Iranian president to 1979 kidnapping of US embassy staff ... Gunmen kill four associates of Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i, policemen killed, one injured in Ba'qubah ... US army recovers bodies after Taleban downs helicopter in Afghanistan ... Sanaa meeting of foreign ministers of Organization of the Islamic Conference concludes.

Al-Arabiya TV 0500: US freezes financial assets of two leading Syrian officials in former Lebanese security apparatus, Syria asks for clarification ... New Lebanese Prime Minister Fu'ad Sinyurah appointed ... Morocco and Spain request UN intervention to solve Western Sahara issue ... Fatah Central Committee meets in Jordan ... Release of Sudanese Islamist leader Al-Turabi, jailed for alleged coup attempt.

Al-Jazeera 0400: US freezes assets of two former Syrian intelligence chiefs in Lebanon; Interior Minister Ghazi Kan'an and Rustam al-Ghazali ... Fatah Central Committee meets in Ammam to discuss anticipated Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip and northern West Bank ... Two Israeli soldiers reportedly returned by Palestinian forces, authorities deny their kidnapping ... Sudanese opposition leader Al-Turabi condemns government, constitution following release ... US army locates bodies after Afghanistan helicopter crash ... George Bush comments on suspicions of new Iranian president's role in 1979 kidnapping of US embassy staff ... US troops make 13 arrests in western Iraq ... Lebanese president charges Fu'ad Sinyurah with forming new government ... Reactions by both sides to clashes on Lebanon-Israel borders ... French president visits future site for nuclear fusion installation.

LBC SAT 0500: New Lebanese Prime Minister Fu'ad Sinyurah appointed ... UN Security Council calls for Lebanon to take full control of its territories and stop actions of militias ... Syria criticizes US's asset-freezing of two leading officials on terrorism charges.

Sources: As listed

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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