BBC Monitoring Text of report by Jordanian newspaper Al-Dustur on 8 November [Unattributed report: "Al-Sijil, a New Weekly Which Will Come Out Today."] The first edition of the weekly newspaper Al-Sijil [The Record] will come out today, Thursday [ 8 November]. Mustafa Hamarinah, a researcher at the Political and Strategic …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based, Saudi-owned Elaph website on 9 November [Report by Sayf al-Sani from Dubai: "The Information Minister Demanded Openness, So They Demanded More Freedom; Ilaf [Elaph] Infiltrates a Closed Meeting Between the Minister, Saudi Chief Editors"] Iyad Madani, Saudi minister of information and culture, has …

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus, 8 November: Syria and Armenia on Thursday [8 November] signed a cooperation agreement and mutual assistance in the filed of customs affairs and a programme of cooperation between the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) and the …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 9 November: Egyptian President Husni Mubarak asserted commitment to his promise not to remand journalists. In statements to Editor-in-Chief of Al-Masa daily Khalid Imam, Mubarak said journalists, however, cannot be exempted from publication-related crimes, such as libel …

BBC Monitoring Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic, an independent television station financed by the Qatari Government, has been observed on 6 and 7 November to almost completely ignore the visit made by Saudi King Abdallah to the Vatican on 6 November in its newscasts and news programmes and …

MidastWire On November 9, the Hariri-owned anti-Syrian al-Mustaqbal daily carried the following report by Rami Ibrahim: “Egyptian governmental newspapers waged yesterday a widespread attack against the Syrian leadership in response to the criticisms which emerged from Damascus regarding the reception of MP Sa’d al-Hariri, the leader of the Future movement. …

BBC Monitoring Text of Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) press release on 7 November Reporters Without Borders today [7 November] strongly protested against new restrictions imposed by Hamas on journalists in the Gaza Strip and the arrest of two journalists working for Hamas-run television by security forces controlled by …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Saudi news agency SPA website ["Prince Nayif patronizes joint meeting" - spa headline] Riyadh, Nov 7, SPA -- Prince Nayif Bin Abd-al-Aziz, the interior minister, patronized here yesterday the joint meeting for the organs of the security media and the Arab information …

BBC Monitoring text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi website on 6 November [Report by Zuhayr Andrawus from Nazareth: "Head of Hamas's political bureau does not make press statements or give interviews. Muhammad Nazzal to Al-Quds al-Arabi: No tension between Hamas and Damascus. Reports claiming that Damascus has banned …

BBC Monitoring Excerpts from report by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Bethlehem, 5 November: Basim Abu-Sumayyah, director of the Palestinian Radio and Television Corporation, has criticized the Palestinian government for its negligence in improving or repairing the station's equipment, which is in bad shape. In an interview on …