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According to a recent report of the International Labour Orga-nisation (ILO), about 246 million children between the ages of five and 14 worldwide are involved in child labour.

On January 24, a bomb killed Elie Hobeika, a former Lebanese warlord, in the Beirut suburb of Hazmiyeh. Hobeika was one of Lebanon's most controversial figures.

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published in the newspaper, Maariv, this week, that Israel should have killed Yasser Arafat when its army had him under siege in Beirut 20 years ago.

Based on the licenses registered with the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the number of factories has risen more than seven times, from 74 enterprises in 1974-78 to 571 in 1995.

Based on the licenses registered with the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the number of factories has risen more than seven times, from 74 enterprises in 1974-78 to 571 in 1995.

Israeli tanks were withdrawn from the area around Arafat's compound last Monday. The move comes after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's inner security cabinet stressed that Arafat would still be barred from travelling beyond the city of Ramallah, where he has been confined since last December.

Arab Perspective: Yet another meet to boost peace process

The military operations have stopped in Iraq, yet another confrontation is taking place on the quiet on Iraqi streets and market places.

The meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, at the beginning of June was another occasion for the alliance's defence ministers and partner countries to reaffirm their commitment to the implementation of the reforms endorsed at the Prague Summit last year.

Throughout history women have played an important role in public life, especially in politics, starting from Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt passing by Zenobia the Queen of Palmyra, to Queen Victoria, to cite just a few.

Troops for Iraq vote sparks constitutional controversy in Japan

U.S. President George W. Bush announced a few days ago from aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, the end of the main military operations but not the end of war.