Basque MPs detained on arrival in Morocco Basque members of Parliament Nerea Antia (Basque Nationalist Party-PNV), Mikel Basabe ( Aralar party in Navarre) and the representative of Aralar at the Parliament of Navarra Nekane Perez, who were detained at the airport of Casablanca (Morocco) are back at the airport of Barajas in Madrid (Spain). They reached the airport at 12:30 from Madrid and when they tried to catch their connecting flight to the Sahara, they were stopped at the security checkpoint. An Algerian Hajj assaulted in Medina An Algerian pilgrim was attacked by unknown assailants last Thursday in Medina when he was returning home after performing the dawn prayer. The attackers attempted to steal his belongings after he had been knocked down with shots causing multiple fractures. According to corroborating sources, the Algerian Hadji, aged 68, from the province of Laghouat was found Friday in a serious condition. Tunisia, Libya agree on joint projects Tunisian traders and families traveling to Libya may now breathe a sigh of relief as the two countries agreed October 30th to remove all administrative and financial obstacles that hinder the movement of goods and people. The Tunisian-Libyan High Joint Executive Committee session headed by Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and his visiting Libyan counterpart, Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, also discussed the creation of a free economic zone between Ben Guerdane in Tunisia and Libya's Ras-Jedir border development area. Placements in Libya are banned, jobseekers told The protector of emigrants, Chennai, has asked people not to apply for jobs in Libya. Since many Tamil workers are stranded without wages and proper jobs in Libya, a ban on sending workers to that country had been imposed in July, PoE D. Jaisankar said. “Despite the ban, many young men are falling prey to unscrupulous agents who charge them hefty sums by promising lucrative jobs in Libya,” Jaisankar said. US may reconsider Sudan's terror list status The United States may remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as early as next July, U.S. officials said Sunday, provided the government in Khartoum meets an assortment of benchmarks. Of primary concern is a Jan. 9 referendum in which southern Sudan will vote on whether to secede from the northern part of the country. The south is widely expected to vote for independence. BM
