From the approval of the Fourth Development Plan policies and negotiations on nuclear issues and Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize to the report of the leader of Turkey's Shiites on the situation of Shiites and Alevis and developments in Iraq and Afghanistan / public protests against Bush's Asian trip; from demonstrations against him to walking out of the Philippine parliament during the speech of the US president
In the session of the Assembly [Determining Expediency of the Nizam], we approved four paragraphs of the policies of the fourth plan. [Zahr] In the meeting with Mr. [Abbas Waez] Tabasi, [Ali Akbar] Natiq [Nuri], [Qorban Ali] Dori [Najafabadi], we discussed nuclear issues, elections and [Nobel Peace] Shirin Ebadi Prize.
In the evening, [Mr. Salahuddin Ozgunduz, the leader of Turkish Shiites], one of the Turkish clerics came. He gave a report on the situation of Shiites and Alawites. My speech at the meeting of the [World] Assembly glorified the Ahl al-Bayt. He said, there are about three million Shias and 16 million Alawis [in Türkiye]. They have about 100 priests. A group also studies in Qom. About 40 people studied in Mr. Salahuddin's own mosque in Najaf. They are not allowed to wear clerical clothes outside the mosque.
The media debate continues regarding the statements of Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami, [President] regarding the [Nobel Peace] Prize of Shirin Ebadi; Usually critical and sometimes insulting.
America has officially announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for Moqtada Sadr on charges of murdering Majid Khoui. In Karbala, where several Americans were killed in yesterday's incidents, they have surrounded the house of the famous cleric Seyyed Mahmoud Hosni [Al-Sarghi].
In [George] Bush's [US President] trip to East Asia - Japan, the Philippines and Thailand - everywhere he goes there are popular demonstrations against him. A group of Philippine representatives left the parliament session during Bush's speech.
In Bolivia, with the pressure of the people [Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada], the president resigned and went to America with his family. It is about sending American troops to Bolivia.
In Afghanistan, the movements of the Taliban have intensified and there are many conflicts. A tape of [Osama] bin Laden, [the leader of Al-Qaeda] has been published on [TV network] Al Jazeera, which threatened the United States and demanded the immediate withdrawal of the occupying forces from Iraq. America and Türkiye have doubts about sending Turkish troops to Iraq.
An Australian company has announced a price for the sale of [Korea] land; $40 per hectare. The United Nations considers the sale of the moon to be okay.
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