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ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	0.000	1.897	Mohammed	male	native	On a Television Program	0	0	0	report	incomplete
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	1.897	9.610	Mohammed	male	native	Also, the newspaper published on this page a commentary on Ms. Rice's visit to the region.	0	0	1	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	9.610	23.267	Mohammed	male	native	The newspaper considered the US secretary of state to have failed to achieve her mission, though it is still early to give a clear and comprehensive evaluation of this visit.	0	0	2	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	23.267	35.153	Mohammed	male	native	The newspaper mentioned that Rice came to the area to gain the Arab countries' support for Bush's policy that proved its failure in Iraq.	0	0	3	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	35.153	45.838	Mohammed	male	native	This indicates that Washington has become in an extremely critical situation, seeking those to support its failed policy plan in Iraq.	0	0	4	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	47.418	55.068	Mohammed	male	native	Finally, we stay with the Abrar newspaper from Tehran that focused in its international page on the following headlines:	0	0	6	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	55.068	62.213	Mohammed	male	native	During Region Visit, Rice Says "We Must Eradicate Threats and Extremism."	0	0	7	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	62.213	66.006	Mohammed	male	native	Mahmoud Abbas sets Conditions to Meet Mashal.	0	0	8	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	67.018	78.209	Mohammed	male	native	Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Says Democrats Hold Bush Responsible, Stresses He Has No Program.	0	0	9	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	78.209	85.606	Mohammed	male	native	African Peacekeeping Forces to be Based in Somalia until End of Year.	0	0	10	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	85.606	90.095	Mohammed	male	native	That was the most important and prominent news published in the Iranian newspapers today.	0	0	11	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	90.095	94.710	Mohammed	male	native	Thank you for following, and we go to the studio.	0	0	12	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	94.710	100.211	speaker1	male	native	Yes, thanks to our colleague, Muhammad. Thanks to you viewers for following. Peace be upon you, and God's mercy.	0	0	13	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	136.881	144.341	speaker2	female	native	Israeli occupation chief of staff tenders his resignation on the background of his failure in the July aggression against Lebanon.	0	0	15	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	146.491	153.572	speaker2	female	native	Dozens of Iraqi civilians dead and injured as a result of explosions and attacks in the capital, Baghdad.	0	0	17	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	157.176	164.004	speaker2	female	native	Rice meets her Arab counterparts in Kuwait and gains their support for Bush's strategy in Iraq.	0	0	19	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	175.701	179.747	speaker2	female	native	The detailed news bulletin from Al-Alam channel in Tehran, peace be upon you.	0	0	21	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	180.822	191.254	speaker2	female	native	Dan Halutz, Israeli occupation army chief of staff, resigns as a result of the occupation army's defeat during its aggression against Lebanon in July.	0	0	23	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	191.254	205.037	speaker2	female	native	An investigation committee appointed by the government had criticized military commanders for what it described as poor organization during the aggression against Lebanon, which lasted thirty-three days.	0	0	23	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	207.819	216.607	speaker3	male	native	The Israeli aggression on Lebanon is still haunting the occupation commanders with the curse of defeat that the resistance inflicted on this army.	0	0	25	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	216.607	228.114	speaker3	male	native	The latest victim is Dan Halutz, the chief of staff, who resigned in the aftermath of the Israeli occupation army's defeat during its aggression against Lebanon last July.	0	0	26	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	228.114	241.075	speaker3	male	native	A spokeswoman for the Israeli occupation army says that Halutz, in a letter, informed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz that he had decided to resign, with investigations taking their natural course.	0	0	27	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	241.075	253.404	speaker3	male	native	The resignation of the Israeli chief of staff came after criticism directed by the committee appointed by the government to investigate the reasons for the Israeli defeat in the July aggression against Lebanon.	0	0	28	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	253.404	262.129	speaker3	male	native	This is the second resignation, after the north region commander resigned a short period after the stopping of the aggression.	0	0	29	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	262.129	279.389	speaker3	male	native	The Israeli government suffers from political flabbiness; its head, Ehud Olmert, tried to convince Halutz to postpone his resignation, awaiting the issue of the results that the investigation committee will reach about the failures of the aggression against Lebanon -- which was rejected by the latter.	0	0	30	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	279.389	288.620	speaker3	male	native	The failures of the war pushed the investigation committee to accuse Halutz and Peretz of poor organization during the aggression, which lasted thirty-three days.	0	0	31	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	288.620	311.254	speaker3	male	native	Further, the war waged by the Olmert government on Lebanon did not achieve its announced objectives, starting with returning the two Israeli captives, to driving Hezbollah away from the borders with Occupied Palestine, and stopping the rockets of the resistance that fiercely responded to the Israeli aggression by shelling settlements in north Palestine.	0	0	32	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	311.254	334.268	speaker3	male	native	The Israeli failures did not end at not achieving its objectives of attacking Lebanon, but toppled the image of the invincible Israeli army when Hezbollah resistance fighters inflicted heavy losses on the occupation forces during land confrontations in the frontline villages of the South. That was described as a historical and strategic victory in facing Israel.	0	0	33	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	336.923	350.706	speaker2	female	native	In another scandal, the prosecutor general of the Israeli occupation gave orders to open a criminal investigation on the role of the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, in a financial corruption case related to the privatization of Leumi Bank.	0	0	35	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	350.706	364.552	speaker2	female	native	The prosecutor general accuses Olmert of selling most of Leumi's shares in 2005, while he was minister of finance, to the benefit of businessman Frank Lowy, who was seeking to obtain part of the bank's credit.	0	0	36	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	364.552	374.795	speaker2	female	native	Olmert's name is mentioned in several investigations related to corruptions, but no ((pw)) accusations have yet been directed against him.	0	0	37	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	376.312	376.944	speaker4	male	native		0	0	39	report	
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	376.944	385.290	speaker2	female	native	Now, via satellite from Ramallah, Mr. Ahmad Awad, the expert in Israeli affairs, joins us.	0	0	40	report	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	385.290	394.710	speaker2	female	native	Mr. Awad, do you think this resignation came late? Or was it a preemptive measure prior to the Vinograd committee report scheduled to be issued in two weeks?	1	0	41	conversational	question
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	397.682	402.044	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Uh, it is neither late nor not late.	1	0	43	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	402.044	421.201	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	The war, uh, the aggression on Lebanon in July, uh, ((pw)), it is clear. Uh, will cause, uh, caused an earthquake, still this earthquake in, uh, aftershocks, as it is said, meaning that, that this war will send many heads rolling and major parties too, and may topple the government.	1	0	43	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	421.201	434.921	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	On this honorable pulpit, I said I, uh, uh, in the beginning of the new year, the year 2007, uh, the end of this government may be in the aftermath of this war, in the aftermath of corruption, and in the aftermath of the weakness of the government coalition.	1	0	43	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	434.921	438.904	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Consequently, do we understand that these huge explosions ((pw)).	1	0	44	conversational	incomplete
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	438.272	450.032	speaker2	female	native	Yes, Mr. Awad, are you with the view that agrees that Israel is in front of a, uh, snowball? It will topple many big heads. That may not mean, not stop only at the government and its prime minister.	1	0	45	conversational	question
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	451.739	466.407	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Exactly, but not only because of the war, but also because of budgets, because of allocating budgets, and, uh, because of the war also. This war put Israel before existential choices and before major questions.	1	0	48	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	466.407	473.804	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Israel means one of the, the entities that is asking these big questions about fate and vanishing. Israel is very concerned that.	1	0	49	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	473.804	495.933	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	If you read the strategic report issued ((pw)), uh uh several days ago, there was a strict warning about the weakness of +Israeli deterrent power and that the Israeli army, this sacred backbone that cannot be touched and which practically, uh, provides Israeli society with its leaders, the political, and even the cultural elite, is subject to questions and is shaken.	1	0	49	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	495.933	511.928	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Consequently, yes, it is a snowball that will roll along, uh uh, and will grow much more and more until it's exhausted, not only because of the war but also because of society's structural makeup and also because of the internal and external dangers. Yes.	1	0	49	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	511.928	521.855	speaker2	female	native	Yes, uh, the occupation entity's ex-ambassador to the United States says that the Middle East is passing through a decisive stage of its history.	1	0	50	conversational	statement
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	521.855	524.257	speaker2	female	native	Does he mean with that only the occupation entity?	1	0	50	conversational	question
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	524.257	526.976	speaker2	female	native	Or what can we understand from his saying so?	1	0	50	conversational	question
ALAM_NEWSRPT_ARB_20070117_015800	0	528.620	537.850	Ahmed_Awad_Rafik	male	native	Uh uh, the Middle East region in fact, I mean, many things are desired for this region, many, many priorities are set for it, and many plans are also set for it.	1	0	52	conversational	statement