| Today's Headlines:
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!
Ten days to appoint a parliament and a president for Somalia
The Somali national reconciliation conference on Wednesday set a 10-day grace period to appoint a parliament and a President for Somalia, in an initiative that would bring back central authority to the country after an absence of 9 years.
Somalia-Djibouti, Politics, 7/21/2000
Lahoud told Annan changing his delegation on canceling Ragheda Durgham passport
The committee in charge of protecting Journalists which has New York as a headquarters has welcomed the decision provides for abrogating the decision of confiscating the passport of the chairperson of al-Hayat office in New York Ragheda Durgham.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2000
Arthur Andersen : Egypt has leading tourist sites
The London-based Arthur Andersen Organization is one of the most famous institutions outside North America conducting hospitality industry surveys.
Egypt, Economics, 7/21/2000
Competition and free-price bill, a major achievement says Youssoufi
The bill passed by the Parliament as the end-result of an undertaking incepted in the 80's will help enhance a new economic culture based on free enterprise and sound and loyal competition putting an end to privileges and giving consumers more choice and better service, he said
Morocco, Economics, 7/21/2000
Nicaragua freezes recognition of so-called Sahrawi republic
Nicaragua has decided to freeze its recognition of the so-called Sahrawi republic (SADR).
Morocco-Nicaragua, Politics, 7/21/2000
Tunisian envoy in Libya for energizing Maghreb Union
Diplomatic sources mentioned that the Tunisian President Zein El-Abidin Bin Ali assigned an envoy to convey message to the Libyan President Moammar al-Ghadafi.
Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 7/21/2000
Expected Syrian- Egyptian summit in Cairo
The Lebanese daily al-Lewa, said on Thursday, according to well-informed sources that preparations are now underway to convene a summit between President Bashar al-Assad and President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/21/2000
Hanover universal fair marks Morocco's day
Morocco's Princess Lalla Hasna, youngest sister of King Mohammed VI, chaired this Friday Morocco's day at the Hanover universal fair "Expo 2000."
Morocco, Economics, 7/21/2000
Jordanian King gets a telephone call from Clinton
The Jordanian official news agency Petra said on Thursday that the US President Bill Clinton on Wednesday made a telephone call and informed him on the details of the Camp David summit between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/21/2000
Yemen reduces military expenditures
The Yemeni Arab republic on Thursday announced that the border agreement it had recently signed with Saudi Arabia will help it reduce its military expenditures and divert the state's assets to channels of economic and social development.
Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/21/2000
A new agreement with the World Bank
Egypt, Politics, 7/21/2000
Jordanian King confers with Weisman
Jordanian King Abdullah Bin al-Hussein on Thursday held talks with the resigned Israeli President Ezra Weisman dealt with latest developments in the Middle East peace process.
Jordan-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2000
Jerusalem's Christians want to have one voice, refuse to be split
Jerusalem's patriarchs for the Catholic, Orthodox and Armenian churches on Wednesday asked for international guarantees to the holy sites in the city, stressing thereby the traditional stand of the Christian churches over these sites.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2000
Arab parties and Camp David negotiations
The General secretariat of the conference of the Arab parties has described the Camp David negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides as futile negotiations, calling on the Palestinian delegation to get out of the vicious circle of these negotiations.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2000
Mourning ceremony held on the 40-day elapse of President al-Assad's death
A large ceremony was held on Thursday in al-Qerdaha, the birth place town of the late President Hafez al-Assad. It was held on the eulogy of the Late President.
Syria, Politics, 7/21/2000
Iraq refuses Iranian accusations
Iraq on Thursday refused accusations addressed to it on backing armed Iranian opposition, warning the Iranian government from committing any act against Iraq.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/21/2000
$ 750 million for building houses in Iraq
Iraqi trade minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh declared that Baghdad specialized nearly $ 750 million from the income of the oil-for-food agreement signed with United Nations for solving the housing problem.
Iraq, Politics, 7/21/2000
El-Bashir visits Jordan in August
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir will pay a 2-day visit to Jordan on the 2nd of August.
Sudan-Jordan, Politics, 7/21/2000
Teams continue verifying elimination of Israeli violation of Lebanese borders
The Lebanese and UN teams on Thursday morning continued verification works of eliminating the Israeli violations of the Lebanese territories along the borders.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2000
Moroccan embassy in Doha continues activities
The Qatari daily al-Raya on Thursday said Morocco's ambassador to Doha, who was summoned by his country for consultation on Wednesday, underestimated the importance of this measure on relations between the two states.
Qatar-Morocco, Politics, 7/21/2000
Prep meeting of donor countries for reconstructing south Lebanon
Lebanon is resuming the preparations for convening the first meeting of the donor countries to ensure the aids for reconstructing the liberated areas in south Lebanon that are determined at the end of July
Lebanon, Economics, 7/21/2000
Ghali: WTO delays applying customs evaluations agreement for a year
Egyptian trade minister Yusef Botrus Ghali stated that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has responded to Egypt's demand concerning delaying the customs evaluations agreement for goods for another year. The agreement was due to be applied as of July.
Egypt, Politics, 7/21/2000
Moroccan - Spanish trade flows show steady increase
Moroccan-Spanish trade flows witness a steady growth as the global volume of exchanges reached 290 billion pesetas in 1999 against 252 billion in 1998.
Morocco-Spain, Economics, 7/21/2000
Saudi Arabia deports 1,000 Nigerians
Saudi Arabian authorities have deported more than 1,000 Nigerians in the past few weeks under a new law empowering security agencies to clamp down on illegal immigrants, according to Nigerian media reports.
Saudi Arabia-Nigeria, Economics, 7/21/2000
Madrid opens investigation on ferry boats collision in Gibraltar strait
Spanish authorities have opened an investigation to determine responsibilities in the tragic collision last Sunday off the southern port of Algesiras wherein five Moroccans living in Europe died and 17 others, including a Spaniard, were injured.
Morocco, Local, 7/21/2000
Emirates Airlines buy $ 350 million worth of airbus planes
Emirates Company owned by Dubai's government declared that it has signed an agreement with the "Consortium Airbus Industry" for purchasing three additional 200/300 airbus planes.
United Arab Emirates, Politics, 7/21/2000
Egypt calls for combating terrorism
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa called upon the member-states of the European Security and Cooperation Organization to cooperate in terrorism combating.
Egypt, Politics, 7/21/2000
National colloquy on agriculture calls for long-term development strategy
Participants in the national colloquy on agriculture and development held in July 19-20, called for drawing up a long-term, well-defined and transparent agricultural policy to ensure a lasting food security, combat poverty and exclusion and secure the growth of this sector which constitutes the engine of the national economy.
Morocco, Agriculture, 7/21/2000
Indonesia considering extension of fuel oil contracts with mideast
Indonesia will explore possibilities of extending fuel oil sale contracts, especially on premium gasoline, with some Middle Eastern countries, instead of with Kuwait, in a bid to augment the supply of the commodity from these countries.
Regional-Indonesia, Economics, 7/21/2000
Weekly trips between Amman and Tel Aviv
The Israeli Air Company Arkia began organizing 10 trips weekly between Amman and Tel Aviv.
Jordan-Israel, Economics, 7/21/2000
Palestinian student wins UNESCO best poster prize
The UNESCO prize for the best Palestinian poster for heritage protection was awarded to the Palestinian student Riham El Hour.
Palestine-Morocco, Politics, 7/21/2000
More news from today
|
Advertise on ArabicNews.com. MyFlowers.com sold more than $2700 of flowers in one month advertising on ArabicNews.com! Make your company, and products a success. Special rate for new and small business. Inquire!Advertising Info
Short Takes:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday in al-Qerdaha, Lattakia met wit the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri and with Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss.
Go
Morocco's King Mohammed VI held a meeting Thursday evening at the Royal palace in Tangier with President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbazogo.
Go
President of the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan on Wednesday evening received a telephone call from the Saudi defense minister prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz.
Go
The Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas quoted well-informed sources in Damascus as saying that Yasser Arafat is intending to visit Damascus to offer congratulations to President Bashar al-Assad before the end of the current month July.
Go
It was agreed among the German company Acor and some Egyptian investment companies on establishing a 150 million dollars new company for tourism investment. This was stated by Ahmed El-Maghrebi, member of the 6th of October City investors association, saying that the new company will work on magnetizing the international investments and establishing a set of hotels to increase hotel capacity and confronting international tourism requirements, assuring that the company will begin during 2 months establishing a series of hotels in the new and the tourism cities in Egypt.
Go
Naser El-Saedi, the Lebanese economy minister declared that "there is an agreement between Lebanon and the European Union on reviving the partnership negotiations between them in coming September." El-Saedi who lately paid a short visit to Brussel considered the partnership with the European Union a strategic matter and that Lebanon achieved a lot in the necessary reforms for this especially the vote draft resolution and the intellectual property protection as well as applying industry development program.
Go
The French chamber of commerce and industry in Morocco has extended two checks, of a total amount of $ 12,000 (120,000 Dirhams) to two Moroccan charity associations. The funds were collected at a gala dinner held last June by the chamber which invited leading economic figures.
Go
|
