80% customs reduction in Arab Free Trade Area in January
Minister of Foreign Trade Youssef Boutrus Ghali said that the volume of customs exemption between Egypt and the Arab Free-Trade Area (FTA) member states would reach 80% in January in a preliminary step to realize complete customs exemption by 2005.
Egypt-Regional, Economics, 1/12/2004
Syrian- Turkish cooperation
A session of discussion was held in Aleppo yesterday between Syrian and Turkish businessmen and investors at the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, in the presence of Aleppo Governor, Osama Adi, and Letfallah Bighlin, the Governor of Ghazi Intab governorate.
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 1/12/2004
Asefi underlines regional coordination over Iraq
Official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Reza Asefi, has stressed the importance of coordination and consultation among all the region's states, particularly, among Iraq's neighboring states, for maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity and independence.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/12/2004
Egypt plays down Pearl's description of it as a dictatorship
Statement by pro- Israel, Richard Pearl, describing Egypt as a dictartoship, were considered as baseless by Egyptian circles.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 1/12/2004
The British, the police kill 6 Iraqis; an uprising for the unemployed
Al-Amara city, to the south-east of Baghdad, witnessed by the end of the week an almost uprising for the unemployed, that resulted in killing 6 of them by the fire of the British and Iraqi police forces, in demonstrations which the demonstrators said were peaceful.
Iraq-USA, Military, 1/12/2004
The Holy Family in Egypt
In 2000, Egypt launched a major tourist initiative to remind people throughout the world of one of the major events of biblical history: the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt. The programme encourages travellers to retrace the steps of Jesus Christ with his mother, the Virgin Mary, and Joseph in Egypt.
Egypt, Local, 1/12/2004
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