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Egypt: Arab tourists wooed with half price deal
The Egyptian Tourism Ministry put forward an urgent plan to refresh Arab and domestic tourism in Egypt by giving discounts of about 50% off the normal price on hotels, airplanes and trains.
Egypt-Regional, Business, 1/17/1998

Al Walid Bin Talal: Successful investment in Egypt
He added that as a result of those studies, work is underway to reclaim and cultivate 1400 feddans out of 5000 feddans that had been purchased by the Royal Investment Company which he owns. New urban areas will be set-up with an investment value of $ 1.5 billion.
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Business, 1/17/1998

River navigation resumed between Egypt and Sudan
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/17/1998

Police, people clash in Luxor
Egypt, Local, 1/17/1998

Arab water conference in Cairo during April
The two-day conference will discuss the technology of water resource management and distribution, means of recycling drainage and sewage water to be used for irrigation purposes, and strategies for desalinating water.
Regional-Egypt, Science, 1/17/1998

Uganda, Egypt move toward closer ties
Preparations are underway for a meeting of the Egyptian - Uganda higher committee due to take place in Kampala during the first half of this year.
Egypt, Politics, 1/17/1998

New US ambassador in Cairo off to a rocky start
The new American ambassador to Egypt expressed his regret regarding the non-participation of Egypt and other regional leaders in the Middle East and North Africa economic conference.
Egypt, Politics, 1/16/1998

Medical team visits Iraq
Egyptian Minister of Health Dr. Ismail Salaam has agreed to send a medical team to Iraq soon to perform a number of surgeries for Iraqi patients unable to travel abroad for treatment because of UN sanctions.
Egypt-Iraq, Health, 1/16/1998

Syrian-Egyptian summit convenes in Damascus
"We reiterated the need not to weaken our resolve in facing the new developments and to remain strong"
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/15/1998

Movie star escapes acid attack
A Lebanese driver admitted yesterday that he had been hired by an ex-husband of a famous Egyptian movie star to throw acid at her to avenge her intention to marry another man, police said.
Egypt, People, 1/15/1998

Eyptian information minister: visit for bilateral consultations
The Syrian information minister discussed with his Egyptian counterpart Safwat al-Sharif bilateral relations between Syria and Egypt, especially cooperation in the field of information.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/15/1998

Mubarak arrives unannounced in Damascus
In parallel with the presidents' closed-door meeting, Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam and Egyptian Premier al-Ganzouri held a meeting, while the Egyptian and Syrian ministers held another meeting.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 1/14/1998

El-Bashir not specific on date of his visit
Sudanese parliament head Hassan El-Torabi will not participate in the exceptional conference for the Arab Parliamentary Union to be held in Luxor today.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/14/1998

Yemen denies harboring Egyptian terrorists
Yemen denied the existence of 500 Egyptian terrorists in its territories and said, "It has nothing to do with truth. We do not have any terrorists of any nationality."
Yemen-Egypt, Politics, 1/14/1998

Iranian, Egyptian relations discussed by foreign ministers
The two ministers exchanged viewpoints concerning developments in the world and their impact on the Islamic world.
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 1/14/1998

Cairo: 6% inflation rate in Egypt
Egypt, Economics, 1/14/1998

More Iraqi - Egyptian trade coming
An Iraqi delegation will visit Cairo next week to discuss new agreements with Egyptian companies within the relationship between the two countries.
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 1/13/1998

Tourists flocking back to Egypt
Fifteen chartered and regular flights arrived at Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport on Tuesday carrying up to 681 passengers from different countries to visit the archaeological sites there.
Egypt, Business, 1/13/1998

Moussa meets with Libya's Ghazali
They discussed bilateral relations between Egypt and Libya, methods supporting them, and development in all fields. In addition they discussed the high joint Egyptian - Libyan committee's works.
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 1/13/1998

Morocco and Egypt to set up free trade zone, joint holding company
The head of the Department of the Egyptian-Moroccan Society stated that during its last meeting, the society discussed setting up a holding company in the countries' private sectors.
Morocco-Egypt, Economics, 1/13/1998

Japanese - Egyptian aid talks
The official source praised the efforts and grants offered by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency for establishing projects in Egypt, especially in education, health and environment.
Egypt, Economics, 1/13/1998

Automatic security at Egyptian Museum
The around-the-clock system includes 190 cameras and burglar alarms in the museum's main halls, entrances and exits, windows and yard.
Egypt, Local, 1/13/1998

Egyptian - Armenian cultural ties
Armenia's cultural minister arrived in Egypt last week for a week long visit during which he will hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Farouk Hosni on cultural cooperation between the two countries.
Egypt, Culture, 1/13/1998

World war II land-mine exploded in Aswan
Egypt, Military, 1/13/1998

Sudanese opposition leader ready for reconciliation
Sadiq Mahdi, the former Sudanese prime minister, told reporters he was supporting dialogue to forge national reconciliation in this country.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/12/1998

El-Bashir will arrive soon in Cairo
The Sudanese state minister for foreign affairs, arrived today in Cairo on a short visit to meet Amr Moussa to discuss arrangements for President Bashir's visit to Egypt.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/12/1998


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