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Canadian - Egyptian discussions to push forward the peace efforts in Sudan
Egypt-Sudan-Canada, Politics, 2/12/2000

A statement by the Egyptian foreign minister before the parliament
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is to deliver a statement tomorrow before the joint meeting among the committees of Arab and foreign affairs, defense and national security in the Egyptian parliament, during which Moussa will review the political developments currently raised in the regional and international arenas.
Egypt, Politics, 2/12/2000

Italian president due to arrive in Cairo on Tuesday
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is due to start a visit to Cairo on Tuesday at the beginning of a 10-day tour of Middle East that is to include Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Syria and Jordan to discuss the peace process developments in the Lebanese arena and infastructure attacks against Lebanon by Israeli jets.
Egypt-Italy, Politics, 2/12/2000

Al-Rawabdeh hails Egypt's efforts in support of the peace process
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawbdeh hailed the Egyptian efforts under the leadership of President Hosni Mubarak to push forward the peace process in the Middle East.
Jordan-Egypt, Politics, 2/12/2000

3.77 billion LE in transfers from Egyptians abroad
The total amount of banking transfers from Egyptians working abroad reached 3.77 LE during 1999.
Egypt, Economics, 2/12/2000

European mission searches for Napoleon's fleet in Alexandria
Egypt-France, Culture, 2/12/2000

Fair for Egyptian products in Shareka
Egypt, Business, 2/11/2000

Egyptian, Portuguese foreign ministers's meeting with king Mohammed
Egyptian and Portuguese foreign ministers, Amr Moussa and Jaime Gama voiced satisfaction over the outcome of their meeting with King Mohammed VI Thursday in Marrakesh.
Morocco-Egypt-Portugal, Politics, 2/11/2000

Turning Egyptian atomic power organization into an economic sector
Egypt, Economics, 2/11/2000

Egyptian - Tunisian business council Meeting in Cairo next month
The Egyptian - Tunisian business council aims to triple the amount of trade between Tunisia and Egypt.
Egypt-Tunisia, Economics, 2/11/2000

Establishing a national council for Egyptian women
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued yesterday a republican decision to establish a national council for women, affiliated to the republic's presidency, which includes 30 public personalities that are experienced in women's affairs and the social activity.
Egypt, Politics, 2/11/2000

New British - Egyptian companies
Jeremy Hanley, head of a British mission for trade and investment, said at the conclusion of the mission's visit to Cairo that there are offers to establish new British - Egyptian companies in the fields of fabrics, textiles and drilling for petroleum and others to run the economic free trade area in east Port Said city (Egypt) to which the British side contributes 60%, while Egypt contributes 40%.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 2/11/2000

An increase in Egyptian exports percentage to 20 countries
Egypt, Economics, 2/11/2000

Egyptian - Kuwaiti company for technology in Cairo
Egypt-Kuwait, Business, 2/11/2000

Honoring Fayrouz in the Arab festival song in Cairo
Regional-Egypt, Culture, 2/11/2000

Egyptian cinematic library to be established in Kuwait
Egypt-Kuwait, Culture, 2/11/2000

$735 million in US aid for Egyptian projects
Egypt, Politics, 2/11/2000

Egyptian communications for convening Afro-European summit in Cairo
Diplomatic sources in Cairo said that Egypt is currently making intensive communications for convening the Afro-European summit in Cairo during April in association with Algeria, the current head of the Organization of African Unity, and Portugal, current head of the European Union.
Egypt, Politics, 2/11/2000

Mubarak opens Comessa summit
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will open the first economic conference on February 28.
Egypt-Africa, Politics, 2/11/2000

King Mohammed holds meeting with Egyptian, Portuguese FM, and EU officials
King Mohammed VI chaired this Thursday a meeting with Egyptian and Portuguese foreign ministers, Amr Moussa and Jaime Gama and the representative of the European Union diplomacy, Javier Solana.
Morocco-Egypt-European Union, Politics, 2/10/2000

Egypt will not ratify CTBT before Israel does
President Hosni Mubarak received yesterday a message from Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on inviting Egypt to ratify the comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Egypt-Israel-Japan, Politics, 2/10/2000

A program for space industries in Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Military Production started making a plan to implement the first program for the Egyptian space industries that includes the computer and programming industries.
Egypt, Science, 2/10/2000

Mubarak to Paris Match: ME peace tracks deadlocked, internal issues discussed
Interviewed by "Paris Match" in its Thursday edition, President Hosni Mubarak said the situation in the Middle East remains deadlocked even after Ehud Barak had assumed the premiership in Israel.
Egypt, Politics, 2/10/2000

Germany appreciates Egypt's role Mideast peacemaking
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday received Wolf Gang Terze, Speaker of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and his accompanying delegation currently visiting Cairo at the invitation of People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour.
Egypt-Germany, Politics, 2/10/2000

New Personal Status Law, compliant with Sharia
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak said Wednesday that the long-awaited Alexandria library would come into existence by the end of the year.
Egypt, Politics, 2/10/2000

Mubarak asks Israel not to make pre-conditions to withdrawal from Lebanon
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asked Israel today not to make preconditions for negotiating over the withdrawal from south Lebanon, saying that things are escalating and expressing his hope of resuming peace negotiations on all tracks.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 2/10/2000

Al-Kosheh incident should not affect Muslim - Christian relations
Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of Saint Mark's Diocese, stressed again Egyptian Church's keenness on strengthening Egyptian national fabric which survived lots of obstacles down through the ages.
Egypt, Politics, 2/10/2000

Mubarak reviews east Port Said devolopment project
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Mega National Projects.
Egypt, Economics, 2/10/2000

Canadian commercial trade arrives at Cairo
Egyptian - Canadian commercial discussions started today in Cairo through the mission of the Arab - Canadian commercial council which is currently visiting Cairo until February 14 under the chairmanship of James Patakalf, head of the council.
Egypt-Canada, Economics, 2/10/2000

Strong decline in Egyptian rice exports due to Asian competition
Egyptian rice exports retreated to 128,000 tons between October 1998 and May of 1999 in comparison to 178,000 tons during the previous season.
Egypt-International, Economics, 2/10/2000

Moustafa Kamel, symbol of national movement
Born on August 14, 1874, Moustafa Kamel - one of the great Egyptian leaders who carried torch of national movement at the very outset of the 20th century was dating fate to hoist the banner of national movement following the Urabi 1882 Revolution till Sa'd Zaghlul continued the march, leading to the 1919 Revolution.
Egypt, Culture, 2/10/2000

State Council (Maglis ad-Dawla) A Symbol of the Rule of Law
According to Article 172 of the constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State Council is an independent judicial body, authorized to settle administrative disputes, disciplinary actions in addition to other terms of references as are defined by law.
Egypt, History, 2/10/2000

Egypt - Bangladesh diplomatic discussions
Official talks were held yesterday at the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry yesterday between Egypt and Bangladesh in which the Egyptian side was headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa the while his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdus Samad Azad, paying a two-day official visit to Egypt, headed the Bangladeshi side.
Egypt-Bangladesh, Politics, 2/9/2000

Egypt :Israeli civilians are not more privileged than Lebanese
Egypt Tuesday condemned Israel's aggression on Lebanon, branding it as extremely serious and unacceptable not because they affect peace, but also because they threaten the Lebanese civilian interests.
Egypt, Politics, 2/9/2000

Moussa heads to Algeria today, Morocco tomorrow
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa headed today to Algeria in an official trip and will deliver a written message from the Egyptian president to the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika then, "He will head to Morocco to deliver King Mohammed VI a message from President Mubarak."
Algeria-Egypt, Politics, 2/9/2000

$3 billion in British - Egyptian trade
Sir Jeremy Hanley, head of the board of directors of the limited company for investment and international trade missions -andhead of the British mission for trade and investment that is currently visiting Cairo, said that the volume of trade volume between the two countries has reached $3 billion annually.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 2/9/2000

Pope of the Vatican to hold a mass at Cairo stadium
Egypt-Vatican, Religion, 2/9/2000

Mubarak reviews development project in Gulf of Suez
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday said the government was attaching great importance to a new project aimed at developing the area northwest to the Gulf of Suez.
Egypt, Economics, 2/9/2000

Joint Egyptian - Iranian projects
Egypt-Iran, Economics, 2/9/2000

Fresh archaeological find in Qena
The Egyptian-US archaeological mission, which is undertaking the task of making archaeological scan along the old road extending in the western desert, yesterday discovered an important archaeological find in Forshout.
Egypt, Culture, 2/9/2000

Fourfold Sudanese meeting in Cairo next month
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 2/9/2000

President of Italy to visit Egypt next week
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and his wife are to begin a three-day visit to Cairo in middle of this month, during which Ciampi will be received by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Egyptian officials topped by Prime Minsiter Atef Ebeid and the ministers of economy, planning, culture, tourism, health, education, transportation and communication.
Egypt-Italy, Politics, 2/9/2000

Egypt's gates, wide open for world investments
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid held a meeting yesterday with the UK Investment and Trade delegation, currently in Cairo
Egypt-UK, Economics, 2/9/2000

Egypt hosts Euro-Arab parliamentary conference
Arab and European parliamentarians opened on Tuesday in Alexandria, Egypt, the Arab-European conference on the role of parliamentary diplomacy in achieving Arab integration.
Regional-Egypt, Politics, 2/9/2000

Peace Process, blocked on all tracks
Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad yesterday received a message from President Mubarak dealing with bilateral cooperation and ME peace developments at all tracks in the light of the faltering of negotiations.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 2/8/2000

Moussa conveys message from Mubarak to al-Assad
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad received Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa on Monday at the Damascus al-Chaab palace.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 2/8/2000

Moussa: Egypt puts relations with China on top of foreign policy priorities
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stated that Egypt puts boosting its economic relations with China on top of the priorities of its commercial and economic relations with the world's different countries.
Egypt-China, Economics, 2/8/2000

Tunisia Qualifies For CAN-2000 Semifinals
North Africa-Egypt, Sports, 2/8/2000

More allocations to speed up communications, its investments within two years
President Hosni Mubarak chaired early this week an expanded ministerial committee meeting to draw out the national strategic communications and information plan and underlined it in the following steps:
Egypt, Economics, 2/8/2000

Egypt reports to Sudan concerning Egyptian - Libyan initiative
Egypt informed the Sudanese government of results of the last meetings of the joint Egyptian - Libyan committee assigned to discuss achieving the national reconciliation and comprehensive national discussion according to the Egyptian - Libyan initiative.
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 2/8/2000

Commencing Egyptian - British commercial talks
Egyptian - British commercial talks started today in Cairo under the chairmanship of Mahud El-Arabi, head of the Egyptian - British trade chambers, while from the British side David Blatherwick, head of board of directors of the Egyptian-British Chamber of Trade in London, who arrived heading a commercial mission in a visit that will last until the end of this week.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 2/8/2000

Egyptian ambassador in UK: We follow the investigations and we did not demand handing over the pilot
Adel El-Gazzar, Egypt's ambassador in the UK, said that Egypt has not presented a formal request to the British authorities to hand over pilot Hamdi Hanafi Taha, who asked for the right of asylum in the UK.
Egypt-UK, Politics, 2/8/2000

Indian tobacco commercial delegation visits Cairo
An Indian commercial delegation comprised of six major tobacco exporters under the chairmanship of S. M. Ashraia, head of the Indian tobacco organization in the Trade Ministry, is currently visiting Cairo.
Egypt-India, Economics, 2/8/2000

Egyptian move to support multilateral negotiations
Sayed Kasem El-Masri, the Egyptian assistant foreign minister for multilateral international relations, started a series of meetings with ambassadors from the international regional groups ratified in Cairo as he met today in the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry.
Egypt-International, Politics, 2/8/2000

Abdul Rahman Al Rafei Historian of Modern Egypt
Abdul Rahman Al Rafei, an Egyptian historian who chronicled the one-and-half-century era of Egyptian history that started with the Napoleon Expedition in 1798, believed that history is a school for reforming the behavior of peoples.
Egypt, Culture, 2/8/2000

Amr Moussa in Damascus today
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 2/7/2000

El-Bashir: Mubarak mediates between Khartoum and Washington
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 2/7/2000

Israeli backtracking is clear, peace march should be immediately rescued
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held a tete-a-tete session of talks with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Talks between the two leaders, which were later attended by members of the Egyptian and Palestinian delegations, focused on the Israeli credibility regarding peace on the Palestinian track.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 2/7/2000

Military cooperation between Greece and Egypt
Egypt-Greece, Politics, 2/7/2000

The first general federation of women established in Egypt
Thirty Egyptian women's organizations have decided to establish the first women's federation in the country with the objective of protecting and defending women's rights and debating her causes before the public opinion.
Egypt, Politics, 2/7/2000

Kuwaiti- Egyptian committee meets February 21
The Kuwaiti-Egyptian joint committee started its meetings in Cairo on February 21 under the chairmanship of the two countries' foreign ministers.
Egypt-Kuwait, Politics, 2/7/2000

Egyptian people oppose religious persecution
President Mubarak's Political Advisor Osama El-Baz said that Egypt rejects religious hatred and will not allow it.
Egypt, Politics, 2/7/2000

Morocco, Egypt to foster maritime transport cooperation
Morocco and Egypt pledged to foster their cooperation in maritime transport, coordinate their activities in the sector of merchant navy and to endeavor to materialize a genuine partnership.
Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 2/7/2000

Failure of Arafat-Barak summit, rollback in ME peace process
Foreign Minister Amr Moussa dubbed the current situation in the Middle East peace process as a major rollback or at least an indication in that direction as far as Israeli commitments were concerned.
Egypt, Politics, 2/7/2000

Egypt, capable of attracting huge technology investments
Addressing a joint meeting of Northern Virginia Technology Council and Arab American Chamber of Commerce, Egypt's Ambassador to Washington Nabil Fahmy highlighted that Egypt gave top priority to communication technology as a main source inspiring huge US investments.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 2/7/2000

Mubarak reviews national water policy
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday reviewed Egypt's water policy till the year 2017 during a two-hour meeting with a ministerial committee.
Egypt, Economics, 2/7/2000

WB lauds Egypt's educational programs
During his Saturday meeting with Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaa Eddine, Head of the World Bank (WB) expressed the Bank's appreciation of the success of Egypt's educational reform programs.
Egypt-World Bank, Economics, 2/7/2000

Five fairs for archeology abroad
Egypt, Economics, 2/7/2000

Moussa's speech in Moscow
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 2/7/2000

Major media projects into new horizons in 2000
Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif will arrive in Paris, France, on February 15 on a five-day visit to inspect the Egyptian Satellite in Toulouse after it has been assembled and made ready for launch in July.
Egypt, Business, 2/7/2000

Egyptian-Chinese political ties enhance mutual interests
"Egyptian-Chinese trade balance is so markedly growing that it accounted for $750 million in 1999," said Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.
Egypt-China, Economics, 2/7/2000

On the Fugitive Egyptian pilot
Monaster El-Zayat lawyer of the Islamic groups in Egypt asserted that he met the Egyptian pilot Hamdi Hanafi Taha twice in year 1987 and 1988.
Egypt, Local, 2/7/2000

Egypt air starts procedures discussing the Egyptian pilot
Egypt, Local, 2/7/2000


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