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Egypt helps combatting Malaria
"President Hosni Mubarak is aware of the tragic dimensions of Malaria in Africa," said Minister of Health and Population Ismail Sallam.
Egypt-Africa, Health, 4/29/2000

Petroleum discoveries in Egypt worth $2.1 billion
Egypt, Economics, 4/29/2000

Egyptian journalists union decides to boycott international conference for press
The Egyptian journalists union council issued in its urgent meeting yesterday a statement in which it announced that it will boycott the international union's conference for the press councils, which ended its works today.
Egypt, Politics, 4/29/2000

Walker seeks Mubarak's views on regional issues
Egypt-USA, Politics, 4/29/2000

Ebeid: economic conditions satisfactory
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the conditions of the Egyptian economy are extremely satisfactory adding that the government is seriously acting to reactivate demand on the market as an urgent challenge.
Egypt, Economics, 4/29/2000

Egypt hopes UN millennium summit would live up to world's expectations
Egypt has underlined the importance of the UN meeting on arrangements for the three-day Millennium summit. Ahmed Abul- Gheit, the Permanent Delegate to UN, hoped that the gathering would fulfill aspirations cherished by peoples of the world.
Egypt-UN, Politics, 4/29/2000

Egypt to occupy prominent economic position within 10 coming years
US diplomatic sources in Cairo expressed on Thursday confidence that the Egyptian economy would occupy a prominent position in ten years should Egypt keep pace with the current information revolution.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 4/29/2000

Important archeological find unearthed
Egypt, Culture, 4/29/2000

Record income for Egyptian museums due to strong tourism
The Egyptian archeological museums achieved a monthly income of 40 million LE which is the highest income in history of the Egyptian supreme council for archeology which supervises these museums.
Egypt, Culture, 4/29/2000

Project to restoring Hatshipsut to open in November
Egypt, Culture, 4/29/2000

Egypt intervenes in commercial dispute between Europe and India
Egypt-International, Politics, 4/28/2000

Annan: calls for creation of New Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the five yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on Monday in New York with a call for the full implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Annan told delegates from 188 countries that unless they adopted "specific benchmarks" for progress, "the new millennium will have started on an ominous note."
Egypt-Israel-UN, Politics, 4/28/2000

An assemblage for Egyptian petrochemicals on the Red Sea shores
The executive steps started for establishing a large assemblage for the Egyptian petrochemicals in Ain Sokhna area with a capital of 600 million LE in the participation of Egyptian, Saudi and Iranian companies.
Egypt, Business, 4/28/2000

Egypt prepares to participate in Expo 2000 fair in Germany
The Egyptian government decided to form a ministerial committee to be headed by Economy Minister Yusef Botrus Ghali to discuss Egyptian participation in the Expo 2000 fair that will be held in Hanover, Germany, between June 1 and October 31.
Egypt-Germany, Economics, 4/28/2000

Development fruits to be reaped by all Egyptians
Mubarak voiced hope that the living standards of all Egyptians would be improved and that "a tangible leap forward" in the quality of life for all Egyptians would be achieved. "We firmly believe that social justice is the basis of the legitimacy of the ruling system and that burdens of life should be fairly shared by all members of society," he added.
Egypt, Economics, 4/27/2000

Emir of Kuwait confers with the speaker of the Egyptian parliament
Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 4/27/2000

Moussa: The negotiation with the Sudanese opposition promise good things
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 4/27/2000

Continuing Egyptian - Sudanese communications
Sudanese Information Minister Ghazi Salah El-Din said that a meeting which took place between Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and his Sudanese counterpart, Mustafa Othman Ismael, yesterday is a continuation of the coordination and communications between the two states in joint causes.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/27/2000

Egypt, region's key to commerce, investment, stability
The AmChamıs 17th Door knock mission which represents the Egyptian private sector, has recently visited Washington on its own membersı initiative without any governmental interference . Through a long time now, the Mission could establish strong relations in the American circles, working under the slogan of the "Interest of Egypt"; this yearıs slogan was: "Egypt, the Regionıs key to Commerce, investment and stability".
Egypt-Regional-USA, Economics, 4/27/2000

Egypt mobilizes for Israeli adherence to NPT
Daniel Bleach, Director of the US Security Information Council said Washington has found itself in a stance in which it cannot defend itself regarding not putting Israeli nuclear policy for debate at the time when it presses India and Pakistan to sign the Treaty.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/27/2000

Egyptian economic reform program goes on, private sector given priority
Setting a precedence in Egypt, Economy and Foreign Trade Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali Wednesday held a telephone conference via satellite with international companies and investors on the Egyptian economy and the investment climate.
Egypt, Economics, 4/27/2000

Head of the Kuwaiti parliament hails Egypt's role
Gasem El-Khorafi, head of the Kuwaiti Ummah Council (parliament), asserted that the Kuwaiti - Egyptian relations are witnessing increasing growth in different fields.
Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 4/27/2000

Opening Susa festival for arts
Egypt, Culture, 4/27/2000

An Egyptian company for tourism investment of $150 million
Accor international group for hotels started establishing a holding company for tourism investment in Egypt with a capital of $150 million to establish many hotels, resorts and floating hotels all over Egypt with investment of $450 million.
Egypt, Business, 4/27/2000

Egyptian theater in two conferences in France and Syria
Egypt is participating in two conferences for theater. The first will be held in Damascus while the second will be held in Marseille, France.
Egypt-Syria-France, Culture, 4/27/2000

Moussa visits Zambia
Egypt-Zambia, Politics, 4/26/2000

Egyptian economy minister visits Baghdad
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 4/26/2000

Egypt criticizes Israel's policy of nuclear 'ambiguity'
Egypt's permanent delegate to the United Nations Ahmed Abul-Ghiet said yesterday that the Middle East did not need a US-proposed anti-nuclear missile defense system but rather an international drive to free the region from nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
Egypt, Politics, 4/26/2000

Phone call between Mubarak and Barak
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/26/2000

IMF mission lauds stability of Egyptian credit market
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the government would take urgent measures to control recession and activate capital and stock exchange market. He added that all government outstanding debts will be repaid within nine months at LE 2.5 billion per month.
Egypt, Economics, 4/26/2000

Merrill Lynch to hold 1st investment conference on Egypt
Merrill Lynch, a major US-based investment corporation will organize its first conference on investment in Egypt within the coming few days.
Egypt-USA, Business, 4/26/2000

EgyptAir main host for Mediterranean Travel Fair
Egypt-Regional, Business, 4/26/2000

Egypt succeeds in meeting environmental requirements for trade
Nermin Murad, Egypt's deputy assistant foreign minister of the development and environmental affairs, said Egypt has managed to confront attempts to stop its membership in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Egypt, Economics, 4/26/2000

Warnings to Egyptians traveling to Saudi Arabia
Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/26/2000

Moussa to discuss development of political solution to Sudanese crisis in Khartoum tomorrow
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 4/25/2000

Egypt keen on Sudan's Sovereignty
"Sudan's sovereignty over its soil should be maintained for the good of both Egypt and Sudan's national security," said Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 4/25/2000

Egyptian - Iranian relations improved
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Rida Asifi, has announced that relations between Iran and Egypt have witnessed a notable increase in the economic and cultural areas.
Egypt-Iran, Politics, 4/25/2000

$800 million in Egyptian exports to Iraq
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 4/25/2000

Mubarak's initiative on Middle East free of nuclear weapons
President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held a session of talks with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Defense Minister Sheikh Mohamed Ben Rashid al-Maktoum .
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2000

Establishing a national council for human rights in Egypt
The Egyptian Justice Ministry started preparing the draft resolution for establishing the national council for human rights.
Egypt, Politics, 4/24/2000

Mubarak meets with UAE defense minister
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held a session of talks with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Defense Minister Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum .
Egypt-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 4/24/2000

Mubarak plays key role on developing international relations
Senegalese Prime Minister Mustafa Niaas on Friday described Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as a great African figure playing a key role in developing international relations with the aim of achieving peace, cooperation and development.
Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 4/24/2000

Al-Assad's visit to Cairo denied
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 4/24/2000

Message from Qatari foreign minister to Amr Moussa
Egypt-Qatar, Politics, 4/24/2000

14 Egyptians found innocent in riots in Kuwait
Kuwait-Egypt, Politics, 4/24/2000

Egyptian FM to head to Zambia on Wednesday
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is due to head the day after tomorrow to Lusaka, capital of Zambia, to head Egypt's delegation to meetings of the foreign ministers of the Comesa countries that will be held in Lusaka on Thursday and Friday.
Egypt-Zambia, Politics, 4/24/2000

Sudanese opposition member meets with Moussa
Ahmed El-Merghani, former head of the Sudanese State Council hailed the role played by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi to achieve national rapport in Sudan.
Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/24/2000

Egypt, Lebanon for complete pullback of Israeli forces
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asserted that Israel's complete pullback from the Golan to the June 4, 1967 border lines, the Lebanese and Palestinian territories and the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland, is the core of the establishment of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 4/24/2000

President Mubarak to make an address on occassion of Sinai liberation Anniversary
President Hosni Mubarak will deliver today an address to the Egyptian people on the occasion of Egypt's celebration of the Anniversary of the liberation of Sinai which falls on April.
Egypt, Politics, 4/24/2000

Mubarak receives US Congress delegation
President Hosni Mubarak Saturday morning received US Congressman James Moran, member of the Congress Appropriations Committee, and his accompanying delegation currently visiting Cairo.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 4/24/2000

Morocco, Egypt to upgrade cooperation in audit
Morocco and Egypt agreed in Cairo Sunday to upgrade bilateral cooperation in audits through exchange of visits and experiences.
Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 4/24/2000

Stopping establishing private aviation companies in Egypt
Egypt, Business, 4/24/2000

An Egyptian official source refutes claims over the kidnapping of Coptic girls
An Egyptian official statement responded yesterday to claims that were circulated on kidnapping and forcing Coptic girls to convert to Islam
Egypt, Culture, 4/24/2000

Egypt participates in international session for football in Tehran
The Egyptian football union agreed to participate in Tehran in a friendly international session that will be organized by the Iranian union on June 4- 20 in preparations of the Egyptian team for the African qualifying round for the World Cup.
Egypt-Iran, Sports, 4/24/2000

Egypt plays basic role in backing up Arab negotiator
Osama Al Baz, the President's Political Advisor, says "Egypt plays a basic role in the peace process out of its keenness on maintaining good offices with a view to reaching peace agreements and arrangements and effecting a just and comprehensive peace by means of supporting the Arab negotiator".
Egypt, Politics, 4/24/2000

Egyptian-American efforts for achieving breakthrough on Palestinian track
"Palestinians have the right to restore all their territories occupied by Israel in 1967 regardless of the settlements that have been built," Presidential Political Advisor Osama al-Baz said.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2000

Meetings of the Egyptian - Japanese businessmen council in coming October
The first meetings of the joint Egyptian - Japanese businessmen's council were sheduled to be held in October in Tokyo with the participation of 50 businessmen in the two countries in the framework of celebrating Egypt's year in Japan, as supporting means of cooperation among the business organizations in the two countries has been discussed and increased the volume of joint investment.
Egypt-Japan, Business, 4/24/2000

200 companies participate in GITEX Cairo 2000
200 worldly computer companies from 17 Arab, European, American and Asian states participated in the fair of GITEX Cairo 2000.
Egypt-Regional, Business, 4/24/2000

Egyptian business mission visits Sweden
Egypt-Sweden, Business, 4/24/2000

International horse race in front of the pyramids
Egypt-Regional, Sports, 4/24/2000

Mubarak confers with Arafat
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday in Cairo received Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who arrived in Cairo on Saturday evening coming from Washington following his meeting with US President Bill Clinton.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 4/24/2000


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