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Moussa conveys message from king Mohammed to president Moubarak
Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 5/12/2001

Baz clarifies Egypt's positions on regional developments
Osama Al Baz, advisor to Egyptian President Mubarak, urged the United States to "face its responsibilities" and become more involved with the peace process. While talking to reporters, he went on to answer questions about the government's position regarding recent events as well as clear up some questions about his own future role.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/12/2001

Mubarak to open COMESA Summit on May 22
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will open on May 22 meetings of the 6th summit of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/12/2001

Petrochemicals industry body set-up
President Mubarak listened to this detailed study which indicated that petrochemicals in Egypt are produced from derivatives of crude oil and natural gas with the aim of covering the shortage in natural sources. This industry provides substitutes such as wood, iron, wool, cotton, aluminum and rubber.
Egypt, Economics, 5/12/2001

Al-Assad to visit Cairo
News reports close to the Egyptian presidency said that President Bashar al-Assad will on Wednesday visit Cairo to hold talks with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the condition in the Middle East.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 5/12/2001

Death of Palestinian baby provokes 'immense disgust' in Egypt
Egyptians reacted with "immense disgust" and a sense of powerlessness here Wednesday to the killing of a Palestinian baby whose photograph was prominently displayed in newspapers here.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/12/2001

Mrs. Mubarak hails Shura Council female candidates
Chairwoman of the National Council for Women Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak expressed appreciation for the Shura Council female candidates in the mid-term elections to be held next week and praised their role in backing women participation in the political life. Mrs. Mubarak wished them success in the election process.
Egypt, Politics, 5/12/2001

Mubarak's efforts to salvage ME peace process
The message comes in the framework of efforts by President Mubarak for saving the peace process which is deteriorating because of the escalation of the Israeli attacks against Palestinians and in the framework of sustained follow up and consultations between Cairo and Washington.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/12/2001

Pharoanic village unearthed
Egypt, History, 5/12/2001

Egypt, Libya keen on expanding electricity cooperation
Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy Ali El-Saedi underlined the depth of Egyptian-Libyan relations, especially in the electricity and energy domain.
Egypt-Libya, Economics, 5/12/2001

Football: Egypt spies on Moroccan pros
Egypt's manager, Mahmoud Al-Gouhari, has entrusted his technical assistants to spy on Morocco's pros, based in Europe.
Egypt-Morocco, Sports, 5/12/2001

Egypt ignores Nafeh visit to Cairo
The Egyptian neglect of the visit held by the Israeli minister Dani Nafeh has reflected the volume of the current crisis in the relations between Cairo and Tel Aviv. Nafeh had spent several hours in the Egyptian capital during which he met with the advisor of the Egyptian President for political affairs Osama al-Baz.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/11/2001

Executive agreements to be implemented
Egyptian Minister of Information Safwat Al-Sherif set the number of agreements signed by Libya and Egypt so far at 23.
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 5/10/2001

Free trade pact heralds Arab common market
After the meeting, Moussa said the meeting dealt with bilateral relations and Tuesday's signing of a Free Trade Area (FIA) agreement between Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia with the attendance of King Mohammad VI.
Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 5/10/2001

Mrs. Mubarak inaugurates first conference on mentally retarded children
Mrs. Mubarak said the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood was interested in giving suggestions to counter the problems of the disabled children, including those mentally retarded, up to 4 per cent of the total children number and 73 per cent of the disabled in Egypt.
Egypt, Culture, 5/10/2001

Egypt, Libya slam Israeli settlements activities
They reiterated demands' to declare the Middle East free of all weapons of mass destruction and Israel's accession to Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
Libya-Egypt, Politics, 5/10/2001

Developed strong armed forces capable of preserving peace
Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, referred in statements Wednesday to the distinguished relations and cooperation between the Egyptian Armed Forces and the United States.
Egypt, Politics, 5/10/2001

Meeting with Mubarak useful, very positive
Jean Gendois, Chairman of the French Suez Water Company's Board of Directors and Head of the French side in the projected French University in Egypt, described his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak as useful and very positive.
Egypt-France, Economics, 5/10/2001

Egypt, Libya to promote bilateral relations
At the end of the seventh closing session of the joint higher Egyptian -Libyan Committee, Egypt and Libya signed 11 agreements, executive programs and protocols on cooperation in the commercial, economic and investment fields.
Egypt-Libya, Economics, 5/10/2001

China backs Egyptian -Jordanian initiative
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister expressed China's support for the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative that aimed at ending violence and resuming Palestinian-Israeli talks.
Egypt-China, Politics, 5/10/2001

FAO Director attend COMESA summit
Jacques Diouf, Director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), takes part in the 6th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit, to be held in Cairo on May 22-23, at an invitation from COMESA Secretariat.
Egypt, Local, 5/10/2001

King Mohammed gets message from Egyptian president
Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 5/9/2001

Al-Assad receives a telephone call from Mubarak
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 5/9/2001

Egypt-Libya to promote trade cooperation
"The two sides are seeking to up their trade exchange volume to $500 million in 2005," said the Egyptian ambassador.
Libya-Egypt, Politics, 5/9/2001

Egyptian-Libyan committee probes investment, trade cooperation
"Libyan Revolution Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi received a message from President Hosni Mubarak," Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif said late Tuesday.
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 5/9/2001

Mubarak: the aggression of 1967 will not be repeated
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stressed his country's total backing to the Syrian just and unwavering position provides for Israel's complete pullout from the Golan up to June 4, 1967 border lines.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/9/2001

Shura Council's mid-term elections in eight governorates
The first stage of the Shura Council Mid-term elections starts next Wednesday in eight governorates.Assistant Secretary-General of National Democratic Party (NDP) Kamal Al-Shazly said that 312 MPs had been dismissed frim the NDP for running against the will of NDP.
Egypt, Politics, 5/9/2001

Egypt rules out peace-saving summit in Sharm El-Sheikh
"The Israeli rejection of the Egyptian-Jordanian peace initiative is casting dark shadows on the future of the entire peace process," added Moussa
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/9/2001

Mubarak rallies world support Egyptian-Jordanian initiative
Terming the current Middle East situation as very difficult, the Dutch Foreign Minister said after talks with President Mubarak that broad international participation was the most important issue now.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/9/2001

Egypt asks for two permanent seats for Africa in UNSC
Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN ambassador Ahmad Abul Gheit said that Africa has got the right to have two permanent seats in the Security Council (UNSC).
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 5/9/2001

Arab aviation companies support EgyptAir stand over Boeing issue
Egypt, Local, 5/9/2001

Mrs. Mubarak lauds Alexandria Library as Egypt's 'Fourth Pyramid'
She praised the library as a lighthouse and a crucible of cultures and civilizations and not a library in the ordinary sense. During a meeting with members of the League of Egyptian diplomats' wives held Tuesday at the Diplomatic Club.
Egypt, Local, 5/9/2001

The Economist: Egyptian economy will edge up to 5.6 per cent in 2002
The Economist has recently anticipated that the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Egypt will edge up to 5.6 per cent in year 2002, after scoring 4.8 per cent in 2001.
Egypt, Economics, 5/9/2001

Egypt plays an active role in the European Bank for Reconstruction meetings
In his speech before the EBR meetings, Hassan Khedr, Minister of Supply and Home Trade and Egypt 'a Governor in the EBR asserted the importance of introducing new mechanism that guarantees the participation of Egyptian contracting companies in the EBR's projects.
Egypt-European Union, Economics, 5/9/2001

New university to focus on engineering, computers and information systems
He said the new university will keep away from conventional studies and will focus on the fields of engineering, technology, computers, information systems, and hotel management and other modern specializations needed by Egypt.
Egypt, Education, 5/9/2001

Queen Hatshepsut's red gallery opened in november
The Egyptian French committee to save the Karnak temple will open the red gallery of ancient queen Hatshesut next November.
Egypt, Local, 5/9/2001

Mubarak: no war, peace indispensible
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned anew against the grave and deteriorating conditions in the the occupied Palestinian territories, cautioning against Israeli Premier's policies regarding the peace issue, which would drag the world into a disaster. Should current practices persist, the Israeli people will be the first to fall into the abyss of violence.
Egypt, Politics, 5/8/2001

Armed Forces have constant strategic orientation towards peace
The Egyptian Armed Forces have a constant strategic orientation towards peace which is a part of Egypt's policy. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of defense and military production Monday told officers and men of the central command that maintaining armed forces which are strong and capable and at a high level of combat efficiency is foremost among the goals of the political command in Egypt because this is the real guarantee to protect peace.
Egypt, Politics, 5/8/2001

Egypt, Libya plan to activate economic agreements and protocols
They will discuss activating the agreements and protocols signed between the two states, cooperation in various domains, especially in the fields of construction, contracting, media, culture and power grids.
Egypt-Libya, Politics, 5/7/2001

Jordanian monarch calls for establishing joint projects with Egypt
King Abdullah II of Jordan said that an Egyptian-Jordanian committee will be set up to consider the possibility of establishing joint projects by the two states' private sectors and removing obstacles impeding these projects.
Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 5/7/2001

Mubarak, Jordanian monarch discuss joint peace efforts
"However, verbal amendments are not ruled out," he said. "We shall continue to support this initiative which is acquiring increasing world support," Moussa said, adding that the initiative represents an essential step for putting an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 5/7/2001

Egypt-Jordanian initiative can save peace
"All Palestinian towns and villages are under siege, Palestinians suffer in every sense and under the worst conditions including being deprived of their daily bread, at a time Israel claims it cannot start negotiations under a climate of violence" Baz said. The truth is that Israel is incapable of resuming the negotiations because it knows that resuming them would entail certain commitments, he added.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 5/7/2001

Egypt refuses to receive Peres
The London - based al-Zaman ( the Times) daily said on Saturday that Egypt has refused a request from the Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres to visit Cairo after his visit to Washington because of the contradiction in his statements and for misleading the Egyptian leadership earlier on that there is a final agreement with the Palestinian, which came to be at the ultimate end that such an agreement was not signed and that during that time Israel established an isolation security belt along the border around Gaza.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/7/2001

Canada backs Egypt's peace efforts
Canadian Foreign Minister John Monley said that he'd discuss with President Hosni Mubarak, in their meeting the details of the Egyptian -Jordanian initiative aiming at curbing violence, and resuming negotiations.
Egypt-Canada, Politics, 5/7/2001

Moussa meets director-general of multinational forces in Sinai
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met with Arthur Hughes, American, and director-general of the multi-national forces in Sinai, at the Foreign Ministry Headquarters.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 5/7/2001

PM lays stone for low-income housing project
"President Hosni Mubarak instructions keen on giving of 90 per cent of government efforts to improving the conditions of limited-income people and providing the appropriate atmosphere for investment," said Prime Minister Atef Ebeid.
Egypt, Economics, 5/7/2001

Toshka project approaches its final stages
"The total of different development projects carried out in Toshka area, located in Upper Egypt, has so far reached some LE 3.7 billion," Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid said.
Egypt, Economics, 5/7/2001

International pilots warns against jumping to conclusions in air crashes
International Pilots Federation termed the investigations concluded by US authorities as not abiding by the normal procedures in Airplane crashes.
Egypt, Local, 5/7/2001

Egypt plans to clear mines, develop northwest coast
Egypt is serious and determined to remove mines and explosive objects that had been planted on the northwestern coast so as to help develop the area gradually under an integrated programme for which a full budget will be earmarked.
Egypt, Local, 5/7/2001

UN report calls for helping landmine victims in Egypt
The report of a UN mission on removing land mines in Egypt called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN agencies to help anti-personnel mines victims in Egypt.
Egypt, Local, 5/7/2001

World War II mines still hinder development in Egypt's Northern Coast
Over the past 50 years some 7,300 incidents, including 700 fatalities occurred as a result of the millions of anti-personnel landmines planted in the northwest coast of Egypt by countries who had fought in the Second World War.
Egypt, Local, 5/7/2001


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