Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 1/27/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of January 27, 2003
- Egyptian sentenced for one year imprisonment, over threatening the American ambassador
An Egyptian judicial source said that the higher state security court in Asyout on Wednesday sentenced an Egyptian for one year imprisonment because of sending a message threatening, via email, the American ambassador in Cairo David Welsh. Egypt, Local, 1/31/2003 - Egypt stresses tightened control on the Islamist groups
The official spokesman for the Egyptian ministry of the interior said that Egypt has launched successful campaign against elements suspected to be active internally, ruling out the possibility of controlling activities by fleeing Egyptians abroad without the cooperation with the authorities of the countries where these Egyptians reside. Egypt, Politics, 1/30/2003 - Queen Ti unearthed by Colossi of Memnon
Ti was one of the few queens whose statues were placed life-size beside the king's. Egypt, History, 1/30/2003 - Egypt's first woman judge says responsibility is great
Tahany el-Gebaly, Egypt's first-ever woman judge, says that, though she has already achieved a historic breakthrough for local women, she still dreams of the day when an Egyptian becomes a provincial governor or a municipality head. Egypt, Culture, 1/29/2003 - Small-scale enterprises spell hope for Egypt's industrial future
Small-scale enterprises constitute the basis for industry and national economy in many countries. It was reported that 90 per cent of Malaysia's 53,553 manufacturing companies are Small-scale operations. Egypt, Economics, 1/29/2003 - UAE, Egypt sign air transport agreement
Minutes of meeting were signed yesterday at the United Arab Emirates UAE foreign ministry on exchanging ratified documents on the bilateral agreement on air transport between the UAE and Egypt. United Arab Emirates-Egypt, Economics, 1/29/2003 - Mubarak confers with Francs Egypt-USA, Politics, 1/29/2003
- Banks allowed to determine exchange rate of foreign currencies as of today, Ebeid announces Egypt, Economics, 1/29/2003
- Egypt, Germany sign contract for building zafarana power station
Egypt and Germany represented in the New And Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and a consortium of German and Egyptian companies signed to build a 47 MW wind farm at Zafarana area with a value of 36.6 million Euro besides LE 33.80 million LE. Egypt-Germany, Economics, 1/29/2003 - Mrs Mubarak opens new projects symbolising gov't pledge to enhance women's status
The Cairo-based projects include a computerised documentation and information centre, a training center for female owners of small businesses Egypt, Culture, 1/28/2003 - Egypt, Saudi Arabia call for giving enough time for diplomacy Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Politics, 1/28/2003
- Egypt example for world in girl education initiative - UNICEF official Egypt, Education, 1/28/2003
- Cairo dialogue to be resumed; A unified leadership of 12 Palestinian factions to run the conflict Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/28/2003
- Al Baz in Washington on Iraq Egypt-USA, Politics, 1/27/2003
- First female judge in Egypt; First lady efforts on women's issues
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will open an information and documentation center which is one of the most up-to-date centers of its kind in Egypt. Egypt, Culture, 1/27/2003 - Mubarak discusses with Abu Dhabi crown prince current developments
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak discussed with Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Zayed al- Nahyan yesterday in al-Ein, current developments in the region and the efforts currently made to find out a peaceful solution for the Iraqi crisis. United Arab Emirates-Egypt, Politics, 1/27/2003 - Mubarak continues his Gulf tour
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who moved yesterday from the United Arab Emirates UAE to Kuwait in the framework of a Gulf tour to discuss developments concerning the Iraqi issue, said that the Iraqi issue has covered the efforts to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Egypt-Kuwait, Politics, 1/27/2003 - Egypt's tourism reports good harvest in 2002
Egypt's tourism made a record in 2002 after more than 5.0 million tourists visited the country and bought 33m tourist nights during their stay. Egypt, Economics, 1/27/2003