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Militants slaughter 61 in Algeria
Suspected Muslim rebels have killed 61 civilians, including a baby and 12 women, in Algeria in the latest surge of violence reported by Algerian newspapers on July 8.
Algeria, Local, 7/11/1997
Bahrain is turning green on fishing
Bahraini fishermen will only be allowed to use traditional traps, allowing fish stocks to be replenished and reefs to recover from the damage caused by large trawlers.
Bahrain, Local, 7/11/1997
Police arrest heroin dealer in Kuwait
Drug-sniffer dogs enabled police to detect a quantity of heroin wrapped in nylon folds and kept in envelopes by a man, to mislead policemen into believing that they were just letters received by mail.
Kuwait, Local, 7/11/1997
Baby for sale
Cairo police yesterday arrested a woman offering a 40-day old baby for sale to female passersby in return for LE 100, a security source said.
Egypt, Local, 7/11/1997
finally, a population guide in the works
A central agency for statistics and general mobilization has finished compiling the first population guide for Egypt.
Egypt, Local, 7/11/1997
State nutrition guide out soon
The Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology, together with Monofia University's faculty of Agriculture, is currently planning to issue the first guide on Egyptian nutrition values.
Egypt, Medicine, 7/11/1997
Mobile clinics to rural areas
The units, equipped with the latest medical instruments and a small bank blood, will be located in the rural areas.
Egypt, Medicine, 7/11/1997
Egyptian Morocco art exchange
The Egyptian culture center in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on Monday night held a cultural soiree that was attended by a large number of Moroccan officials, artists and intellectuals.
Egypt-Morocco, Culture, 7/11/1997
Om Kolthom movie
Yesterday's nomination of actress Sawsan Badr to star in the new television serial "OM Kolthom" has put an end to the growing fuss.
Egypt, Entertainment, 7/10/1997
Replacement
Egyptian comedian Sami Ghanem decided to replace actress Jihan Nasr with Aida Riad in the play "Bahloul in Istanbul."
Egypt, Entertainment, 7/10/1997
8 Dutch tourists die in Egypt collision
Eight Dutch tourists were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus in southern Egypt yesterday, the interior ministry said.
Egypt, Local, 7/10/1997
Missing hairdresser found
Prominent interviewer Samia el-Aterbi got a nice surprise after screening an interview with the hairdresser of Nobel laureate novelist Nagaib Mahafowz.
Egypt, Entertainment, 7/10/1997
Egypt to participate in symposium on health education
Egypt is to participate in an international symposium on health education to held in Stockholm next week with about 100 nations participating.
Egypt, Medicine, 7/10/1997
Natural gas in Upper Egypt this month
The Egyptian Petroleum Authority will start the first phase of the natural gas project in upper Egypt next week.
Egypt, Local, 7/10/1997
Bahrain gets a ship and a navy
A former US Navy frigate given to Bahrain last year, arrived on July 9 to serve as the island nation's first warship.
Bahrain, Local, 7/10/1997
Firefighters put out Sidon blaze
Fire broke out in an abandoned lot in Sidon's al-Barred district on July 9 and threatened surrounding houses and a nearby gas station before firemen finally put it out.
Lebanon, Local, 7/10/1997
Algiers cinema bomb
A homemade bomb exploded inside a cinema in a working-class district of Algiers on July 9, wounding at least 17 moviegoers, residents said.
Algeria, Local, 7/10/1997
Hamas militant given 46 life sentences for suicide attacks
An Israeli military court on July 7 handed down 46 life sentences to a Palestinian militant convicted of planning three suicide bombings in Israel last year.
Palestine, Local, 7/10/1997
Science and faith subjests of television series
The chairwoman of the TV sector, Mrs. Sohier al-Atrebi, approved LE 240,000 last Sunday as a budget for 35 new religious programs.
Egypt, Entertainment, 7/9/1997
Egypt¹s first satellite
Egypt¹s Information Minister Safwat El Sherif, now in France, traveled to the city of Toulouse to attend ground trials for Nilesat, a satellite commissioned by Egypt for launch into orbit in November.
Egypt, Science, 7/9/1997
Hizbullah kills Israeli soldier in south Lebanon
An Israeli soldier was killed in fighting with pro-Iranian Hizbullah guerrillas in south Lebanon yesterday, Israeli-backed militia sources said.
Lebanon, Local, 7/9/1997
Palestinians say Israelis ransack school, holy Koran torn
Palestinians said yesterday they found torn copies of the Koran in a school they charged was ransacked by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Hebron.
Palestine, Local, 7/9/1997
Kuwait and Iraq clash again, over sports
With three days to go before the launching of the eighth pan-Arab Games in Beirut, the seven-year-old dispute between Iraq and Kuwait is threatening to overshadow the landmark event designed as a showcase of Lebanon's revival.
Regional, Sports, 7/9/1997
Bahrain arson death
A Bangladeshi man died in a hospital on July 8, raising the death toll in Bahrain to two.
Bahrain, Local, 7/9/1997
Morocco talks after 500 million US dollar cocaine find
Drug experts from Europe and the United States met on July 8 in Rabat to follow the trail of six tons of pure cocaine which washed up on Morocco's Atlantic coast, a Western diplomat said.
Morocco, Local, 7/9/1997
Circus schools to open in Egypt
The Cairo National Circus kicked off its its summer season ealier this week. The three-month event features performers from famous European circuses, presenting items to be performed in Egypt for the first time.
Egypt, Entertainment, 7/8/1997
Mubarak to open new research facilities in October
"The new facilities will include a well-equipped institute for genetic engineering and high technology designed to support the nation¹s economic growth and update research," Venice Khamel said.
Egypt, Local, 7/8/1997
Morocco health workers plan third strike
Moroccan public health workers will hold a three-day strike July 22-24, after two shorter stoppages failed to push the government into responding to their union, a source said yesterday.
Morocco, Local, 7/8/1997
Underground drug arrest
A plainclothes detective yesterday arrested a move at a Cairo underground Metro station with 500 grams of ³Bangs² in his possession, a security source said.
Egypt, Local, 7/8/1997
US-Arab conference discuss cancer
The chairman of the scientific committee for the Arab-US conference recently concluded in Damascus, Dr. Philip Salem, expressed his pride in the scientific accomplishments realized during the conference, which is considered the largest in its kind in the history of the Arab world.
Syria, Medicine, 7/8/1997
Christians angered by Israeli magazine illustration
An Israeli magazine illustration showing Mary, the mother of Jesus, with the head of a cow has triggered angry responses from Christians and Muslims.
Israel, Local, 7/8/1997
Kuwaiti finance minister ready to face parliament questioning
Kuwaiti finance minister Nasser Al Rawdhan was quoted on July 7 as saying he was ready for questioning by three parliament deputies who have accused him of wasting public money.
Kuwait, Local, 7/8/1997
Israelis claim shells fired by Hizbullah fell over the border
Israel on July 4 lodged a complaint with the international committee monitoring the cease-fire in the South after mortar shells fired by the resistance impacted just inside the Israeli border.
Israel-Lebanon, Local, 7/8/1997
Preparatory meeting for WRCC opens in Damascus
Addressing the meeting, Minister Martini highlighted the significance of the meeting for the exchange of views, data and proposals on frequency spectrum circulation and world radio communication systems.
Syria, Local, 7/8/1997
Somaliland clash leaves 6 killed, 21 injured
Six people were killed in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland when gunmen opened fire indiscriminately.
North Africa Region, Local, 7/7/1997
Al Azahar University offers scholarships to Lebanon
Dr. Ahmed Omer Hashem, the president of Al Azahar university, said that the accord recently signed between Al Azahar University and Beirut University was about to further scientific and cultural cooperation between the two institutions.
Lebanon, Culture, 7/7/1997
Muslims urged to guard values
Muslims are urged to be on guard against Western misinterpretation of Islamic causes, principles and values, said an eminent Lebanese religious clergyman yesterday.
Lebanon, Religion, 7/7/1997
A content thief
Police in El-Wadi El-Gadeed (The New Valley) district arrested an employee last Friday accused of stealing LE 12,000 from a colleague¹s house, a security source said.
Egypt, Local, 7/7/1997
Egypt pavilion at Beirut festival
Yesterday Lebanon¹s state minister for administration reform, Shared Margah, opened the Egyptian pavilion at a folk art festival organized by Beirut University.
Egypt, Culture, 7/7/1997
Doctors find fetus in teenager¹s stomach
A teenager who complained of stomach pains was found to have his underdeveloped twin fetus lodged above his abdomen where it had been slowly feeling off him for the past 16 years.
Egypt, Local, 7/7/1997
Israelis, Palestinians clash in Hebron
Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers exchanged stones and rubber bullets in clashes in Hebron on July 5 as Israel and the Palestinian Authority traded accusations over the West Bank unrest.
Palestine, Local, 7/7/1997
United Nations completes food and humanitarian supply distribution in Iraq
A United Nations coordinator said in Baghdad on July 5 that his agency had completed its part of a plan to distribute food and humanitarian supplies in Iraq and was waiting for Iraqi officials to complete their work.
Iraq, Local, 7/7/1997
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