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Egyptian Christians reject US Senate interference in their affairs
Egypt's Christians expressed disagreement with claims published in some US media outlets pertaining to their condition in Egypt, and stated disapproval of having their affairs the subject of US senate hearings.
Egypt-USA, Religion, 3/28/1998
Massacres claim the lives of 67 Algerians
In three new massacres, described as the worst massacre since the last month of Ramadan, 57 Algerian citizens were killed yesterday in different places. One member of the security police and 9 armed attackers were also killed.
Algeria, Local, 3/28/1998
Continued Israeli shelling, raids against South Lebanon
Israeli occupation forces on Friday morning bombarded several towns adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli bombardment targeted Mreimen valley, the outskirts of Kafra and Yater towns, al-Jabal al-Rafai heights, Sujud and al-Raihan woods and al-Litani riverbed.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/28/1998
Qataris, Omani face trial for owning explosives
The higher Qatari criminal court headed by judge Abdel Raouf El-Boukae held a session to set a trial for six Qataris and one Omani accused of having illegal weapons, starting the formation of an illegal group, and owning unlicensed explosives.
Qatar, Judicial, 3/28/1998
Israeli hacker cut off Australia from the world
The Israeli ³Analyzer², who is currently being questioned by the Israeli authorities for allegedly breaking into the Pentagon computer system, faces a new set of suspicions.
Israel, Judicial, 3/28/1998
Report: Hundreds of buildings destroyed in 1997
The report said that in the past year 154 houses were demolished, 245 tents taken down, one Bedouin school destroyed and ten graves destroyed.
Palestine-Israel, Local, 3/28/1998
Court: Egyptian newborns have their father's nationality
The court said it was proved that the child's father is Iraqi and his mother is Egyptian and that he was born in Alexandria, but the law dealing with nationality says that newborns are given their fathers' nationality, thus the nationality of the child should be Iraqi.
Egypt, Judicial, 3/28/1998
Amnesty International conference held in Fez
Amnesty International sources stated that associations affiliated with the human rights organization will hold today a regional conference in the Moroccan city of Fez.
Morocco-UN, Culture, 3/28/1998
Sudan - Nile
Sudan, Health, 3/28/1998
Regional assembly concerned with higher education
Regional, Education, 3/28/1998
Israeli chief of staff arrives in Jordan
Jordan-Israel, Military, 3/28/1998
Blair believes in an independent Palestine, Jewish group cancel Cook
UK prime Minister Tony Blair will express his country's support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, as he spends a full day in Gaza.
Palestine-Lebanon-UK, International, 3/27/1998
The return of the previous hostage to Lebanon
US citizen Joseph Cicippio, who spent more that five years as a hostage of the Revolutionary Justice Organization in Lebanon, returned to Beirut.
Lebanon, Local, 3/27/1998
UAE confiscates 2.66 tons of drugs
United Arab Emirates police succeeded in the confiscation of 2.66 tons of drugs since the beginning of this year.
United Arab Emirates-Pakistan, Local, 3/27/1998
Continuation of violence in Algeria
Islamist violence and security efforts against the Islamists continue in Algeria, where Algerian security forces were able yesterday to kill two terrorists in the states of Tiaret and Tizi Ouzou and they also arrested another 17 in Mila state.
Algeria, Local, 3/27/1998
Lebanese civilians wounded in Israeli attacks on Barachit
Lebanese security sources said the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday arrested a Lebanese policeman, Marwan Abu Samra, accusing him of dealing with the Lebanese resistance. He was taken to al-Khiam camp.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/27/1998
GCC institutes environment prize
His announced follows a decision by GCC ministers responsible for the environment on the need to recognize efforts to conserve the Gulf environment and protect its resources in order to provide a sound basis for sustainable development.
Gulf, Environment, 3/27/1998
Syrian - Algerian agriculture agreement signed
Earlier in the day, the Algerian minister and his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Moustafa signed an agricultural cooperation agreement providign for exchanging results of agricultural research projects on barley, lentils, fruit tree saplings and seed multiplication and the exchange of visits by technicians.
Syria-Algeria, Agriculture, 3/27/1998
Vatican envoy on trip to Amman, Sanaa
The Papal envoy will arrive in Sanaa later today to hold talks pertaining to relations between the two countries, especially the "possibility of building a Catholic center in Sanaa, where there are no Christian places of worship"
Jordan-Yemen-Vatican, Religion, 3/27/1998
Another 46 Algerians killed by armed groups
Algeria, Local, 3/27/1998
AIDS-infected people expelled from UAE
United Arab Emirates, Health, 3/27/1998
Yemen - military exercises
Yemen, Military, 3/27/1998
Egypt death sentence protest
Egypt, Judicial, 3/27/1998
Iraq inspections
Iraq-International, International, 3/27/1998
Canada Iraq
Iraq-Canada, Judicial, 3/27/1998
An agreement for education between Egypt and Libya
The Egyptian minister of education, together with the secretary-general of the public committee for education in Libya, signed yesterday the program for joint cooperation between the public education committee in Libya and the Egyptian minister of education.
Egypt-Libya, Education, 3/27/1998
Celebrating arrival of the American ambassador in Cairo
Egypt-USA, International, 3/27/1998
Farouk Hosni will head Egypt's delegation to UNESCO conference
Egypt-UN, Culture, 3/27/1998
Iranian pilgrims in Iraq
Iraq-Iran, Religion, 3/26/1998
Algeria: 2,800 Islamists killed in three years
More than 2,800 Islamists were killed in confrontations with government troops in two Eastern districts in Algeria during three years.
Algeria, Local, 3/26/1998
UN Compensation Committee funds third repayment stage
The United Nations Compensation Commission yesterday approved funds for the reimbursement of claimants who were found to have suffered losses in Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The commission dispersed $497.8 million among 17 governments for distribution to nearly 200,000 claimants.
Iraq-Kuwait-UN, International, 3/26/1998
Egyptian council tackles women's rights
The Egyptian Consultation Council which is discussing women's rights voiced its support for womne's political participation and for granting Egyptian citizenship to sons of women who married foreigners.
Egypt, Judicial, 3/26/1998
Israel detains two in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said occupation artillery positioned in Teir Harfa town fired 20 shells on the outskirts of Majdal Zoun and al-Mansouri towns and Jib Sweid district in the western sector of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/26/1998
Butros Ghali will visit Lebanon on April 27
Ghali's visit to Beirut in April in coincides with an expected visit from French President Jacques Chirac to inaugurate the French embassy after repairs are completed.
Lebanon, People, 3/26/1998
Qatar FM to US
Qatar-USA, International, 3/26/1998
Richardson - Algeria
Algeria-UN, International, 3/26/1998
Iran -pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia-Iran, International, 3/26/1998
UN - oil-for-food
Iraq-UN, International, 3/26/1998
Yemen - robbery
Yemen, Local, 3/26/1998
Four Islamists, one shepherd killed in Algeria
In the western suburb of the capital near al-Hammamat two "terrorists" came out of the woods and opened fire on an army inspection point. Two persons were injured as a result.
Algeria, Local, 3/26/1998
Education problems for Palestinian children
Palestine, Education, 3/26/1998
Illiteracy in Palestinian society estimated at 18%
Palestine, Education, 3/26/1998
Lebanese fighters attack Israeli positions in Beit Yahoun
Lebanese resistance forces on Tuesday morning attacked an Israeli military post in Beit Yahoun. In a statement the resistance said another group of resistance fighters fired shots at Israeli positions in the al-Qantara area. The Israeli positions were directly hit as a result of the two attacks.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/25/1998
International Cairo festival for children's films inaugurated
At the end of the festival, the Moroccan film by Mohamed El-Abazy, "The Other Side of the River" -- the only long Arabic film produced for children in the history of the Arabic cinema -- will be presented
Egypt, Culture, 3/25/1998
Palestinian prisoners demand to enroll in their own universities
The Dameer [Arabic for conscience] Organization said that families of 30 Palestinian prisoners held in the southern desert prison of Nafha had enrolled in the Hebrew University but are facing major financial problems and cannot afford to study there.
Palestine-Israel, Education, 3/25/1998
Smoking to be religiously prohibited?
Nasr Farid Wassel, Egypt's mufti, called for a label reading, "Smoking is religiously prohibited" to be printed on cigarette packages instead of the warning "Smoking is harmful for health."
Egypt, Religion, 3/25/1998
FAO warns Middle east countries of waters and food shortage problems
Regional, Science, 3/25/1998
UAE - archeology
United Arab Emirates, History, 3/25/1998
UNSCOM, diplomats ready for inspections
Iraq-UN, International, 3/25/1998
Iraqi chemical weapons scientist arrested
Iraq, Judicial, 3/25/1998
Libya court
Libya-USA, Judicial, 3/25/1998
Mauritania trial
Mauritania, Judicial, 3/25/1998
Yemeni communist party protest prison sentences
The Yemeni communist party objected yesterday to the death sentence issued by a Yemeni court against 5 southern leaders, including former South Yemeni officials.
Yemen, Judicial, 3/25/1998
Algerian security forces arrest 35-member armed guerrilla group
Algeria, Local, 3/25/1998
Moroccan police confiscate Hashish to be smuggled to France
Morocco, Local, 3/25/1998
Dutch trade delegation arrives in Damascus
The delegation, led by the Dutch agricultural attache will carry out activities in the fields of foodstuffs and agriculture, especially food-processing, greenhouses, livestock husbandry, agricultural machinery and food products.
Syria-Netherlands, Agriculture, 3/25/1998
Slowness of judicial proceedings a Pharaonic disease
In Egypt, the slowness of judicial proceedings is an old disease which has Pharaonic roots.
Egypt, Culture, 3/25/1998
Lebanese resistance hits back at Israeli positions
the Lebanese resistance said one of its groups machine-gunned and rocketed the Israeli Radar Station hill in the occupied strip of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/24/1998
A fire around the Egyptian nuclear reactor
A small fire broke out around the building containing the new Egyptian nuclear reactor in Inshas area, east of the capital, causing no losses. Firemen were able to control the fire before it reached the reactor building.
Egypt, Local, 3/24/1998
Jordanian oppositions for releasing all political detainees
The Jordanian opposition parties today called upon the Jordanian government to set free the political detainees in all Jordanian prisons, to give up the trial of citizens of Maan in southern Jordan, and to form a neutral committee to investigate the events that recently took place in the city.
Jordan, Local, 3/24/1998
Catholic patriarch: Palestinians do have the right to live freely
In the meeting that took place Monday, the patriarch urged the leaders of the Jewish faith in Israel to admit that Palestinians have the same right to live as the Jews claim for themselves.
Palestine-Israel, Religion, 3/24/1998
World Bank US $ loan for Tunis
Tunisia, Agriculture, 3/24/1998
Bahraini Sheikh dies at 62
Bahrain, People, 3/24/1998
Yemen court
Yemen, Judicial, 3/24/1998
Kidnapped Algerian girls escape
Algeria, Local, 3/24/1998
Eight kidnapped, 6 wounded in bomb explosion in Algeria
Algeria, Local, 3/24/1998
US air force to stay for another 60-days in Bahrain
Bahrain-Iraq-USA, Military, 3/24/1998
Palestinian police will study files of security detainees
Palestine, Judicial, 3/24/1998
First group of Iraqi pilgrims heads for Mecca
The Iraqi government had prevented its citizens from performing the pilgrimage after the Gulf War for economic reasons, yet it retracted its decision last year and 1,500 citizens performed the pilgrimage last year.
Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 3/23/1998
Caliph Yazid and the Umayyad dynasties
Few world dynasties have produced so many idiosyncratic and agreeable people as Caliph Yazid and the Umayyad dynasties, who were at the same time effective. Mu'awia, the first Umayyad Caliph and brother in law to the prophet Muhammad, secured supreme power over the Arab empire with Damascus as his capital in 661 AD.
Regional, History, 3/23/1998
Israeli court speaks about a two-week mass expulsion that lasted 50 years
The Israeli High Court gave the government of Israel three months to finally take a decision on why Palestinians from the village of Ikrith have not been allowed back to their village, from which they were kicked out in 1948.
Israel-Palestine, Judicial, 3/23/1998
Yemen to sentence 15 former Southern Yemeni officials tomorrow
The accused, including the former secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist party, are being tried under charges of "greater treason, violating the constitution and committing killing crimes."
Yemen, Judicial, 3/23/1998
Egyptian journalist starts hunger strike
The Egyptian journalists syndicate started communications aimed at achieving a reconciliation between journalist Kamal Fahmy, who was given a six-month prison sentence and writer Sarot Abaza who brought suit against the journalist.
Egypt, Judicial, 3/23/1998
Israel's nuclear position condemned
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief added that Israeli continues to refuse to open its nuclear installations in the Negev desert to international inspection.
Israel-Regional-UN, Military, 3/23/1998
Warring Kurd factions exchange prisoners
Iraq, Local, 3/23/1998
FAO chief lauds Syria's agricultural policy
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and Director General of Food and Agriculture Oganization Jacques Diouf on Sunday discussed the importance of food security, particularly in developing countries, and the necessity of international cooperation in the field of food programs.
Syria, Agriculture, 3/23/1998
Damascus hosts FAO's 24th regional conference
Aided by representatives of relevant international and regional organizations, participating delegates are examining current problems facing developing countries and weighing the drastic effect of those problems upon comprehensive development plans.
Regional, Agriculture, 3/23/1998
Poet Darwish health condition stable
Palestine, People, 3/23/1998
Qatar planetarium
Qatar, Science, 3/23/1998
Indyk - Israel
Israel-USA, International, 3/23/1998
Kekhya trial dismissed
Egypt, Judicial, 3/23/1998
Hizbullah - withdrawal
Lebanon, Military, 3/23/1998
Palestinians arrested for rebuilding
Palestine-Israel, Local, 3/23/1998
Egypt police killed in clash with gunmen
Egypt, Local, 3/23/1998
Butler - Iraq
Iraq-UN, International, 3/23/1998
Kofi Annan the hero of the peace - lovers people
Regional, International, 3/23/1998
Israeli troops attack al-Rafai mountain
Lebanese security sources said Israeli artillery in the al-Zafata occupation position shelled al-Rafai mountain, Litani river bed and al-Taseh spring course as well as Milta and Lweiza hills.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/23/1998
Jordanian pilgrims leave to Haj
Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Izuddin al-Khateeb, representing Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, urged in remarks at the farewell ceremony, that the pilgrims present a good image of the country during the pilgrimage.
Jordan-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 3/23/1998
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