Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 3/29/1999
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of March 29, 1999
- Partition Palestine now!
Israel, a country created by a UN resolution, has ironically beaten all world records of defiance of UN resolutions pertinent to the Palestinian question. Even the UN resolution that gave Israel its birth certificate was not honored by the Jewish state in its entirety. Israel took from the resolution the chapter that spoke of the Jewish state and disqualified the remaining clauses. Palestine, Reporter's View, 4/3/1999 - Viagra issued according to court judgement Palestine-Israel, Judicial, 4/3/1999
- Twenty three people injured and 142 shacks destroyed in fire Morocco, Local, 4/3/1999
- African French-speaking gastro-enterologists meet in Morocco Morocco-Africa, Medicine, 4/3/1999
- Children's parliament to hold four sessions this year
The institution is conceived as a forum of meetings and exchanges and an opportunity for children to express their opinion and propose solutions as part of the implementation of the UN convention on children's rights. Regional, Culture, 4/2/1999 - Mauritanian opposition leader renews call to investigate Israeli waste
The leader of Mauritanian opposition, Ahmed Ould Daddah, renewed his call to investigate his allegations that the authorities in Nouakchott allowed Israel to bury nuclear waste in the Mauritanian Sahara. Mauritania, Judicial, 4/2/1999 - Egypt participates in Tetuan cinema festival
Egypt is taking part in the 10th international festival for Mediterranean cinema starting today in the Moroccan city of Tetuan and lasting until April 9. Egypt, Culture, 4/2/1999 - New royal grave discovered in Bahrain
Archaeological works in Bahrain aim at having a better understanding for the "vague" civilization of Delmon which flourished in Bahrain and the Eastern coasts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait especially in the era between 2000-1700 BC. Bahrain, Culture, 4/2/1999 - Some 140 operations carried out by Lebanese resistance in March
news reports from south Lebanon said that 75 Israeli bulldozers started to construct ring-roads inside the occupied part of south Lebanon in an attempt to limit the explosives and ambushes planted by the Lebanese resistance men against the occupation troops. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/2/1999 - Development of horticulture in Syria
The agricultural sector in the Syrian economy has traditionally been heavily dependent on the level and distribution of rainfall as 80% of the land under cultivation is rain-fed. In spite of various ambitious irrigation projects, this dependency has not fundamentally changed over the years. Syria, Agriculture, 4/2/1999 - The oldest man in Syria dies at 148, had one hundred grandchildren
On Wednesday the oldest man in Syria Hussein al-Chazli died in al-Mseifra town, in the northern Syrian province of Daraa, bordering Jordan, at 148 years old. Syria, Local, 4/2/1999 - Moroccan university signs partnership agreements with US chamber of commerce in Morocco and George Washington University
Moroccan university Al Akhawayn of Ifrane (AUI), signed on Thursday partnership agreements with the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco and with US George Washington University. Morocco, Education, 4/2/1999 - Hillary Clinton hails Morocco's efforts in rural girls' schooling
The U.S. first lady underlined the positive impact that rural girls' schooling has on their health and family income and praised the spirit of solidarity uniting the Moroccan people. Morocco-USA, Education, 4/1/1999 - Israel continues aggression against south Lebanon
Israeli warplanes on Wednesday renewed their raids on areas north of the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said that two Israeli warplanes raided the eastern parts of Zibqin town in the western sector and fired several missiles. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/1/1999 - Asmara searches for 1,000 missing
In a statement, the Eritrean Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that some 1,000 Eritrean or Ethiopian citizens of Eritrean origin were missing several months ago in Ethiopia. Eritrea-Ethiopia, Military, 4/1/1999 - International childhood night in Morocco on April 24 Morocco-Senegal, Culture, 4/1/1999
- US: No-fly zones still quiet Iraq-USA, Military, 4/1/1999
- Aden trial: negotiations to convince lawyers to halt boycotting the court Yemen, Judicial, 4/1/1999
- Two aides for Hattab killed in Algeria, 400 surrender Algeria, Local, 3/31/1999
- Mrs. Clinton tours Moroccan orphanage, housing project and meets women's association activists
During her stay in Marrakesh, part of a private visit to Morocco, Mrs. Clinton visited on Tuesday an orphanage, a housing project and met with members of Moroccan women's associations. Morocco-USA, Culture, 3/31/1999 - Israel escalates aggressions against south Lebanon, four Lebanese wounded
Four Lebanese soldiers were wounded in the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday against areas of south Lebanon and the western Bekaa. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 3/31/1999 - Bahraini authorities says cause of fire in a furniture factory is known
A fire broke on Sunday killing two Asian workers in Bahrain. Officials at the Bahraini civil defense said that electricity friction was behind the fire rather than an aggression. Bahrain, Local, 3/31/1999 - Majority of the Bahrainis under the age of 25
Statistics released by the central bureau for statistics in Bahrain carried out during 1998 and published on Tuesday in Manama said that 60% of the Bahraini people are under 25 in comparison with the 40% of the non-Bahraini people who live in the country. Bahrain, Culture, 3/31/1999 - Withdrawing the rescue people from Kosovo Regional-International, International, 3/31/1999
- Contradictory reports of the fighting between Eritrea, Ethiopia
Ethiopia said on Tuesday that more than 3,400 soldiers from Eritrea were killed or wounded on the Western front near Meireb river. Ethiopia-Eritrea, Military, 3/31/1999 - Le Marathon des Sables, an attempt to conquer the desert
This week-long footrace across 220 km grueling desert terrain in southern Morocco is a test of courage, determination and enthusiasm. The participants, carrying all their food, clothes and sleeping gear on their backs, will only receive a nine-liter ration of water each day, and spend the nights on the hard desert ground under an open-sided Berber tent. Morocco, Sports, 3/30/1999 - Mediterranean cinema festival of tetuan to Tetuan held April 2-9
The Mediterranean cinema festival of Tetuan will be held from April 2 through 9. Regional, Culture, 3/30/1999 - The silk road: An important landmark of human activity
Syria has been called the "crossroads" of Oriental civilization, influenced as it was by the Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Mediterranean civilizations, then going on to develop a rich culture of its own. Syria-Regional, History, 3/30/1999 - Moroccan, French and US experts meet on associations' role in social action
Debates centered mainly on social exclusion, a phenomenon affecting both industrialized and developing countries, and the crucial role that non-governmental associations should play to alleviate exclusion effects on the youth and poor people. Morocco-International, Culture, 3/30/1999 - Over 4 tons of Cannabis Seized In Morocco Morocco-Germany, Judicial, 3/30/1999
- Kuwaiti ministers of interior and defense check troops on borders with Iraq Kuwait, Military, 3/29/1999
- Disease ravages Iraqi livestock and source of protein
The general manager of veterinarian department in the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Fadel Abass, announced that Iraq requires urgent help to combat foot-and-mouth disease that has led to the death of more than million sheep till now. Iraq, Health, 3/29/1999 - Bahrain - fire Bahrain, Local, 3/29/1999
- Morocco's lab signs cooperation accord with Quebec
Morocco's Public Lab of Tests and Studies signed Friday here a cooperation accord with Quebec's Environment Protection department. Morocco-Canada, Environment, 3/29/1999 - US sends Jordan military aid Jordan-USA, Military, 3/29/1999