Arabic News Daily Page for 3/22/2000
Daily Edition - Wednesday, March 22, 2000
- 353,000 tourists visited Egypt in December
The Egyptian central bank said in its monthly news yesterday that nearly 353,000 tourists visited Egypt in December 1999, a decrease from the November numbers of 459,000 visitors but still an increase from last year's 301,000 visitors in December 1998. Egypt, Economics, 3/22/2000 - Morocco, U.N. study anti-poverty program
Morocco and the United Nations Human Settlements Center probed in Rabat Tuesday means to boost a program for struggle against poverty in urban and semi-urban areas Morocco, Culture, 3/22/2000 - Islamic banks in Thailand expand
Islamic banks in Thailand are expanding, with increasing deposits to be used for investment projects for the first time in May Regional-Thailand, Religion, 3/22/2000 - Egyptian foreign ministry warns of fraud through the Internet
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry warned of the scams through the Internet that are practiced by some African gangsters where the culprits pretend to smuggle the fortunes of rich families in areas of western African or holding illegal transactions for exporting gold. Egypt-Africa, Politics, 3/22/2000 - Acts of violence continue in Algeria
The Algerian papers said on Tuesday that five persons including three security forces members were killed by gunmen. Algeria, Local, 3/22/2000