Today's Headlines
- Mubarak meets Arafat and Barak in Alexandria before Camp David summit
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is receiving tomorrow Palestinian President Yasser Arafat who is visiting Egypt before heading to Washington to attend the three-way summit that was urged on by the U.S President Bill Clinton and will be attended by Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/8/2000
- Egypt continues investigation of social activist
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stated that there is no U.S pressure on Egypt concerning the case of Saad El-Din Ibrahim, the director of Ibn Khaldoun center for the human rights studies, with whom the Egyptian State security prosecution is interrogating currently. Egypt, Politics, 7/8/2000
- Gaddafi in Burkina Faso: Africa should be united
Libyan President Moammar al Gaddafi and Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore stated the necessity of carrying out rapidly the Sert declaration that was issued by the exceptional African summit in last September which stated establishing the African union. Libya-Burkina Faso, Politics, 7/8/2000
- Investment commission adopts $ 37 mln investments
The ministerial investment commission convened in Rabat Wednesday under the chairmanship of premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi okayed investment projects totaling $ 37 million, a government general affairs department release said. Morocco, Economics, 7/8/2000
- Premier receives human rights watch delegation
Moroccan Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi on Thursday received a delegation of the Human Rights Watch. Morocco, Politics, 7/8/2000
- Bashir promises extending a petroleum pipeline from Khartoum to Ethiopia
The Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir promised extending a petroleum pipeline from Khartoum to Kadaref governorate then to the Ethiopia and that exporting petroleum to Ethiopia will be in exchange for electricity for Kadaref governorate. He also promised extending the railway system till the Ethiopian city of Matama. Sudan-Ethiopia, Economics, 7/8/2000
- Former Sudanese president to join presidential race
Jafer Nomairi, the former Sudanese president spoke of his intention to nominate himself for the presidency in mid October. Sudan, Politics, 7/8/2000
- World Trade Organization agrees on Oman's membership Oman, Economics, 7/8/2000
- Kuwait begins legalizing status of individuals without citizenship
The Kuwaiti government began taking legal procedures concerning individuals without any forms of country affiliation following the end of a period of time determined by the interior ministry last month and asked this individuals to amend their legal status or be presented to the general prosecution. Kuwait, Politics, 7/8/2000
- Moroccan airport twined with US, Palestinian peers
The Mohammed V Airport, the largest in Morocco, was twined Friday with the international airport of Washington - Baltimore and the Palestinian International Airport of Gaza. Morocco-Palestine, Economics, 7/8/2000
- Israeli parties threaten to withdraw from ruling coalition before summit
Some Israeli parties in the ruling coalition had threatened to withdraw from the coalition before Camp David summit on Tuesday and Prime Minister Barak is struggling to keep the unity of his ruling coalition. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/8/2000
Short Takes
- International News reported that the Palestinian leadership has called on Israel to begin its planned summit with Israel in the USA by "implementing the agreement for releasing the Palestinian detainees and the captives, and implementing the third stage of the Israeli redeployment from the Palestinian lands, stopping confiscation of land and illegal settlements." Go
- Funds usually earmarked for the Throne Day festivities will be used this year to help poor social layers in accordance with the instructions of King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan interior minister announced on Friday. The move is meant to institute an action of structural social solidarity, Ahmed Midaoui told the Moroccan second tv channel 2M. Go
- Experts of the member countries in Organization of Arab Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OAPEC) are convening today in Algeria for two days to prepare for the OPEC summit that will be held in the Venzwalian capital between 28th - 30th of coming September. The experts are to discuss several issues concerning the organization's future role in the international economy, protecting the environment and cooperation among the petroleum producing and consuming countries. Go
- Nabeel Abu Rodinah, the advisor of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said that the Palestinian and the Israeli delegations are to arrive today in Washington to start negotiations on the final and transitional phases saying that these negotiations come to prepare for the U.S - Palestinian - Israeli summit that is to be held in Camp David. Go
- A statement released by the Iraqi opposition communist party said that the Iraqi president made a vast cleansing campaign in the lines of the leadership of the Iraqi ruling Baath party. This campaign included the expulsion of more than 100 officials who were accused of corruption and inefficiency. The statement said that ranks of other officials were reduced because of kinship ties they have with members in opposition organizations. Go
- "A Palestinian woman died after being shot in the head when Israeli soldiers fired on the car she was travelling in on the road between the towns of Gaza and Rafah, the source said," the BBC reported today quoting hospital sources. Her husband and children were also injured. Go
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