Arabic News Daily Page for 2/10/2001
Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 10, 2001
- Moroccan- Italian industrial partnership probed at Casablanca conference
Italy is Morocco's fifth client and fourth supplier. In 1999, the volume of Italian investments reached 135 million DH ($ 12.8 mln), marking a 100% growth compared to 1998. However, they only account for 0.7% of foreign investments in Morocco. Morocco-Italy, Economics, 2/10/2001 - First Akhenaton-era tomb unearthed
"A joint Egyptian-Dutch mission unearthed a 4000-year-old ancient tomb that dates back to the Old Kingdom era," said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballah. Egypt, History, 2/10/2001 - A UN committee formulates anti-terrorism agreement
The United Nations committee on combating terrorism resumes deliberations this week on a comprehensive draft agreement on combatting terrorism. Regional, Politics, 2/10/2001 - New round of Morocco-EU political talks on fisheries as progress is cited in technical talks
The European Union Commissioner for Fisheries, Franz Fishler, will be visiting Morocco this Feb.20-21 for talks with fisheries minister, Said Chbaatou, to "bring Moroccan and EU stances on the fisheries issue even closer," Fishler's spokesman said. Morocco-European Union, Economics, 2/10/2001 - Morocco gets $8 million OPEC fund loan to expand hospital
Morocco and the Geneva-based OPEC Fund for International Development signed a US$8 million loan agreement with Morocco to help improve medical services in and around the central city of Marrakech. Morocco, Economics, 2/10/2001