Arabic News Daily Page for 2/17/2001
Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 17, 2001
- Bar association elections start today
More than 86,700 lawyers will flock to their main premises and branches in Egypt Saturday to elect a head and 24 council members for the Egyptian Bar Association. Egypt, Local, 2/17/2001 - Denmark extends grants to Egypt worth LE 700
Denmark confirmed continuation of extending assistance to Egypt during the coming six years, where it will extend aid during this period worth Dkr 1.4 billion (about LE 700 million). Egypt-Denmark, Economics, 2/17/2001 - Meningitis claims 16 lives in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Vice Minister of Health Ministry Lamisso Hayisso has called on the nationals to be on full alert against an outbreak of meningitis which has claimed at least 16 lives since January in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia, the Capital newspaper reported on Saturday. Regional, Health, 2/17/2001 - Morocco calls for social-dimensioned globalization
The Moroccan strategy targets people living under the poverty line and people with limited income, she said, voicing hope that international community will enforce fair commercial rules and new financial control mechanisms to avert economic and financial crises at world scale. Morocco, Culture, 2/17/2001 - Moroccan - Italian business council holds first meeting
The Moroccan-Italian business council held recently its first meeting in the Moroccan metropolitan city of Casablanca. Morocco-Italy, Business, 2/17/2001 - Yemenis involved in a Mosque attack arrested
The Yemeni minister of the Interior Hussein Arab said on Friday that five Yemenis were arrested suspected to be involved in the attack against a mosque in Yemen, resulted in killing four persons. Yemen, Local, 2/17/2001