Arabic News Daily Page for 2/20/2001
Daily Edition - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
- Students, teachers of Rabat's Iraqi school stage sit-in to protest British-US raids
Students, staff and teachers of the Iraqi school in Rabat staged on Monday a sit-in to protest the US-British air raids against Baghdad. Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 2/20/2001 - Morocco's parliament denies it invited Spanish politician author of racist comments
The Moroccan house of representatives denied on Monday news circulated by the Association of Moroccan workers and immigrants in Spain that it had extended an invitation to a Spanish socialist politician who uttered anti-Moroccan racist comments. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 2/20/2001 - Egypt calls for developing small, medium scale enterprises
Ambassador Mounir Zahran, personal representative of President Hosni Mubarak to the group of fifteen (G-15), on Monday stressed that the need for the group's governments, entrepreneurs and the private sector to develop an effective, comprehensive and coherent strategy to promote small and medium scale enterprises (SMES). Egypt, Economics, 2/20/2001 - Lieberman remarks are irresponsible, oblivious
Lieberman, repeating earlier threats to strike at the Aswan High Dam, said Israel possesses the air force capable of attacking the vital Egyptian installation. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 2/20/2001 - Morocco's El Guerrouj to run the two miles in Ghent Morocco, Sports, 2/20/2001
- Volcano expected in White Nile province in Sudan
A representative at the Sudanese national council has warned against the eruption of a volcano whose traces started to appear in Eid al-Zaki and Wid al-Najoumi in the " White Nile province " in the east part of the country. Sudan, Local, 2/20/2001