Arabic News Daily Page for 6/29/2001
Daily Edition - Friday, June 29, 2001
- ME region should be free from weapons of mass destruction
Meetings opened in Cairo of the committee in charge of following up Israeli nuclear activities in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Regional, Politics, 6/29/2001 - France rediscovers Idris Effendi
The program of the festival entitled "The French Love Cairo", to be continued till the end of this month, includes a symposium on the French painter Prisese d'Avennes (1807-1879) known to the Egyptians as Idris Effendi. Egypt, People, 6/29/2001 - Moroccan, Tunisian Air Companies Consolidate Cooperation
The Moroccan and Tunisian air companies, Royal Air Maroc and Tunis Air, launched a code sharing partnership starting next July 1st. Tunisia-Morocco, Business, 6/29/2001 - Kuwaiti fund loans Morocco 50 mln for highway
The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development granted on Thursday Morocco a loan worth US$ 5.7 million as a contribution to financing the Casablanca-El Jadida highway. Morocco-Kuwait, Economics, 6/29/2001 - IAAF honors Morocco's Said Aouita
Said Aouita was the first athlete ever in history to run the 5000 m race in less than 13 mn, when he covered the distance in Rome in July 1987 in a timing of 12:58.39. Morocco, Sports, 6/29/2001