Arabic News Daily Page for 7/19/2001
Daily Edition - Thursday, July 19, 2001
- New lighting system allows for night time temple forays
During a field visit to Aswan this week, Gaballah Ali Gaballah, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA), said the museum on Kalabsha island lying adjacent to the temple could now be visited at night due to the new lighting facility. Egypt, Local, 7/19/2001 - OAU urges UN forum to help combat illicit trade in small arms in Africa
African countries on Wednesday urged the ongoing United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons to pay special attention to curbing the spread of these armaments on the continent. Regional, Politics, 7/19/2001 - African ownership of development projects key to their success, ECOSOC told
As the United Nations Economic and Social Council ECOSOC moved into its third day of high-level debate on African economic advancement and poverty eradication, government officials Wednesday emphasized that African "ownership" of development programs was vital to the lasting success of these activities. Regional, Politics, 7/19/2001 - Six countries meet in Lebanon to discuss power grid linkage
Six countries met in Beirut Wednesday to discuss how to inter-link via power grids, a project mainly designed to rationalize power consumption, Kuwaiti news agency said. Regional, Economics, 7/19/2001 - Morocco-EU ties reviewed in Rabat
Ties between Morocco and the European Union (EU), the Euro-Mediterranean process and preparations for the upcoming conference of the World Trade Organization were reviewed at a meeting in Rabat Wednesday between Moroccan industry, trade, energy and mining minister, Mustapha Mansouri, and visiting European MP Pere Esteve. Morocco-European Union, Politics, 7/19/2001