Arabic News Daily Page for 7/20/2001
Daily Edition - Friday, July 20, 2001
- UN panel pays out $ 513 mln in damages arising from Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
A United Nations panel which disburses damage awards arising from Iraq's 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait on Thursday granted over $513 million in payments to successful claimants. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 7/20/2001 - Arab trade minister wind up meeting
Arab ministers of commerce and economy called at the end of a two-day meeting Wednesday on the Arab states to actively participate in the fourth ministerial meeting of the world trade organization (WTO), due next November in Qatar. Regional, Economics, 7/20/2001 - Arab fund loans Morocco $ 50 mln
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development has loaned Morocco $ 50 million to finance construction of a highway between Casablanca and Al-Jadida. Morocco-Regional, Economics, 7/20/2001