Arabic News Daily Page for 7/21/2001
Weekend Edition - Saturday, July 21, 2001
- Mubarak sends message to G-8 summit on Africa
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sent a message late Friday to the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in his capacity as the Chairman of the current G-8 summit, now meeting in Genoa. Mubarak called on the summiteers to back the "New African Initiative" designed to realize the continent's bid to resolve its problems. Egypt, Politics, 7/21/2001 - Egypt gets back Merit bust from Britain
Egypt retrieved the bust of Merit, one of the princesses of the 19th Dynasty in Pharaonic Egypt, within cooperation between Egyptian and British security agencies. Egypt-UK, History, 7/21/2001 - New department for sunken antiquities in Sinai
The Higher Council for Antiquities decided to set up a new department for sunken antiquities in South Sinai after discovering a lot of sunken antiquities on the cost of Sinai and the Delta. Egypt, Local, 7/21/2001 - Moroccan man convicted for organizing illegal immigration to Spain
A Moroccan national was sentenced Friday by a court in Granada (southern Spain) to three years and a half in prison and a fine of 1.8 million pesetas for his involvement in illegal immigration organizing. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 7/21/2001 - Several countries pledge to bring financial support to Marrakesh climatic changes conference
The European Union, as an entity, and several member countries, have pledged to bring financial support to the 7th conference of parties to the convention on climatic changes slated for next October in Marrakesh. Morocco-Regional, Environment, 7/21/2001