Today's Headlines
- King Mohammed urges international community to ban any attempt at holy Jerusalem
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, urged the international community and the permanent members of the security council as well as the UN secretary general to take urgent action to ban any act likely to harm Islam's holy shrines in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and to spare the region a catastrophe. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Developments in at Aqsa Morgue very serious
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said the current developments taking place in Al-Aqsa precincts are "very serious" and signal the Israelis' bad intentions that could lead to the most serious repercussions. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Egypt maintains intensive contacts with Arab states
"Egypt maintains intensive contacts with the various Arab and Islamic countries to confront the Israeli provocations, the latest escalation being the laying of a cornerstone for the so-called new temple," Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Morocco, Bahrain sign three cooperation agreements
Morocco and Bahrain signed on Sunday a package of three agreements meant to consolidate bilateral cooperation in cultural realms, employment and human resources development and tourism. Morocco-Bahrain, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Israel can not stand long in face of the world
In a dangerous escalation in the Palestinian territories recalling the ill fated visit by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to AL Haram AL Sharif in Jerusalem, Israeli occupation troops stormed AL Aqsa Mosque court. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Moroccan king's efforts to foil Zionist attempts to profane al-Aqsa mosque crowned with success
The efforts made by King Mohammed VI, chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, with the security council permanent members and with Islamic countries to prevent Zionist extremists from profaning the Al-Aqsa mosque and to foil their judaization attempts were crowned with success, said the ambassador of Palestine in Rabat, Abu Marwane. Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Moratinos: situation in ME, critical Regional-European Union, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Mubarak warns against heavy losses of an expected ME war
On the Palestinian side, the besieging of Palestinian cities resulted in economic losses estimated at 51% of the GNP. Losses of income are estimated at $ 907,300,000. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/30/2001
- Disclosing Israeli lies
Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma, who shot the famous Mohamed al-Dorra death film, stressed that Al-Dorra was killed in cold blood. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/30/2001
- King chairs over function on Throne Day
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, by Emir of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Ben Aissa Al-Khalifa and by President of Equatorial-Guinea Theodoro Obieng Nguema, chaired Monday noon at the Marshan Palace in Tangiers over a reception on the occasion of the Throne Day, marking this year the second anniversary of the sovereign's enthronement. Morocco, Local, 7/30/2001
- Ghali confers with South African Trade Minister
Egyptian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali held a session of talks with South African Minister of Trade and Industry Erwin Alee to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral economic and trade relations. Egypt-South Africa, Economics, 7/30/2001
- Rayan, Boeing Chairman meet on EgyptAir crash
EgyptAir Chairman Mohamad Faheem Rayan will hold talks on Monday with chairman of the US Boeing Company and discuss with him the latest developments in the investigation into the crash of an EgyptAir plane off the US east coast in 1999. Egypt-USA, Local, 7/30/2001
- COMESA, SADC economy ministers meet today in Cairo
MENA learnt that the Draft Cairo Declaration to be issued by the trade ministers meetings of the COMESA and SADC, whose meetings will start in Cairo on Monday, asserts that the two groupings agree to cooperate-in order to contribute to reverse the marginalisation of the COMESA and other developing and least developed countries in the multilateral trading system. Regional, Politics, 7/30/2001
Short Takes
- Hungary's Zsofia Gubasci has won the 1st Lalla Meryem international grand prize of tennis, a US$ 110,000 contest part of the Women Tennis Association. Go
- In cooperation with the experts of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, an archaeological team from US Trinity University will soon resume excavation works in the 'Old Horus Military Road' in northern Sinai. The 24-member team is using the state-of-the-art devices and tools for discovering the castle of king Ramsis II, well known as 'The Lions' Castle, located 25 off the Suez canal. Go
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