Arabic News Daily Page for 11/22/2001
Daily Edition - Thursday, November 22, 2001
- Missing part of Ptolemy II statue found near Qait Bay Citadel
The Egyptian-Italian team excavating at the coastal site of Qait Bay Citadel in Alexandria has reported finding the missing part of the statue of Ptolemy II which currently stands at the entrance of Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Egypt, History, 11/22/2001 - Arab Fund to finance Egyptian water projects by $ 56 million
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development has announced its consent to finance the first phase of a project on supplying as many as 240 Egyptian villages, deprived of potable water with a total cost of 17 million Kuwaiti dinars ($ 56.1 million). Egypt, Economics, 11/22/2001 - Egypt's exports to US hits $500 million in 6 months
US Ambassador to Cairo David Welch stressed yesterday that trade rates between Egypt and the US are growing, adding that the US is considered the biggest trade partner with Egypt. Egypt-USA, Economics, 11/22/2001 - Strategy to protect Egypt's cultural heritage
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is probing a final report on the documentation of Egypt's cultural heritage in tandem with the UNESCO. Egypt, Culture, 11/22/2001 - Football: Raja Club Manager Resigns
Fathi Jamal, the Moroccan manager of the premiere league of Raja Casablanca has resigned from office. Morocco, Sports, 11/22/2001 - Tunisian envoy arrives in Mauritania
Mauritania's President Mouaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya met in Nouakchott Wednesday Sadok Fayala, envoy of Tunisian President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali. Mauritania-Tunisia, Politics, 11/22/2001