Arabic News Daily Page for 1/1/2002
Daily Edition - Tuesday, January 1, 2002
- Kalabsha Temple reopens in June
Restoration work is continuing on Kalabsha Temple in southern Egypt and the project should be completed in June, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) Gaballah Ali Gaballah said yesterday. Egypt, Economics, 1/1/2002 - Public sector banks' deposits up by 11.7%
Deposits in public sector trade banks rose to LE 171.4 billion this year from LE 133.4 billion last year, up by 11.7 per cent, Public sector banks' federation said. Egypt, Economics, 1/1/2002 - Egyptian antiquities law enforced by American courts
The American judiciary decided to enforce the Egyptian antiquities law in the Americn courts. Egypt-USA, Judicial, 1/1/2002 - Combatting terrorism requires collective international efforts
The Shura Council's Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee said combatting terrorism requires swift collective international efforts within the framework of an international conference. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/1/2002 - Egypt hopes India, Pakistan resolve their crisis
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher expressed on Sunday Egypt's hope that India and Pakistan would find ways to end the current escalation which would do neither of them any good. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/1/2002 - Morocco stages cultural week in Bahrain
Morocco will be staging this January 7-11 a cultural week in Bahrain, says a statement of the Moroccan culture and communication ministry. Bahrain-Morocco, Culture, 1/1/2002 - Morocco's El Aynaoui makes it to 2nd round of Doha tennis tournament
The Qatar tournament, part of the ATP, is worth US$ 1 million. Qatar, Sports, 1/1/2002 - Israeli minister: Jews integration is more dangerous that the Holocaust
The Israeli health minister Nasim Dahan of the extremist religious Sham part has raised a wave of protests in Israel as he considered on December 30, 2001 that the integration of Jews in other societies constitutes " a crisis more dangerous than the Holocaust" by Nazis against the Jews. Israel, Local, 1/1/2002