Arabic News Daily Page for 1/28/2002
Daily Edition - Monday, January 28, 2002
- Iraqi refugees to return home voluntarily from Iran
Director General of Foreign Nationals and Expatriates Affairs Department Hojjatoleslam Hassanali Ebrahimi said on Saturday that Iran in cooperation with Iraq had provided necessary facilities for voluntary repatriation of Iraqi refugees Iraq-Iran, Politics, 1/28/2002 - Tokyo hosts conference on investment in ME
The four-day conference, to start on Monday, is organized by Japan Centre for Cooperation with the Middle East. Before leaving, Ghamrawi said that he will review at the conference the investment climate in Egypt, especially after the amendments introduced by the Egyptian government to the investment law. Regional-Japan, Economics, 1/28/2002 - Akhenaton Sarcophagus returns
At last, the sarcophagus of the great Ancient King Akhenaton, husband of the far-famed beautiful Queen Nefertiti, retuned home after 90-year expatriation, in which it was smuggle d to Switzerland then to Germany to be shown at Munich Museum for Egyptian Monuments. Egypt, Local, 1/28/2002 - New round of preparations for UN summit on sustainable development
A new round of preparations for a major United Nations forum on sustainable development will get under way this Monday in New York to lay the groundwork for a review of progress since a landmark UN conference in Rio de Janeiro a decade ago. Regional, Economics, 1/28/2002 - Maghreban ministerial commission of judiciary affairs meets in Nouakchott Maghreb-Mauritania, Politics, 1/28/2002
- Morocco's carrier foresees drop of activities
The Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) predicts a fall of 15 to 20 percent of its activities by next September. Morocco, Business, 1/28/2002 - Football: Morocco defeat Burkina Faso in African Cup
Morocco defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 Saturday in a second match of the African Nations Cup (CAN-2002). Morocco, Sports, 1/28/2002