Arabic News Daily Page for 1/29/2002
Daily Edition - Tuesday, January 29, 2002
- World forum on food safety opens
The global forum on food safety opened in Marakesh Monday to seek best means to secure efficient control systems of food production. Regional, Agriculture, 1/29/2002 - African football cup: Morocco has one choice: win game against South Africa, coach
Morocco's Portuguese manager, Humberto Cuelho, said his team has no choice but defeat South Africa to be able to move to the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations (CAN-2002), currently held in Mali. Morocco, Sports, 1/29/2002 - Football: Morocco says it has strong odds to host world cup 2010
Morocco, which failed to host the World Cup in 1994, 1998 and 2006, said it has stronger odds to host the planetary event in 2010. Morocco, Sports, 1/29/2002 - Indonesia, Sudan to set up Islamic University in Jakarta
Indonesia and Sudan have recently agreed to establish an Islamic university in Jakarta, reported the Indonesian News Agency ANTARA Tuesday. Sudan-Indonesia, Religion, 1/29/2002 - Agreement reached in advance of UN forum on financing for development
Following 12 days of intensive consultations, the committee charged with negotiating a set of principles for the forthcoming UN International Conference on Financing for Development has reached informal agreement on the text that the Conference will aim to adopt. Regional, Economics, 1/29/2002 - UN General Assembly restarts work on comprehensive anti-terrorism treaty
As the United Nations General Assembly restarted on Monday negotiations on a comprehensive international treaty on terrorism, the chairman of the committee drafting the text urged countries to muster the political will and compromise necessary to bridge the divide on the few key remaining provisions. Regional, Politics, 1/29/2002 - ETUF underlines solidarity and support of Palestinian people
Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) held on Monday an urgent meeting under its Chairman Al-Sayed Rashid to probe the General Union of Palestinian labors report on the deteriorating situations of the Palestinian people and laborers due to the Israeli continuous aggressions. Palestine-Egypt, Local, 1/29/2002 - Sharon knows no dialogue language, Israel loser if Arafat disappears
Mostafa Al-Fiqi, Chairman of the People's Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, said Arabs now need a new media discourse that stands in the face unjust allegations that associate of Islam with terrorism. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 1/29/2002 - Ebeid receives Indian Parliamentary delegation
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid received on Monday an Indian Parliamentary delegation headed by the former foreign affairs minister currently on a visit to Egypt. Egypt-India, Politics, 1/29/2002 - Labor Party member asks to benifit from Egyptian diplomacy
Member of Israeli Knesset from the Labor Party Nawaf Mosalhah expressed hope that Israeli leaders would benefit from experience of President Hosni Mubarak and Egyptian diplomacy. Israel-Egypt, Politics, 1/29/2002 - Mummy wheat myth bites the dust
An enduring myth among amateur gardeners - that wheat grains found in the ancient tombs of Egyptian mummies can miraculously flower after millennia underground - has been shot down by science. Egypt, Local, 1/29/2002