Arabic News Daily Page for 2/14/2002
Daily Edition - Thursday, February 14, 2002
- WB says Egypt owns potentials to achieve a high growth rate
The World Bank (WB) Thursday said Egypt owns the privileges and potentials that allow it to achieve a high growth rate sufficient to massively reduce the level of poverty. Egypt, Economics, 2/14/2002 - OIC-EU dialogue ends
Knowledge of one another through communication and cooperation for the promotion of common universal values such as those enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights instruments was considered to be main means to support coherence and solidarity, and to avoid racial, religious and cultural prejudices. Regional, Culture, 2/14/2002 - Swiss excavating team unearths Roman temple in Aswan
A Swiss excavating team has recently unearthed a Roman temple called Domitan in the heart of the old city of Aswan, after a year long excavation scheme. Egypt, History, 2/14/2002 - More than 4000 pieces salvaged from ancient sunken cities off Alexandria
Egypt owns two thirds of the world's submerged antiquities besides one third of ground antiquities, a fact which increases the value of human heritage owned by Egypt, said Ibrahim Darwish Director of The Submerged Antiquities Administration at a symposium sponsored by the Royal Jewellery Museum. Egypt, History, 2/14/2002 - Additional sum may give impetus to Akhmim Temple project
Undoubtedly President Mubarak's decision to allocate LE5 million in addition to the LE5 million already channelled by the Supreme Council of Antiquity (SCA) to start the project for unearthing the Akhmim Temple in Upper Egypt gives a strong push to the project, which has almost come to a complete halt. Egypt, History, 2/14/2002 - Goiter increased among Palestinian children by 6 % because of lack of iodine
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that Palestinian children are suffering from a disease called goiter. Palestine, Health, 2/14/2002 - Street children in Arab states, a growing phenomenon, study
A specialized study warned against the growing phenomenon of street children in the Arab states and stressed the importance of elaborating different programs, policies and laws to combat and prevent this phenomenon Regional, Culture, 2/14/2002 - Annan urges UN meeting to look at environmental side of sustainable development
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday urged high-level government representatives to provide an upcoming UN conference on sustainable development issues a "coherent vision" of the theme's environmental dimension. Regional, Economics, 2/14/2002 - French party official for sahara large autonomy under Moroccan kingty
First secretary of the French socialist party (PS), François Hollande, said he was for a large autonomy of the Saharan provinces, part of Moroccan sovereignty. Morocco-France, Politics, 2/14/2002 - Islamic scientific meeting in Islamabad
Morocco will attend a meeting of the Islamic Permanent Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, due Feb. 16-18 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Regional, Economics, 2/14/2002 - FBI director meets key local Arab, Muslim leaders
FBI Director Robert Mueller has met with key leaders of Arab, and Muslim organizations in the United States, according to a February 13 Department of Justice press release. Regional-USA, Local, 2/14/2002