Arabic News Daily Page for 2/15/2002
Daily Edition - Friday, February 15, 2002
- An Israeli satelite station aimed at Arab audience
The Jordanian weekly al-Shahed ( the witness) said on Wednesday that an Israeli satellite station broadcasting in Arabic will start as from March and its presenters will be anchors from Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt. Israel-Regional, Politics, 2/15/2002 - Japan donates Moroccan hospital us$ 57,748
The Japanese Government has extended the Rabat Ibn Sina Hospital US$ 57,748 (669,880 DH) to help the facility purchase medical equipment. Morocco-Japan, Economics, 2/15/2002 - Morocco's ports traffic grows by 7.6 pct in 2001
Traffic in Moroccan ports in 2001 grew by 7.6 percent to reach 57.5 million tons, due mainly to a rise in phosphate exports and hydrocarbon imports. Morocco, Economics, 2/15/2002 - Rainfall levels sharply below average
Rainfall levels in Morocco since the start of the new farming season are sharply below average after almost two months of dry weather, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. Morocco, Agriculture, 2/15/2002 - Presumed killer of Spanish reporter arrested
The police arrested Thursday a young Moroccan, presumed killer of the Spanish reporter, Jos? Luis Percebal, found last Tuesday afternoon dead in his house in downtown Rabat. Morocco, Local, 2/15/2002 - Media conference in Jordan
A conference on the new media and the change in the Arab states will be held on February 27th in Amman and will last for three days attended by Arab and foreign experts in the area of information and its techniques. Jordan, Local, 2/15/2002