Arabic News Daily Page for 2/22/2002
Daily Edition - Friday, February 22, 2002
- Israeli ambassador in Rome summoned by FM over inappropriate statements against Syria
The Italian foreign ministry has informed the Israeli ambassador in Rome that his recent statements against Syria are inappropriate by an Israeli diplomat accredited in Italy at a time when an official visit is being paid by the Syrian President Bashar al- Assad to Italy. Syria-Israel, Politics, 2/22/2002 - King Mohammed amnesties 854 convicts
On the occasion of Aid Al-Fitr, which will be marked on Saturday in Morocco, King Mohammed VI has granted amnesty to a total of 854 persons. Morocco, Local, 2/22/2002 - Two UN agencies announce new recommendations for curbing deadly pesticides
A committee of government-appointed experts has concluded that three widely-used pesticides and all forms of asbestos should be added to an international list of chemicals subject to trade controls, two United Nations agencies announced Thursday. Regional, Environment, 2/22/2002 - UN office director appointed in Somalia
The secretary general of the UN Kofi Annan has appointed the Liberian lawyer Winston Topman as the chairman of the UN office in Somalia. Somalia, Local, 2/22/2002