Arabic News Daily Page for 4/20/2002
Weekend Edition - Saturday, April 20, 2002
- World gala over Egyptian museum centennial anniversary
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on holding a world gala early November marking the centennial anniversary of opening the Egyptian museum in Tahrir. Egypt, Local, 4/20/2002 - Antiquities to go on show in US, Canada
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has agreed to organize an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities to tour 13 American and Canadian cities starting next month. The "Looking for Eternity" exhibition will display 143 items representing all historical eras, Hosni, also the Secretary General of the Higher Council for Antiquities (HCA), said yesterday. Egypt, Local, 4/20/2002 - 15,000 Year-Old Human Skeleton Discovered in Rif Region
A human skeleton aged more then 15,000 years was unearthed in the region of Nador (Rif, northern Morocco), the Moroccan ministry of culture and communication announced. Morocco, Local, 4/20/2002 - Handball: Morocco trounces RD Congo in African championships opener
Morocco trounced RD Congo 39-23 Friday in an opener of the 15th African handball championships, which kicked off the same day in Morocco. Morocco, Sports, 4/20/2002 - New drug to fight cancer and hepatitis
The producer of India's first indigenous Hepatitis-B vaccine, the Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Private Ltd Thursay launched India's first indigenous recombinant human interferon alpha under brand name 'Shanferon', a drug to fight cancer and viral hepatitis. Regional, Health, 4/20/2002