Arabic News Daily Page for 1/24/2003
Daily Edition - Friday, January 24, 2003
- Bandar stresses firm relations with the USA: Do not believe what you read
The Saudi ambassador to the USA, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, on Wednesday said that relations between the US and Saudi Arabia have not been weakened following the attacks of September 2001 "rather reinforced, because the relations itself was the target of the attack." Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 1/24/2003 - UMA sees Libya's election as chair of UN human rights commission as victory
Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Habib Boulares, said Libya's election as chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission is a victory for the UMA and the whole Arab world. Libya, Politics, 1/24/2003 - Syrian- Pakistani security cooperation
Syria's Interior Minister, Ali Hamoud, received in Damascus yesterday the Pakistani Interior Minister, Makhdom Sayed Saleh Hyatt. Syria-Pakistan, Politics, 1/24/2003 - Syria-Yemen joint committee to meet in Damascus
The Yemeni Prime Minister, Abdul Qader Bajamal, is due in Damascus next Friday in a few-day visit to Syria. Yemen-Syria, Politics, 1/24/2003 - Case of bogus cruise jobs referred to justice, minister
Meanwhile, he went on, urgent measures will be taken to restructure the agency for employment and skills promotion (ANAPEC) that acted as a mediator in order to avoid the recurrence of similar situations in the future. Morocco, Local, 1/24/2003 - Police flatly denies recent arms seizure in Morocco
A top police officer denied on Wednesday news reports that arms were seized recently in Morocco. Morocco, Local, 1/24/2003 - International English and French translation college at Damascus University discussed Syria, Education, 1/24/2003