Arabic News Daily Page for 3/15/2003
Weekend Edition - Saturday, March 15, 2003
- Ethiopia denies deployment of forces in Somalia
Ethiopia has denied accusations by the Somali government on force deployment in its territories with the aim of introducing more instability in the country. Somalia-Ethiopia, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Ebeid: Gov't sells its dollar revenues to banks
The government put into effect decision to sell dollar revenues to the banks. The revenues of the Suez Canal and oil sales will be sold starting Monday to the banks operating in Egypt. Egypt, Economics, 3/15/2003 - Middle East biggest loser in case there is war
It said in a report released in London yesterday that Egypt will sustain losses ranging from $ 6 to 8 billion as a result of a decline in tourism and export revenues. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Archaeological finds on Cairo-Alexandria highway
An archaeological mission unearthed three tombs in the area of Khashm Al-Kalb on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway. Egypt, Local, 3/15/2003 - U.S ambassador to Morocco nominated to run U.S. public diplomacy office
The United States Ambassador to Rabat, Margaret Tutwiler, was nominated by US President George Bush to run the state department's public diplomacy office to improve the nation's image, sources close to the Department Of State said on Thursday. Regional-USA, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Investment-encouraging laws enacted soon, justice minister
Morocco's Justice minister, Mohamed Bouzoubaa announced on Thursday that a string of laws encouraging investments will soon be enacted. Morocco, Economics, 3/15/2003 - Boeing wishes to become partner in Morocco's tourism development
US Aeronautic group "Boeing" wishes to become Morocco's partner in its ambitious tourism development strategy meant to attract 10 million tourists by 2010, said in Casablanca Thursday the US group executives. Morocco, Business, 3/15/2003 - Two Morocco-Spain task groups to meet in Madrid next week
Two of the five Moroccan-Spanish task groups set up last December to settle the 15-month diplomatic rift that ended in February will be meting in Madrid March 17-18, Moroccan diplomatic sources said Morocco-Spain, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Moroccan imprisoned servicemen to receive European parliament's passport for freedom
A Moroccan servicemen, imprisoned since 1976 in the Polisario's detention camps of Tindouf (southwestern Algeria), will be awarded the European Parliament's "Passport for freedom," the initiative coordinator, Dominique Rambaud, announced on Friday. Morocco-European Union, Politics, 3/15/2003 - Tourism office extends associations us$ one mln to promote cultural festivals
The Moroccan tourism office extended on Thursday 10 million DH (US$ one million) to nine associations that organize annual cultural festivals in various Moroccan regions. Morocco, Economics, 3/15/2003