Arabic News Daily Page for 2/14/2004
Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 14, 2004
- ALO chief and Damascus Arab labor conference
Secretary General of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO), Ibrahim Qouider asserted that the 31st session of the Arab Labor Conference scheduled to be held in Damascus today amid regional and international crucial circumstances in the region, gains a specific importance due to the standing challenges face the workers particularly in Iraq and Palestine. Regional-Syria, Economics, 2/14/2004 - Former Chechenian president killed in a car explosion in Doha
Former President of Chechenia, Salim Khan Yander Baieve, was killed yesterday after his car blew up in al-Defnah area in Doha along with his son, who was accompanying him and was also wounded. So far results of the explosion are not known. Qatar, Local, 2/14/2004 - Morocco eye continent's biggest football prize
After almost 30 years since Morocco has won any prize in football, the Moroccan national team is eyeing to take Morocco to the 2004 African nations cup, buoyed by a sweeping semi-final victory (4-0) against Mali. Morocco, Sports, 2/14/2004 - Fictitious party leader sentenced to 10-year prison term
The court of appeal of Rabat on Friday handed down a 10-year prison sentence against Mohamed Alouah, who pretends to be leading a party for the liberation of Moroccan Algeria. Morocco, Local, 2/14/2004 - State of alert in Riyadh in precaution of a booby trapped car
In a statement quoted by the Saudi official news agency yesterday, the Saudi Arabian ministry of the interior warned the people of Riyadh against the possibility of some elements using a booby trapped car in an attack. Saudi Arabia, Local, 2/14/2004 - Authorities take emergency measures following massive death of sebou river fish
Authorities in the city of Kenitra (40km north of Rabat) have taken emergency measures following the surfacing Thursday of large numbers of dead fish on the banks of Sebou, one of Morocco's biggest rivers. Morocco, Environment, 2/14/2004 - Morocco's cereal imports drop by 70% in past 8 months
Morocco's cereal imports dropped by 70% between June 2003 and January 2004 to reach 2.09 million tons, against 2.97 million tons during the same period of 2002-2003, the Moroccan inter-professional office of cereals and leguminous plants (ONICL) said. Morocco, Economics, 2/14/2004 - RAM airliner to set up charter company
The Moroccan airliner "Royal Air Maroc" (RAM) has decided to set up a subsidiary company called "RAM Bis" specialized in charter flights, as part of what RAM Director general Mohamed Berrada, described as a "strategy to follow up the deep changes" in the international air traffic. Morocco, Business, 2/14/2004