Arabic News Daily Page for 2/18/2004
Daily Edition - Wednesday, February 18, 2004
- AL delegation heads for Tunisia in preparations for Summit
A delegation representing the general secretariat of the Arab League left yesterday for Tunisia in order to prepare for the Arab summit due to be held before the end of March in Tunisia. Regional-Tunisia, Politics, 2/18/2004 - New Moroccan Labor code to improve and protect women's labor rights
The newly enacted Labor Code in Morocco aims at improving and protecting women's rights at work, said, here Tuesday, Moroccan minister in charge of Moroccan expatriates. Morocco, Politics, 2/18/2004 - Some 25 soldiers were wounded as their bus collided in Kuwait
A spokesman for the American army announced yesterday that some 25 American soldiers were injured as their bus collided near an air base to the north of Kuwait. Kuwait-USA, Local, 2/18/2004 - Arab Bar Association meeting call for ending American occupation of Iraq
The participants in the 2 -day international and Arab Bar Association Conference, held in Kuwait on Tuesday, called for ending the American occupation of Iraq as soon as possible, and transferring the power to Iraqis in order to govern and run their own affairs, and preserve their territorial integrity. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 2/18/2004 - One American soldier was killed' Beijing prepares to open its embassy in Baghdad
News reports in al-Ramadi said that two American soldiers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded after one American patrol was exposed to an attack by missile near the general hospital in the city. Iraq-USA, Military, 2/18/2004 - Morocco announces 12% drop in external debt, 5.5% increase in growth rate
Moroccan minister of finance and privatization, Fathallah Oualalou, announced Monday that the Moroccan economy has posted in 2003 a 5.5% growth rate, a 1.2% inflation rate and a budget deficit accounting for 3.5% of the GDP. Morocco, Economics, 2/18/2004