Arabic News Daily Page for 2/20/2004
Daily Edition - Friday, February 20, 2004
- Cadiz province chief apologizes for presenting truncated Morocco map
President of the Cadiz province council (southern Spain), Francesco Gonzalez Cabanillas, who is leading a Spanish delegation to a meeting of bilateral cooperation with Morocco, apologized Wednesday for having presented a map of Morocco amputated of its southern provinces. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 2/20/2004 - Arab Education Assembly on education and teaching stress need to fight illiteracy in elderly
The Arab Assembly of Education and Teaching continued its activities, for the third day on Thursday, under the title " the Arab Education- the reality and means of development." The symposiums concentrated on the issue of eliminating the illiteracy, especially for the elders, and the quality of education in Arab states. Regional, Education, 2/20/2004 - Two American soldiers, one Iraqi killed in an explosion
The American occupation forces in Iraq announced the killing of two of its soldiers with one Iraqi in a bomb explosion implanted on a road to the west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, yesterday. An American military spokesman said that one American soldier was also wounded in the explosion which took place near al-Khaledeyah town. Iraq-USA, Military, 2/20/2004 - Qatar: two persons detained over assassination of Yander Baieve
The Qatari official news agency quoted an official at the ministry of the interior on Thursday evening that "two persons suspected to be involved in the assassination of former President of Chechenia Salim Khan Yander Baive in Doha on February 20 were arrested. Qatar, Local, 2/20/2004 - Morocco reached 1,500 new internet subscriptions monthly
Minister of trade, industry and telecommunications, Rachid Talbi Alami, said the IT sector experiences considerable progress in the kingdom, with 1,500 new connections to the internet every month. Morocco, Economics, 2/20/2004 - Israel gets two 'F-16 A' planes
Israel on Wednesday received two "F-16 A" planes in the course of a deal it had bought including 1-2 planes from the USA. Israel-USA, Military, 2/20/2004