Arabic News Daily Page for 3/6/2004
Weekend Edition - Saturday, March 6, 2004
- Bush administration intends to impose sanctions on Syria, soon
Officials at the US Congress and other well-informed sources said that the administration of the US President George W. Bush intends to impose certain sanctions on Syria within weeks because of what they called its support of the terrorist groups and of not preventing fighters from entering Iraq. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/6/2004 - Former UN chief criticized US policy in Iraq
The UN Former Secretary General, Butros Butros Ghali, has criticized the US policy in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/6/2004 - Al-Seistani bans entering Iraq, only from official openings
The Shiite clergy Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani yesterday issued a Fatwa in which he banned entry into the Iraqi lands only through unofficial crossings. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/6/2004 - Sanaa hands over Cairo Egyptian extremists
Yemen has handed over 6 Egyptians suspected to be extremists, including the former leader of al-Islam group, Sayed Imam al-Sharif, Yemen-Egypt, Local, 3/6/2004 - Large Swarms of Locusts Move from Mauritania to Morocco
Large swarms of locusts have been reported moving from Mauritania northward to Morocco, driven by strong south-west winds and some sparse individuals of the pest have been reported last February 19 in the north of the High Atlas, in El Jadida, Safi and Essaouira. Morocco, Local, 3/6/2004 - Morocco seeks Pakistani investments in offshore and onshore oil prospecting
Morocco wishes to see Pakistan invest in onshore and offshore oil prospecting in the Kingdom and draw benefit from the expertise of this country in the gas and oil sectors, Moroccan minister of energy and mining Mohamed Boutaleb told MAP after a meeting, in Rabat Thursday, with visiting speaker of the Pakistani House of Representatives, Chaudhry Amir Hussain. Morocco-Pakistan, Economics, 3/6/2004