Arabic News Daily Page for 3/9/2004
Daily Edition - Tuesday, March 9, 2004
- Egyptian oil prospecting company launched
Minister of Petroleum, Sameh Fahmi, said that the set up of an Egyptian entity in the domain of oil and natural gas exploration and exploitation marked a significant step for presence on the international oil market. Egypt, Economics, 3/9/2004 - Washington complains against detention of one American diplomat in Damascus
The United States yesterday complained against the detention of one American diplomat by the Syrian police for one hour, while he was monitoring a gathering for human rights activists in Damascus. Syria-USA, Politics, 3/9/2004 - One Yemeni sentenced for 20 years imprisonment over attacking American restaurants in Lebanon
A Lebanese military court sentences to 20 year imprisonment with labor, one Yemeni who was convicted of carrying out a series of attacks by bombs against branches for American take-away food restaurants and planning for attacking the American embassy in Beirut. Lebanon-Yemen, Local, 3/9/2004 - Spirit of Fez festival starts itinerary in 17 us cities
Part concert tour, part peace mission, the Spirit of Fez Festival is an ecumenical lineup of musicians from the Middle East and the United States who perform music from Muslim, Jewish and Christian traditions across 11 centuries. It also features women's voices: the Algerian Jewish singer Francoise Atlan, the seven-woman Hadra des Femmes de Taroudant from Morocco and the Anointed Jackson Sisters gospel singers from North Carolina. Morocco-USA, Culture, 3/9/2004 - Some L.E 5 billion investments in new industrial zone
Cairo Governor Abdel Rehim Shehata said that the Investment Bank has to speed up procedures to allocate areas of land at Shaq al-Thubaan industrial zone to begin building factories there. Egypt, Economics, 3/9/2004 - Tennis Standing: Morocco's Arazi leaves first 20 ranks
Morocco's tennis player has left the first 20 ranks at the 2004 ATP tour Champions' race standings issued on Monday. Morocco, Sports, 3/9/2004