Arabic News Daily Page for 4/17/2004
Weekend Edition - Saturday, April 17, 2004
- Morocco gets support from Argentina for possible conclusion of FTA with Mercosur
Argentina has pledged its support to Morocco with a view to concluding a free trade agreement between the Kingdom and the four member countries of Mercosur, a regional economic grouping made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Morocco-Argentina, Politics, 4/17/2004 - On the hostages in Iraq
In a press conference, the Muslim scholars commission in Iraq said that it had helped in the evacuation of more that 300 Russian workers and allowing them to reach Baghdad, while the Chinese embassy announced the release of one Chinese hostage. For its part, the Danish foreign ministry stressed that one Danish businessman was kidnapped. Iraq, Politics, 4/17/2004 - Keftaro meets with Finnish intellectual Delegation
Syria's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro on Friday received a Finnish delegation chaired by Hamin Antila, the chairman of Eastern Studies Institute at Helsinki University. Syria-Finland, Politics, 4/17/2004 - Iraqi resistance group captures one American soldier
One armed group in Iraq announced it holds one American soldier serving within the occupation forces in Iraq. In a TV tape record for the Qatari al-Jazeera group, a spokesman for the group said that the soldier is being treated as a prisoner, according to the Islamic jurisprudence. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/17/2004 - Polisario established links with Algerian terrorist group GSPC and Afghan war veterans, politologist
The Algerian-backed separatist movement "Polisario" has established links with Algerian terrorist group GSPC (French acronym for Salafist Group for predication and Combat) and radical Islamists, mainly Afghan war veterans, according to a French politologist. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 4/17/2004 - Less than 200 movies produced in Morocco in 30 years
Morocco has produced less than 200 movies in the past 30 years, including 132 feature movies, said researchers at a conference on the Moroccan motion picture. Morocco, Economics, 4/17/2004