Arabic News Daily Page for 4/20/2004
Daily Edition - Tuesday, April 20, 2004
- Private ownership essential for African development, says Prince Philip of Belgium
Visiting Prince Philippe of Belgium has insisted on private ownership in Africa, deeming it "essential" for developing this continent. Regional-Belgium, Politics, 4/20/2004 - Archaeologists unearth 2200 year old Ptolemaic stele in Egypt
A team of German and Egyptian archaeologists working in the Nile Delta has unearthed quite a remarkable stele dating 2200 years back to Ptolemaic Egypt which bears an identical inscription in three written languages like the famed Rosetta Stone, according to DPA. Egypt, Local, 4/20/2004 - Qatar calls for cooperation that repulses dangers; NATO announces its Arab role in June
NATO Assistant secretary general Gunter Altenburg said yesterday in Doha that NATO will disclose in June "a cooperation initiative " with the Middle East including the Arab Gulf region. Gulf-USA, Politics, 4/20/2004 - The EU and the situation in Iraq
The EU commissioner Romano Prodi said that the UN has to resume political and military supervision in Iraq, noting simultaneously that this matter will not be easy. Iraq-European Union, Politics, 4/20/2004 - Follow the women: Women arrived in Damascus
The "Follow the women " march which was organized by the Syrian Space-Tel company under the sponsorship of Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, arrived in Damascus on Monday. Regional, Culture, 4/20/2004 - France ready to import Egyptian agricultural products
French Agricultural Minister Herve Gaymard said on Monday France is ready to import Egyptian agricultural products and export them to the other European markets. Egypt-France, Economics, 4/20/2004 - An attack at the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, clashes in Kofa
The Swiss embassy in al-Sadoun park area in the downtown of Baghdad was exposed yesterday to an attack by mortars shelling. Smoke columns were seen coming up from the site of the incident, whereas the Iraqi police and American forces reinforced security measures in front of the embassy and prevented access to the place. Volume of casualties is not known so far known. Iraq, Military, 4/20/2004 - London Marathon, Morocco's Gharib third
World champion, Morocco's Jaouad Gharib finished Sunday third in the London Marathon in a personal-best 2:07:02. Morocco-UK, Sports, 4/20/2004