Today's Headlines
- Kuwait and Iraq clash again, over sports
With three days to go before the launching of the eighth pan-Arab Games in Beirut, the seven-year-old dispute between Iraq and Kuwait is threatening to overshadow the landmark event designed as a showcase of Lebanon's revival. Regional, Sports, 7/9/1997
- Bahrain arson death
A Bangladeshi man died in a hospital on July 8, raising the death toll in Bahrain to two. Bahrain, Local, 7/9/1997
- Syrian in Iraq for oil deals
A Syrian health official has arrived in Baghdad to pursue trade deals under Iraq's oil-for food deal with the United Nations, an Iraqi newspaper said. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 7/9/1997
- Security forces abused power during hunger revolution
Two human rights watchdog groups on July 8 denounced what they describe as "security forces" violations of human rights and their failure to abide by regulations in force during a wave of arrests they carried out against Lebanese civilians last week in Baalbek." Lebanon, Politics, 7/9/1997
- Sudanese rebel leader rules out meeting with President Bashir
The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army ruled out a face-to-face meeting between its leader, John Garang, and Sudanese president Omar Bashir during a regional summit underway in the Kenyan capital. Sudan, Politics, 7/9/1997
- Morocco talks after 500 million US dollar cocaine find
Drug experts from Europe and the United States met on July 8 in Rabat to follow the trail of six tons of pure cocaine which washed up on Morocco's Atlantic coast, a Western diplomat said. Morocco, Local, 7/9/1997
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