Today's Headlines
- Qatar may cancel MENA summit
Qatar might cancel a regional economic summit unless Israel changes its policy, an Arab League Assistant secretary general was quoted on Sunday as saying. Qatar, Economics, 7/14/1997
- Daqamsa faces sentencing on July 19
Brigadier Mamoun al-Khasawneh set the date after an expert witness said under Jordanian law army private Ahmed Daqamsa had "diminished responsibility" for his actions because he suffered from personality problems. Jordan, Local, 7/14/1997
- Over 30 Palestinians wounded by Israeli live bullets
A Radio Orient correspondent in the occupied lands has disclosed that more than 30 Palestinians were wounded on July 11 during the confrontations which erupted in Hebron between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youth. Palestine, Local, 7/14/1997
- Morocco to try German for huge cocaine haul
Morocco said on July 11 it would try four Colombians and a German for smuggling six tons of pure cocaine, which local experts estimated was worth 1.5 billion US dollars. Morocco, Local, 7/14/1997
- Gulf money comes first in the politics of sport
The eighth Pan Arab Games, Lebanon's largest sporting tournament ever, kicked off Saturday with more than 1,600 athletes from around the Arab world participating in an event that has become mired in controversy on both the Lebanese and regional front. Regional, Sports, 7/14/1997
More Headlines · Previous Edition · Politics · Business and Economics · Local · Algeria · Bahrain · Comoros · Djibouti · Egypt · Iraq · Jordan · Kuwait · Lebanon · Libya · Mauritania · Morocco · Oman · Palestine · Qatar · Syria · Saudi Arabia · Somalia · Sudan · Tunisia · United Arab Emirates · Yemen
