Arabic News Front Page for 7/17/1997
Today's Headlines
- Tomorrow in another hotel, we'll drown or burn another child
In one of Cairo's biggest hotels, a mysterious murder took place. A Kuwaiti family said at 2:30 a.m. the day before yesterday, their 4-year old child was found dead on the floor in his underwear. Egypt, Local, 7/17/1997 - United Arab Emirate deports Iranians
United Arab Emirates border and coast guards have seized a group of 20 Iranians and Afghans who tried to sneak into the oil-rich Gulf country, a newspaper reported on July 15. United Arab Emirates, Economics, 7/17/1997 - Jordan faces political crisis as opposition parties boycott election
In a move that could seriously undermine Jordan's experiment in democracy, Islamist and secular opposition parties are edging towards endorsing a call by the influential Muslim Brotherhood to pull out of parliamentary elections that are scheduled for November. Jordan, Politics, 7/17/1997 - Syria moves closer to a single exchange rate
Syria devalued its currency by 3 percent on July 15, the country's central bank announced. Syria, Economics, 7/17/1997 - Washington urges Kuwait to buy American weapons not Chinese
The United State urged Kuwait not to buy Chinese weapons and asked it to buy American ones instead. Kuwait-USA, Politics, 7/17/1997 - Barak the next prime minister of Israel? in talks with Mubarak
Mubarak and opposition leader, Ehud Barakmet to discuses the present stall in the Middle East peace process and how to put it back on track. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/17/1997