Today's Headlines
- Saddam calls for an end to sanctions
Yesterday in a 3-hour televised speech, celebrating the anniversary of the Iraqi Revolution which brought his party to power 29 years ago, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein warned that Iraqi/UN relations could reach a dead end if the latter does not lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq for almost six years now. Iraq, Politics, 7/18/1997
- Egyptian dies in Libya clash
Libyan security forces accidentally shot an Egyptian man to death in the Libyan coastal town of Benghazi during a shutout with suspected Islamist militants, security sources said on July 14. Libya, Local, 7/18/1997
- Chinese using UN vote to win Kuwait weapons deal
China is using its vote on extending UN trade sanctions against Iraq to leverage a Kuwaiti purchase of Chinese weapons over US and European competitors, the Washington Post said on July 15. Kuwait, Economics, 7/18/1997
- Australian appeals jail term for drugs
An Australian air stewardess held in the United Arab Emirates on drug charges since March has appealed against a four-year jail term imposed on her last month, an Australian diplomat said on July 15. United Arab Emirates, Local, 7/18/1997
- Witchcraft can grow money
Dubai police arrested three Cameroonian men who took money from people on the pretext that they could use witchcraft to make it grow, newspapers reported on July 15. United Arab Emirates, Local, 7/18/1997
- Marriage law reform for equality and interfaith
Sweeping changes to existing marriage laws were proposed on July 16 by Beirut MP Ghassan Matar in a bid to narrow the gap between men and women in society and allow for wedlock across the confessional divides. Lebanon, Culture, 7/18/1997
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