Today's Headlines
- Lebanese-Egyptian committee on Arab common market
The supreme Lebanese-Egyptian meeting will convene from August 7-8 under the chairmanship of the prime ministers of two countries Dr. Ganzouri and Mr. Hariri. Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 8/1/1997
- Poison gas from the second Iraqi site
A plume of poison gas may have been released from a previously undisclosed Iraqi chemical weapons site that was bombed by US warplanes during the Gulf war. Iraq, International, 8/1/1997
- South Lebanese Army bombards villages in south Lebanon
The South Lebanese Army bombarded the villages of Joun and Bisri as Lebanese army units cleared the last landmines from the nearby road between Ain El Meer and Kfar Falous in preparation for the reopening of the gate to Jezzine. Lebanon, Military, 8/1/1997
- Al Waleed aids Arabs in Palestine
The Saudi prince's Kingdom Holding company announced his first Palestinian investment, saying he was to pump 10 Million US dollars into hotel and housing projects in the Gaza Strip and cities of the West Bank. Palestine, Business, 8/1/1997
- Israel vows to reenter PA areas to hunt Palestinians
Israel vowed on to reenter areas it handed over to the Palestinians in order to seize "activists" if Palestinian Authority's Chairman Yasser Arafat's forces failed to do job themselves. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/1/1997
- Car bomb brings death back to Algiers
A car bomb killed eight people and wounded 25 when it exploded outside a restaurant in El Biar, on the heights of Algiers. Algeria, Military, 8/1/1997
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