Arabic News Daily Page for 8/7/1997
Daily Edition - Thursday, August 7, 1997
- 20 projects to cut water costs
20 projects studying ways to cut the costs of producing water in the largely arid Middle East region have been approved. United Arab Emirates, Science, 8/7/1997 - United Arab Emirates youths stranded in Palestine
The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister has asked Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to help six youth teams, stranded in Gaza by an Israeli closure, return home. United Arab Emirates, Politics, 8/7/1997 - Saudi-Indian agricultural cooperation
Saudi-Indian cooperation in the agricultural sector has been extended until August 1998, following the success achieved under the red palm weevil pest control project. Saudi Arabia, Agriculture, 8/7/1997 - Sudan's Christian Nubians being brutalized
African human rights group said on August 6, that the Sudanese forces have burned dozens of villages, looted cattle, raped women, kidnapped thousands of civilians and killed others in Nouba Mountains in the southern Kordofan province in central Sudan. Sudan-Algeria, Politics, 8/7/1997 - Israeli closures can't stop wedding
A Palestinian couple refused to let Israeli roadblocks stand in the way of their marriage. Palestine, Local, 8/7/1997 - New rules to reform Egyptian stock market
A new decree aimed to prevent investors from manipulating prices on the emerging stock market was issued, changing the way the closing stock prices are calculated and announced., Egypt, Business, 8/7/1997 - Oman Oil Increases
Oman’s annual output of crude oil has increased by 2 percent compared to last year. Oman, Economics, 8/7/1997 - Terrorists Killed In Algeria
Algerian forces killed yesterday August 6, seven fundamentalists in southern Algeria after the salughters that terrorists launched on the villagers, a report said Algeria, Military, 8/7/1997 - Egyptian fine arts in London exhibition
The exhibition, to he held in the Novotel Hotel, will display 90 pieces of work by leading Egyptian modern artists. Egypt, Culture, 8/7/1997 - American tourist killed by headphones
An American female tourist, 19, in Edfu died on Tuesday, August 6, under train wheels when she was photographing the ancient monuments near a level crossing in the historic southern city. Egypt, Local, 8/7/1997 - Egypt, Indonesia discuss bilateral ties
The meeting focused on bilateral ties and means of promoting various relations within historical relationship between the two countries, the ambassador said. Egypt, Politics, 8/7/1997 - Katyusha attack launched on Israeli positions in zone
It was not immediately known if there were any casualties in the missile attack, for which Hizbullah claimed responsibility in a statement issued in Tyre. Lebanon, Military, 8/7/1997 - Five killed in south Lebanon helicopter crash
The helicopter, an Italian air force Bell Augusta and one of five used by the peacekeepers, crashed in a valley between the villages of Al Tiri and Rashaf. Lebanon, Military, 8/7/1997 - Izzat Ibrahim suffering from leukemia
The Iraqi vice president, Izzat Ibrahim, 68, will travel to Vienna from Jordan to receive more medical treatment at a specialized medical clinic. Iraq, Medicine, 8/7/1997