Arabic News Front Page for 8/8/1997
Today's Headlines
- Fahd approves appointments to regional assemblies
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia approved on August 5 the appointment of 200 men to 13 regional assemblies across the Kingdom for a new four-year term, part of political reforms introduced in 1993. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/8/1997 - Albright: I think that it's a dangerous situation
US Secretary of State Madeline Albright said that the situation in the Middle East has reached a dangerous level, but that the peace process has surivived manybad times before. Regional, Politics, 8/8/1997 - Armed Islamic Group leader speaks out
One of the Algerian leaders of the rebel Armed Islamic Group, 32 year-old Mahfoud Assouli, said, "Our fighters kill only those who deserve to die." Algeria, Politics, 8/8/1997 - Saudis reverse course on Lebanese potatoes
As the crisis with Saudi Arabia over potato exports came to an end, deputy speaker Elias Ferzli slammed Saudi Arabia authorities for allowing the beating and oppression of Lebanese traders at the country’s borders. Lebanon-Saudi Arabia, Agriculture, 8/8/1997 - Mother and two children killed in Markaba
The violence began in the early morning when a Hizbullah roadside bomb exploded near occupied Jezzine, killing Ghassan Soueidi, an officer in Israeli-proxy South Lebanon Army. Lebanon, Politics, 8/8/1997