Arabic News Daily Page for 8/18/1997
Daily Edition - Monday, August 18, 1997
- Mubarak says Syria will never quit one inch of Golan
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has affirmed that Syria will never accept other than full withdrawal from the occupied Golan. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 8/18/1997 - Syrian minister of economy confers with Iraqi industrialists
Talks dealt with prospects of exchanging commodities and products between the two countries within the framework of the oil-for-food formula. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 8/18/1997 - It will be hard for Syria to make peace with Netanyahu
Members of an Israeli Arab delegation returned from their trip to Damascus, saying they carried a message of peace from the Syrian president. Syria, Politics, 8/18/1997 - Kuwaiti industry faces problems, needs exports
Industry in Kuwait faces several obstructions including rampant red tape during issuing and renewal of licenses. Kuwait, Business, 8/18/1997 - Ministry to deal with flood damage
The Ministry of Public Works and Water Recourse will deal with water pump breakdowns and repair br idges damaged by Nile floods. Egypt, Local, 8/18/1997 - Egypt establishes cinematic database
The National Cinema Center, chaired by Dr. Madkor Thabet, has decided to set up the first database on Egypt's documentary film industry. Egypt, Entertainment, 8/18/1997 - Man charged with attempted rape in Guiza
Police in Guiza filed an attempted rape and assault charge against an air conditioning technician for trying to rape a German woman. Egypt, Local, 8/18/1997 - Improved relations expected between Egypt and Sudan
Abdel Aziz Shedw, deputy speaker of the Sudan's parliament, said he expected a "real breakthrough" in his country's "troubled relations with Egypt." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/18/1997 - Kuwaiti reform society branch in Jordan
The society has played a humanitarian role in several countries by distributing social care to impovershed families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Jordan-Kuwait, Local, 8/18/1997 - Four kidnapped free in Yemen
Four Italian tourists kidnapped by tribesmen north of Sanaa the Yemeni capital were freed, but six others abducted separately in the South were still being held, an Italian embassy spokesman said in Sanaa. Yemen, Local, 8/18/1997 - Syrian-Russian commercial cooperation
A cooperation agreement was signed between Aleppo city Chambers of Commerce and Industry and a delegation of the Russian group for industry and agriculture led by Victor Vedmanov. Syria, Economics, 8/18/1997 - Lebanon resistance forces attack Israeli position
The Lebanese national resistance said that one of its support units shelled a concentration of Israeli military vehicles inside the Al Salfeh position in the occupied part of South Lebanon. Lebanon, Military, 8/18/1997 - Toufeili's protests weaken the resistance
Hizbullah declared that protest calls by Sheikh Sobhi Toufeili threaten to produce conflict with the government at a time when the resistance should be concentrating on the Israeli threat. Lebanon, Politics, 8/18/1997