Arabic News Daily Page for 8/19/1997
Daily Edition - Tuesday, August 19, 1997
- Conference on Gulf countries committee technology
A conference on scientific research and technological development in the Gulf Countries Committee will be held in Manama, Bahrain's capital, during April 20-22, 1998. Gulf Region, Science, 8/19/1997 - Iran urges Baghdad to free POW's
Iran urged the Iraqi government on August 18 to free Iranian POWs held since 1980-88 war between the two countries. Iraq, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Seminar on AIDS clinical services
A seminar on clinical services for AIDS patients, opened in Damascus. Syria, Medicine, 8/19/1997 - Golan citizens' faith rejuvenated by recent meeting with Assad
Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights express pride over the fruitful results of the visit paid by Palestinians and a controversial delegation of Israeli Arabs to Syria. Syria, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Egyptian foreign minister urges Israel to abide by UN resolutions
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amer Moussa said abiding by implementation of international legitimacy resolutions and "land for peace" principle is the pivot of reviving the Middle East peace process. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - New Egyptian legislation to oppose street thugs
The Egyptian Interior Ministry has invoked an emergency law, enacted after President Anwar El-Sadat's assassination in 1981, and ordered the detention of 120 alleged offenders without trial. Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Arab League supports Comoran unity
The Arab League expressed interest in maintaining the territorial integrity of the Comoros islands and support for this Arab and African country to overcome its current destabilizing crisis. Regional, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Egypt to perform Tunes from the East in Samarkand
A team of Egyptian artists will leave Cairo next Sunday to Uzbekistan where they will represent Egypt in the first oriental music festival. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - India grants 300 books to Egypt
Cairo University president Dr. Farouk Ismail recieved the Indian Ambassador to Egypt, Kanwal Sibal. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - Ismailia folk art event next Sunday
Ismailia's new governor Abdl Aziz Salama, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and chief of the general authority for palaces and culture Dr. Fawzi Fahmi will open the 8th Ismailia folk arts festival on Sunday. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - Man gets rough ride in women's carriage
A man received a beating on Sunday when he mistakenly got on the women-only carriage of a Helwan-bound underground Metro. Egypt, Local, 8/19/1997 - Egypt participates in auditing conference in Turkey
Ehab Elwy, head of the Central Agency for General Mobilization and Statistics (AGMS), left Cairo for an official visit to Istanbul Egypt, Local, 8/19/1997 - Sudan talks with SPLA delayed
Ali Osman Taha, the Sudanese foreign minister, said that peace talks between the Khartoum government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) had been postponed. Sudan, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Cuban-Arab community delegation to visit Damascus
A delegation of the Cuban-Arab community will arrive in Syria next week to take part in the conference of the Federation of Arab-American Organizations. Syria, Culture, 8/19/1997 - Syrian vice president reviews situation with Qadoumi
Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khadam received in Damascus Mr. Farouk Qadoumi, head of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Syria-Palestine, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Seven killed in Algeria
A group of armed persons disguised as policemen set up a false roadblock, then killed a family of seven in western Algeria. Algeria, Military, 8/19/1997