Today's Headlines
- To Qana with Love
Southerners are accustomed to all these things that would create pain, sorrow and joy at the same time. Amidst the scorched land, there is always hope of salvation and freedom. Under a sky raining bombs and deaths down on them, Lebanese farmers never lose faith in rainy seasons of flowers and fruits. Lebanon, Essay, 8/23/1997
- Jordan denies participation in Israeli-Turkish maneuvers
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faiz El-Tarawana, announced Jordan would not participate in any non-Arab alliance. Jordan, Military, 8/23/1997
- Expected Saudi-Syrian-Egyptian meeting
Well-informed Arab League sources said a meeting in Cairo between the Egyptian, Saudi, and Syrian ministers of foreign affairs is being prepared for. Regional, Economics, 8/23/1997
- Al-Bashir and the opposition leaders
Northern and southern Sudanese opposition parties, united under the banner of the National Democratic Alliance, agreed to disregard the so-called peace offers made recently by President Omar Al-Bashir. Sudan, Analysis, 8/23/1997
- Fighting fronts will witness an important event
Sudanese commander Yasser Arman said the war front will witness an important action with a destructive impact on the National Islamic Front (NIF) regime ruling the Sudan. Sudan, Local, 8/23/1997
- Gulf budget deficit easing
Gulf Arab oil producers are gradually regaining control over their spiraling budget deficit despite being tempted to increase spending due to strong oil prices, experts said. Gulf Region, Analysis, 8/23/1997
- Mandela and a new role for peace
South African President Nelson Mandela, already helping the search for peace in 10 countries, plans to renew his efforts to end the civilian war in the Sudan and East Trimer later this month. North Africa Region, Analysis, 8/23/1997
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