Today's Headlines
- U.S. jets deployed in Bahrain
Bahrain, the administrative headquarters of the United States Navy's fifth fleet, approved yesterday the US warplanes deployment in the country, official sources announced yesterday. Bahrain, Military, 8/27/1997
- 68 kilos of heroin seized in Jeddah
The highway patrol foiled an attempt made by a drug-trafficking gang to transport 68 kilograms of heroin along the Jeddah-Makkah expressway. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/27/1997
- 174 killed, ten kidnapped in Algeria
174 people were killed, and ten kidnapped over the last two days and nights in massacres committed by militant terrorist groups in Algeria. Algeria, Local, 8/27/1997
- Israel attacks Palestinian primary school
Israeli forces yesterday shelled a Bethlehem primary school for girls with tear gas. Palestine, Local, 8/27/1997
- Further Israeli reinforcements sent to south Lebanon
Israeli occupation forces sent ten armed vehicles to their positions at Abbas hill, Markaba barracks and Mash'roun in occupied south Lebanon. Lebanon, Military, 8/27/1997
- Naameh must not become another Bourj Hamoud
Greenpeace warned authorities not to dump toxic ash from the Karantina incinerator or the baled waste stored in a hangar in Bourj Hamoud in a quarry in Naameh Lebanon, Local, 8/27/1997
- Authorities arrest 2 persons for dud checks
A legal study is being pursued by officials from Kuwait Central Bank and other commercial banks, as well as the interior Ministry, to draw out recommendations which could help eliminate the phenomenon of bad checks. Kuwait, Judicial, 8/27/1997
- UN experts in Iraq finished first step of their works
United Nations inspectors completed the first phase of their work in Iraq in without any problems. Iraq, Politics, 8/27/1997
- Sudanese Army admits casualties
Sources from Khartoum's government army have acknowledged the deaths of 26 officers in Terkaka. Sudan, Military, 8/27/1997
- Floods sweep Morocco
Heavy rains in Morocco during the last two days resulted in floods that swept the country. Morocco, Local, 8/27/1997
- Iran for better ties with Arab states
Kharazi said setting up relations of understanding and cooperation with states in the region is a cornerstone in the policy of new Iran's government. Iran, Politics, 8/27/1997
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