Arabic News Front Page for 8/30/1997
Today's Headlines
- Students to serve as soldiers in Sudan
Abdul Basit Sibdrat, the Sudanese minister of justice, said his government will send students to the war zones in the East and South. Sudan, Military, 8/30/1997 - The Palestinian conference and Arafat
Delegates said the two-day talks, which ended in the west bank town of Ramallah on Thursday, showed Palestinians had closed ranks behind Arafat in response to Israeli sanctions. Palestine, Politics, 8/30/1997 - Arab unemployment problem looms
The director of the Arab Labor Organization, Bakr Mahmoud Rasoul, expected that the volume of the unemployed labor will be 100 million people by the year 2000. Regional, Economics, 8/30/1997 - Nubian Museum to display Egypt's oldest skeleton
5,000 ancient antiques are expected to go on display in the Nubian Museum, which will open in October. Egypt, History, 8/30/1997 - Suffering of Taxi Drivers
In every cab one takes, the same complaints are repeated by the drivers. Gas prices may be increased, and 1000 Lebanese Pounds per passenger will not be sufficient anymore. Lebanon, Essay, 8/30/1997 - 200 buildings to be destroyed
The Lebanese Government announced its intention to demolish 200 old buildings with the consent of their owners. Lebanon, Local, 8/30/1997