Arabic News Front Page for 9/5/1997
Today's Headlines
- Israeli commandos' attack on Amal base near Sidon ends in failure
Israeli commandos landed in a village south of Sidon shortly after midnight and engaged resistance fighters in a fierce battle for more than an hour. Lebanon, Military, 9/5/1997 - Netanyahu willing to enter south Lebanon negotiations
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed a willingness to negotiate the withdrawal, including the possiblitiy of talking with Hizbullah. Lebanon, Breaking News, 9/5/1997 - Blast follow-up
The soldier yelled at the driver, ordering him of the car, after he asked for identification papers. Mohammed, a Ford Transit taxi driver, is used to Israeli roadblocks. Palestine, Analysis, 9/5/1997 - Triple suicide bombings put a question mark on peace
The triple suicide bombings put a question mark on the peace process, which seemed to be evolving in a positive way before the explosions. Israel, International, 9/5/1997 - Algerian government proceeds with election preparations
The Algerian election is proceeding despite almost daily reports of new massacres, most in rural areas. Algeria, Politics, 9/5/1997 - Has Cairo thwarted Mandela's mediating efforts between Sudan and Uganda?
A Sudanese government spokesman said he believed that the aim of Mousa's Pretoria visit is to thwart the Sudanese president's visit and to keep the war in the Sudanese south ablaze. Sudan-Egypt, Analysis, 9/5/1997 - Moroccan monarch fixes a date for the legislative elections
On the 44th anniversary of "The King and the People Revolution" King Hassan II declared that the date of the legislative elections is the last Friday of November. Morocco, Politics, 9/5/1997 - 29 establishments in Kuwait set up a big investment company
The company's sphere of activity will include all sectors in and out of Kuwait through establishing many companies or buying shares in them. Kuwait, Business, 9/5/1997 - Saudi Arabia establishes 186 factories within 3 months with a capital of 1.2 billion
The Saudi Ministry of Electricity and Industry approved establishing 186 factories in the first quarter of next year with a capital of 1.2 billion US dollars. Saudi Arabia, Business, 9/5/1997