Today's Headlines
- Marriage of two men with unofficial contract
This marriage was discovered after one of them killed the other due to a conjugal problem between them. Egypt, Local, 9/22/1997
- Demonstrator killed in Tripoli in showdown over media closure
Internal Lebanese Security forces killed Khaled Sabagh Wazze and injured three others who were demonstrating against the closure of the fundamentalist Islamic Tawheed movement's television station. Lebanon, Local, 9/22/1997
- PNA to Israel: Fight Jewish Terror
Arafat, calls on Israel to take serious action against Jewish terrorists. Meanwhile, at least 50 Palestinians were arrested in a massive manhunt in the Nablus. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/22/1997
- Bahraini official says human rights abuses distorted
A Bahrani official called for countries who are concerned with human rights to get the full facts about the situation in the country before making any judgments Bahrain, Politics, 9/22/1997
- Bahrain intro Bahrain, Special Report, 9/22/1997
- Bahrain and the violence
Bahrain Is the only Gulf country with a significant indigenous proletariat that has some experience of collective action, and has had few difficult moments to live through. Bahrain, Special Report, 9/22/1997
- Egyptian lawyers defend the translator of Islamic group leader
Lawyer Mahmoud Abdel Rahman stated that the defending body of Omar Abdul Rahman in Egypt is following the developments of his case. Egypt, Politics, 9/22/1997
- Short skirts and falafel, a different kind of confrontation
"Go to Lebanon and show us what you can do there. You pretend to be brave here against unarmed Palestinians but there you run away from Hizbullah," yelled a Palestinian youth after he was beaten up by an Israeli soldier. Palestine-Israel, Local, 9/22/1997
- 52 villagers' throats cut out in Algeria
Attackers slit the throats of 52 Algerian Villagers in an orgy of killing after a two-week lull in civilian massacres. Algeria, Local, 9/22/1997
- Dubai, water development summit
One hundred and fifty water projects were recently completed in the middle east at a cost of $45 billion in private investments alone. projects worth another $45 billion are under discussion, according to a MEIDC official. Regional, Economics, 9/22/1997
- Beirut mass rally commemorates Hadi Nasrallah and companions
Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah--Hadi's father--addressed the mass rally to hail the bravery of the Lebanese national resistance in South Lebanon Lebanon, Local, 9/22/1997
- Jordanian-Egyptian power grid to operate in December
Power Grid unification between Jordan and Egypt will start next December within the project of unifying the eastern Arab countries in one electric network. Jordan, Economics, 9/22/1997
- Turkey-Israel maneuvres November 16-20
Turkey said on that the Israeli-Turkish naval maneuvres with the participation of US will take place in the international waters on November 16-20 in East Mediterranean Sea in spite of criticism directed against carrying them out. Regional, Military, 9/22/1997
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