Arabic News Daily Page for 9/27/1997
Weekend Edition - Saturday, September 27, 1997
- Qatari foreign minister meets Ross and chairs GCC- EU Meeting
On Thursday, the Qatari Foreign Minister chaired the GCC side of a joint ministerial meeting with EU counterparts centering on issues of common interest, foremost the Middle East peace process, EU-GCC co-operation, security in the Gulf Region, and UN reforms. Qatar, Politics, 9/27/1997 - Hariri visits Damascus
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri held a prolonged meeting with the Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam during his visit to Damascus yesterday. Lebanon, Politics, 9/27/1997 - Asian countries receive 26% of Tunisian exports
The volume of Tunisian exports has tripled in the past ten year, scaused by growth of the exports of electric and mechanical supplies, the canned food and the other food items especially oil, whose volume increased to 51 tons. Tunisia, Economics, 9/27/1997 - Time-share building plan was a hoax
they sent the money to the company when persuaded to finance a time-share plan for a tourist and vacation village in Hurghada Egypt, Local, 9/27/1997 - 68 political detainees in Sudan
Those detained include former ministers and government officials. Sudan, Politics, 9/27/1997 - Zaitoun neighborhood in Gaza waiting for development
The development project includes an installation of a sanitation network, pavement of 10 roads, as well as other services related to infrastructure. Palestine, Economics, 9/27/1997 - Siege hampers 90% of construction projects Palestine, Economics, 9/27/1997
- Mad cow beef at Alexandria sea port
The Food Control Authority at the Alexandria sea port seized two 241 ton consignments of frozen meat brought by Italy and Ireland. Egypt, Local, 9/27/1997 - Gaza's first public library workers training in France
The four-month course is aimed at training seven employees to handle Gaza's forthcoming first public library, due to open in summer 1998. Palestine, Local, 9/27/1997