Arabic News Daily Page for 10/3/1997
Daily Edition - Friday, October 3, 1997
- Egypt ready to reopen Kekhya file
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa denied yesterday his country's alleged involvement in the disappearance of Libyan dissident Mansour Kikhia, who disappeared in Cairo in 1993. Libya, Politics, 10/3/1997 - Middle East investors meet in Geneva next week
The agenda of the conference includes a series of lectures concentrating on wider understanding of the methods of managing assets. Regional, Economics, 10/3/1997 - Grand Imam spells out Islam's peace view
Muslims should abide by peace as a sublime principle but he added that the Muslims nation is ordered by the Quran to defend themselves when attacked Regional, Religion, 10/3/1997 - New oil excavation agreements in maritime and land expected
L.E. 10 billion was allocated to implement projects in Alexandria during the coming three years in the field of refining and petrochemical industries and to set up maintenance companies with the participation of the private sector. Egypt, Business, 10/3/1997 - Botswanan Minister visits Cairo
The Botswanan Minister of Planing and Industry is currently in Egypt to discuss a number of important issues on the top of which is reaching a final formula of the draft projects for economic cooperation between the two countries. Egypt, Economics, 10/3/1997 - EU activists accuse Israel of human right abuses
The EU-Israel association agreement involving trade, educational, industrial and cultural cooperation will be up soon for ratification. Lebanon, International, 10/3/1997 - Iraq reduces food quota for October
Iraq said yesterday it would reduce certain food rations to its sanction-hit people for October. Iraq, Politics, 10/3/1997 - No final decisions yet on Budget
The session, which is the second this week, centered around the measures that the government should take to improve tax collection and initiate administrative reforms. Lebanon, Economics, 10/3/1997