Today's Headlines
- Full speed ahead for the Nimitz battleship on way Gulf, troubled Iraq
The Nimitz move, which followed a warning from the United States that it would shoot down Iranian planes that invaded the "no-fly zone" in Iraq, was accompanied by a rise of nearly a dollar a barrel in crude oil prices. Iraq, Politics, 10/4/1997
- A beaming Hariri gets budget approval
Lebanon's Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's austerity budget for 1998, ending nine days of political wrangling between officials.Announcing the victory to reporters late Friday, a beaming Hariri said the new budget was a cornerstone for the gradual recovery Lebanon, Economics, 10/4/1997
- Egyptian union to honor Egypt's next Nobel laureate?
Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail, a chemical physics professor at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, will be honored by Egypt's Ain Shams University.Using pulsed lasers, Zewail and his group have devised techniques for catching atoms in the act of coming together and reacting to form molecules. Egypt, Science, 10/4/1997
- Qatar sends invitations to countries to attend MENA conference
Qatar was afraid that no president or prime minister would attend the conference except Netanyahu, and it expects the Netanyahuto launch a violent rhetoric against the Arab countries that participate in the conference, which could turn into a political row instead of a discussion of economic issues. Qatar, Economics, 10/4/1997
- Hizbullah calls for expulsion of US ambassador
A statement by the Shiite Muslim militant group published Friday said Jones position "was in line with the American's biased policy towards the Zionist entity which intrinsically tends to terrorism, aggression, assault and the usurpation of the territories of others." Lebanon, Politics, 10/4/1997
- Arabs dance to American foreign interest music
Iraqi Health Minister Umeed Mubarak told Arab and western reporters attending a cultural festival that about 6,500 children under the age of five died in Iraq each month, compared to 506 a month before the 1990-91 Gulf crisis. Iraq, Analysis, 10/4/1997
- Israeli army leader to visit Turkey
After a cancelation of Israel -Turkey - US military exercises, Amono Shahak, the Israeli forces' leader, is expected to visit Turkey this month in a further sign of deepening military cooperation between the two countries an army official said yesterday. Regional, Politics, 10/4/1997
- Saudi soldier makes trip 40 day trip on foot to Jerusalem for peace
Saudi Arabia has permitted a soldier to travel to Jerusalem on foot, promoting a just Arab-Israeli peace, the official Saudi magazine said yesterday. Saudi Arabia, People, 10/4/1997
- Hizbullah trains with Hamas militants in Lebanon
In an interview with an weekly magazine, Hizbullah deputy secretary-general Sheik Naem Kassem said the two groups had coordinated in the past. Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 10/4/1997
- Sudanese beef marketed in Israel
The Kuwait paper "Al Qabas" reported that Sudanese beef and mutton are marketed in Israel under the claim that they are imported from Jordan. Sudan-Jordan, Business, 10/4/1997
- Restoring the biggest statue in the world
The granite statue, which depicts Ramses while sitting, weighs 10,00 tons and is 20 meters high. The statue is divided into a number of pieces for unknown reasons, though archeologists think that it was broken in the earthquake that happened 1200 years ago. Egypt, History, 10/4/1997
- Arab League to deadbeat countries: pay up
The league will soon make "intense contacts" to urge defaulting nations to pay out dues amounting to 88.3 million dollars. Regional, Economics, 10/4/1997
- International companies attend electronics exhibition in Dubai
This exhibition will be concurrent with four other exhibitions; The International Cable Supplies and Satellite Broadcasting Exhibition, The Satellite Broadcasting Market Exhibition, the Satellite and Telecommunication Exhibition and the Internet Exhibition. United Arab Emirates, Business, 10/4/1997
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