Arabic News Daily Page for 10/6/1997
Daily Edition - Monday, October 6, 1997
- 3 arrested for killing their sister
Qalibya police in Egypt arrested 3 brothers accused of stabbing their young sister to death for having love affairs with several young men in the same village. Egypt, Local, 10/6/1997 - Iraq pays $218 million for war compensation
A UN committee is studying requests from countries and companies that asked for the UN's permission to sign economic agreements with Iraq within the oil-for-food agreement, whose second phase is being implemented. Iraq, Economics, 10/6/1997 - American donations to build the new Egyptian Museum
The Geographical Association will launch donation-collecting campaigns in the USA for funds to be directed toward building the new Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids. Egypt, Culture, 10/6/1997 - The United Nations Relief and Work Agency reduces services
The statements said that reducing services aims to settle the refugees in diverse areas and to prevent them from returning to their homeland. Palestine, Politics, 10/6/1997 - Direct investment in Egypt is $900 million
Egyptian Minster of Economy Youssef Botrous Ghali expects the volume of direct investment in Egypt to reach $1.5 billion by the end of the current year due to the successful economic policies. Egypt, Economics, 10/6/1997 - US Banking and Marketing Association objects to Iraq and Libya's benefiting from its agreements
The director of the AABFS confirmed that all Arab countries can benefit from these Agreements because the AABFS is a member of the Arab Universities Federation, an offshoot of the Arab League. Regional, Economics, 10/6/1997 - UNESCO opens 125th session today
The council, comprising 58 states, will discuss the cultural and educational conditions in the occupied Arab lands, a draft statement to protect the future generations and overcome unemployment, and a project concerning peace education with different specializations. Regional, Culture, 10/6/1997 - Syrian minister confers on cooperation with Italian company
The two sides signed a blueprint of an agreement for the establishment of a joint Syrian-Italian company for the production and marketing of olive oil. Syria, Agriculture, 10/6/1997 - GCC civil defense meeting
GCC civil defense directors opened their ninth meeting in Doha yesterday. Gulf Region, Politics, 10/6/1997 - It's unfair!
I have lived a war. It has planted in me a fear of any crashing sound. The ghost of an exploding bomb will live in me forever. Lebanon, Short Essay, 10/6/1997