Today's Headlines
- Christmas time in Qatar as the Emir returns
For days now, everyone has been talking about this great event. People have been exchanging all kinds of rumors about details Qatar, Essay, 10/11/1997
- Egypt inaugurates a nuclear reactor in mid October
Egypt will inaugurate its second nuclear reactor designated for peaceful purposes this month. Diplomatic sources in Egypt confirmed Egypt’s insistence on refusing to sign the International Agreement for Chemical Disarmament before Israel signs the Nuclear Pact Egypt, Economics, 10/11/1997
- Gulf countries agree to implement early warning system
The Chiefs of Staff in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries agreed on implementing the Cooperation Belt Project through which a unified Radar System will be installed in all the GCC countries. Gulf Region, Military, 10/11/1997
- Walt Disney asked to stop insulting Arabs and Muslims
the Arabs will no longer tolerate such constant and unbalanced portrayals of them in the US dominated world-media to the benefit of Hollywood insiders whose agenda is to damage Arab political and other interests at every opportunity Regional, Business, 10/11/1997
- European fund to improve Aqaba port
Syria is increasingly competing with Jordan for Iraqi business as relations between the two countries improve, and put more pressure on Jordan, the sole gate to Iraq after the Gulf war, as a gateway for external commerce. Jordan, Economics, 10/11/1997
- Kalash's new book Birds and Bars
In the collection "Birds and Bars," Ghada Kalash kneels down before the vastness of the world, meditating on her minuteness in comparison to the harmonic entities of the universe. Lebanon, Literature, 10/11/1997
- Palestinian official denies rift with Qatar on Mena
A top Palestinian official has denied any differences between the Palestinian Authority and Qatar, over the Middle East and North Africa Economic (Mena) conference due to be held in Doha in November. Palestine, Politics, 10/11/1997
- Aida starts tomorrow as more tourists vacation in Egypt
At 7 o’clock tomorrow evening, Luxor will witness the first show of Opera Aida in 1997 at the plateau of the Temple of Hastshepsute celebrating the 125 anniversary of the first presentation of this opera in Egypt. As signs show dramatic increase in tourism for Egypt. Egypt, Culture, 10/11/1997
- Netanyahu's got a big problem in America
U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright affirmed:" I have nothing to say to him. We have made efforts and none of them had worked" Regional, Politics, 10/11/1997
- Saudis businessmen in Cairo to boost trade
The Egyptian - Saudi meetings aim to identify the needs of the Egyptian market for Saudi products and also to identify the latest Egyptian products that could be exported to the Saudi market Saudi Arabia, Business, 10/11/1997
- Hariri says auditing report causes political polarization
He said that he couldn't claim that the country was 100% on track but the accusations cast were not true. "What is happening is a shame", he affirmed. Lebanon, Politics, 10/11/1997
- Arakis's oil company to be target for his military operation Sudan, Business, 10/11/1997
- Lawyer confirms Omar Abdel Rahman's deteriorating health Egypt, Judicial, 10/11/1997
- Morocco gets loan to modernize railway as economy grows
Morocco will receive a loan worth of $ 85 million from the World Bank which will be used in financing the investment program implemented by the Moroccan Railway Office Morocco, Economics, 10/11/1997
Short Takes
- Diplomatic sources mentioned that the forces of the public defense diminished its activities of enlisting new conscripts. The sources added that it is necessary to continue the national program of enlisting students to overcome the shortage in the number of conscripts from the public defense. Go
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