Arabic News Daily Page for 10/20/1997
Daily Edition - Monday, October 20, 1997
- Algerian ceasefire broken by AIS
Reports from Algeria say 10 AIS guerrillas shot and killed a government militiaman at Tayelmane in Al Ansar zone of Jijel, 150 miles east of Algeris last Monday--13 days after the AIS declared a unilateral ceasfire. Algeria, Military, 10/20/1997 - Abu Nidal relative killed Lebanon, Politics, 10/20/1997
- Qatar and Dubai in talks over gas pipeline
The pipeline would supply Dubai with gas from Qatar's giant offshore North Field, said Nasser Jaidah, new venture director at Qatar's General Petroleum Corporation. "The gas pipeline could see the light if we agree on the prices," he added. Qatar-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 10/20/1997 - National museum to open on November 25
The national museum closed its doors in 1975, and was heavily damaged during the civil war. Lebanon, Culture, 10/20/1997 - Syria controls gas flare
Syria had to call in international experts to help control a potentially disastrous gas flare at a newly discovered natural gas field. Syria, Local, 10/20/1997 - Hariri in Damascus yesterday and Armenia today
The discussion will center around the ways to develop the political and economical cooperation between the two countries. Lebanon, Politics, 10/20/1997 - Bodybuilding team to Poland
The executive Bureau of the General Sports Federation has agreed to allow the bodybuilding federation to take part in the world championships. Syria, Sports, 10/20/1997 - Women's table-tennis team competes in Lebanon
The executive bureau of the GSF has agreed to let the national women's table-tennis team take part in an international tournament in Lebanon. Syria, Sports, 10/20/1997 - Party relations with Tunisia PUP delegation discussed
Talks dealt with the relations between the two parties and means of enhancing them in the interest of the peoples of Syria and Tunisia. Syria-Tunisia, Politics, 10/20/1997 - Fundraising race for cancer research
More than 1400 Syrian citizens and foreigners living in Damascus also took part in the 17th "Terry Fox " annual fundraising race for cancer-disease researches. Syria, Local, 10/20/1997 - Film festival opens in Beirut
Lebanon's first film festival opened Saturday in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut, a place which once witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the civil war and a symbol of Lebanon's destruction and revival. Lebanon, Culture, 10/20/1997