Today's Headlines
- Jordan to participate in Mena
Various workshops will discuss the role of governments in creating a favorable climate for trade, incentive programs to set up industries in the region, national strategies for making domestic products more competitive in world markets and economic policies needed to increase trade exchange between the region's states. Regional, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Attack against house of Jordanian diplomats in Ramat Gan
Jordanian newspapers widely reported the case of an attack against the house of a Jordanian diplomat in Israel who was kept under siege for five hours without any interference from the Israeli police last Sunday. Jordan, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Arafat insists on Israeli troop redeployment in talks with Ross
Arafat presented to Ross a political document including Palestinian ideas for resuming the peace process with an emphasis on three major principles that include the cessation of all unilateral actions, implementation of the two phases of troop redeployment and the implementation of all the outstanding clauses of the interim agreements. Palestine, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Israel hits Naameh again
Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian guerrilla bases near Beirut on Monday, the second such attack in three days, security sources said. Lebanon, Military, 10/21/1997
- Egypt rejects additional sanctions on Iraq
In a press statement following the meeting with the British ambassador today, Sayed Qassem stated that though Egypt is keen on Iraq's abiding by the UN resolutions but it is also keen on ending the suffering of the Iraq people. Egypt, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Father burns daughter
A farmer in Qena upper Egypt to burning his unmarried 17-year-old daughter to death after finding out she was three months pregnant, a police source said. Egypt, Local, 10/21/1997
- Libya requests Washington not to interfere in International Court of Justice
Libya said that the US should leave the ICJ to carry out its work in peace in order to issue its ruling according to its own just laws, and that it should not be under the influence of any party involved in the crisis. Libya, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Qatar is very optimistic about Mena
"Taking part in the conference would not hurt but would greatly help since the world will come to realize that Arab countries are still seeking to achieve peace while the opposite party is seeking to destroy the level of peace already achieved," the Qatari Foreign Minister said. Qatar, Economics, 10/21/1997
- Water cannons used to disperse Chinese strikers
Kuwaiti special forces used water cannon to disperse hundreds of Chinese construction workers who grouped in a strike for the second time to demand payment of their delayed salaries. Kuwait, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Middle East-European seminar postponed because of Israeli participation
Representatives of the European Commission and the European Investment Bank were supposed to attend to discuss the potentials of industrial cooperation between the member countries. Morocco, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Arab-Iranian relations improve in spite of problems
Iran has many differences with some of the Arab countries, especially the UAE as Iran occupies 3 Emirates isles; Smaller Tenb, Greater Tenb and Abu Mousse. Regional, Politics, 10/21/1997
- Palestinian brothers killed in Beirut
Unidentified gunmen armed with silencer-equipped pistols shot and killed a relative of Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal on Monday and wounded his brother when the two stopped at a Beirut intersection. Lebanon, Local, 10/21/1997
- 12 hours leave for murderer of Arab workers
Ami Popper, the Israeli right wing activist who shot dead 7 Arab workers and injured ten others on 20 May 1990, was accorded a 12 hour leave from his prison, where he is serving seven life sentences for his crime. Palestine, Local, 10/21/1997
- New 4 tombs in Giza, Egypt
Egypt will open to tourists next month four tombs that lay under a mound of sand near the Great pyramids of Giza for 4,600 years until they were discovered in the 1930s. Egypt, History, 10/21/1997
Short Takes
- Israeli police intend to seize a Palestinian building in Ras Al-Amoud area in East Jerusalem to transform it into a camp for policemen guarding the Jewish settlers who two months ago occupied Arab houses in the neighborhood. Israeli Police Minister Kahalani had officially suggested that his ministry take over a building in the area to be used as a base for the police force that will be stationed in the neighborhood. Go
- A number of Hamas members and activists held in Palestinian jails in Gaza have suspended their hunger strike after receiving a commitment from the Palestinian National Authority that they would be released soon, said Abdul Aziz Rantisi, Hamas spokesman in Gaza. Go
- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the kidnappings of foreigners in order to harm Yemen's relations with the victims' countries, according to a Nando Times report. Go
- Investments in Saudi pharmaceutical market amounted to 3 billion Saudi Riyals by 1995, according to a report issued by the Saudi Pharmaceutical and Medical Appliances Company. The report expected an annual growth rate of five percent in the market. Go
- An official source at the Saudi embassy in Tehran has announced that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah will hold talks with Iranian officials on means of developing bilateral relations. The talks will be held during the Islamic summit due to be held in Tehran next December. Go
- Israel intends to confiscate 100,000 dunums of land belonging to Yatta, Bani Na’im and Al-Sammou’ villages in the Hebron district, Palestinian sources said. Go
- Israel finally agreed that the Palestine National Authority issue identity cards to Palestinians independently. The Israeli approval came after the Palestinian side committed itself to transfer the details of the Palestinian identity cards to the Israeli government as soon as they are issued so that they are registered in the Israeli files for monitoring purposes. Go
- The national symposium on food products canning and packing opened at Al Assad Library in Damascus on October 20. Go
- Iraq's first census for a decade, carried out last Thursday, showed the country's population has risen sharply to over 22 million, the official Iraq news agency INA reported. Go
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