Arabic News Daily Page for 11/5/1997
Daily Edition - Wednesday, November 5, 1997
- 69 female candidates in Moroccan legislative elections for first time
For the first time in any Moroccan vote since independence, 69 women will participate in the legislative election due to be held on November 14. Morocco, Politics, 11/5/1997 - Conference in Bahrain: Egypt a promising market
The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and the Arab Banking Institution organized yesterday in Bahrain a conference entitled "Egypt: a promising market" Egypt, Economics, 11/5/1997 - Egypt candidate for Unesco congress seat
Sources close to the nominations committee said Egypt stands a good chance of winning a Unesco council membership in light of its tireless efforts to promote Unesco activities in areas of education, culture and development. Egypt, Politics, 11/5/1997 - 12-states-conference for quake proof housing
The 3-day conference, organized in collaboration with the faculty of engineering, at Cairo University, will pore over 40 research papers on the effects of earthquakes on new housing projects. Egypt, Science, 11/5/1997 - Monitoring committee's meeting
The meeting took place after the Israelis filed a complaint over the wounding of a Lebanese woman in the Resistance's attack of Rihan, last Sunday. Lebanon, Politics, 11/5/1997 - Hariri in Tokyo
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri urged the Japanese to invest in Lebanon as they did before the war, during the second day of his visit to Tokyo yesterday. Lebanon, Politics, 11/5/1997 - Limited appointments
While some MPs supported the appointment of all municipality council member and others stressed on the importance of free elections, the majority opted for "limited appointments." Lebanon, Politics, 11/5/1997 - Italian President in Lebanon
Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro arrived in Beirut Wednesday for an official visit to Lebanon, the second by a foreign head of state since the end of the 1975-90 civil war. Lebanon, Politics, 11/5/1997