Arabic News Daily Page for 11/17/1997
Daily Edition - Monday, November 17, 1997
- Arafat in India while Albright is there
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will arrive in New Delhi next Wednesday on a four-day official visit Palestine, International, 11/17/1997 - Egypt, Tanzania to boost ties
to speed up the implementation of agreements signed between the two sides, especially with regard to water resources, irrigation, the elimination of double taxation and investment guarantees Egypt, Economics, 11/17/1997 - Kuwait-Egypt to unify mobile phone systems
The agreement includes unifying the mobile phone systems in both countries to allow subscribers to use their sets in both countries and pay their bills in their homeland. Kuwait-Egypt, Economics, 11/17/1997 - EU to activate Syrian peace ideas
Luxembourg's foreign minister, Jacques Poos, head of the European Union mission to the Middle East, met with Syrian president Hafez Al Assad yesterday. Syria, Politics, 11/17/1997 - UK to invite Arabs on Lockerbie trial, South Africa says
South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nezo yesterday quoted his British counterpart Robin Cook as saying Britain planned to invite Arab and African teams to assess Scotland as the venue for the Lockerbie bombing trial. Regional, Politics, 11/17/1997 - Assad anniversary celebrated in Beirut
A ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of Syria's correctional movement which brought president Hafez Assad to power and reformed the Baath party was held yesterday. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/17/1997 - Hanoi: Lebanon will host the summit in 2001
Beirut will host the ninth Francophone summit in 2001, it was unanimously decided on the closing day of the seventh summit in Hanoi, yesterday. Lebanon, Politics, 11/17/1997