Today's Headlines
- Russia takes lead role in Iraq negotiations
After Tariq Aziz, the Iraqi deputy prime minister, met in Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov on Tuesday, Primakov announced a proposal to avert military action and move toward a solution to the current crisis. Iraq, Politics, 11/19/1997
- Tariq Aziz settles in Jordan to avoid Security Council travel ban
ArabicNews.com has learned that Tariq Aziz, the Iraqi deputy prime minister, had arrived in Jordan in order to avoid Iraq for the present. Iraq, Politics, 11/19/1997
- New Egyptian minister of interior moves decisively to improve security
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued a republican decision to appoint Major-General Habeeb Ibrahim Habeeb El Adly to be the new minister of interior Egypt, Local, 11/19/1997
- Albright's tour fails to gain support from Gulf states
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamed ben-Gaber said that the Iraqi people are going through a great crisis. We should stand with them and they should implement the international resolutions. Iraq, Analysis, 11/19/1997
- Israel's arms industry produces environmentally-clean weapons, lead-free shells
A number of Arab states have already signed arms deals with Israel's main arms industry, but officials at the Israeli Military Industry refused to give details apart from saying that the deals had involved several million US dollars. Israel, Business, 11/19/1997
- British weapons sales to Gulf states reach $3.5 billion
A military official from a Gulf state affirmed that Gulf Cooperation Council states account for 43% of British military exports. Gulf Region, Military, 11/19/1997
- Canadian companies sign contracts with Iraq
Official sources said that 22 Canadian businessmen recently signed in Baghdad a number of commercial agreements with the Iraqi government. Iraq, Economics, 11/19/1997
- Liberty shouldn't lead to insults says President Hrawi
Every day, I hear voices calling for freedom and equality. And when we make a proposal with that in mind, it is decried as heresy Lebanon, Politics, 11/19/1997
- Concrete barriers by Israel against Jordan
Sources in the Jordan Concrete Company said they expect Israel to continue placing obstacles to the entrance of Jordanian concrete to the Palestinian markets. Jordan-Israel, Business, 11/19/1997
- Mobile goes digging for oil in Tunis
Tunisian oil production increased in the first half of the current year by 3.5% and has reached 424,000 tons. Tunisia, Economics, 11/19/1997
- Saudi - Egyptian free trade zones
The joint Saudi - Egyptian higher committee will convene in April to pore over the executive measures of establishing free trade zones and ways of boosting economic and trade relations. Egypt, Economics, 11/19/1997
- Syria authorizes 1,494 projects at a cost of 7.3 billion dollars
Officials sources said that in the last six years, the number of projects included in the investment law had reached 1,494 at an expense of nearly 367 billion lira. Syria, Economics, 11/19/1997
- Algerian court postpones judgment on eleven accused in killings of 7 Italians
Jijel state judiciary court in the northeast postponed the judgment of eleven people accused in the assassination of 7 Italian sailors to continue the investigation and give the victims' families the chance to demand their rights. Algeria, Judicial, 11/19/1997
Short Takes
- Palestinian Ziad Kamel who is suspected of being involved in several deadly attacks in Israel was arrested by Israeli police, Fox News reported. Go
- Palestine has decided to allow some Israeli products which had been barred from the self-rule areas into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Nando Times reported. The products were not named, the report said. Palestine applied the measures in reponse to Israeli economic sanctions imposed last summer after a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Go
- Amnesty International called on the United Nations to investigate massacres in Algeria, accusing the Algerian government of complicity in the attacks, Fox News reported. Go
- Palestine and Israel are meeting for secret final status negations for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Nando Times reported a Lebanese newspaper as saying. Go
- Qatar has given illegal residents six months, starting tomorrow (through May 20), to get their legal status in order or leave the country, Gulf Times reported. Qatar's initiative echoes efforts already underway in other Gulf countries to clear out those who have overstayed their visas. Go
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