Arabic News Daily Page for 11/26/1997
Daily Edition - Wednesday, November 26, 1997
- French FM demands Israel's troop pullback
Following a meeting with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat French Foreign Minister Hurbert Verdine expressed the hope that Israel will soon pull back its troops from a significant area of the occupied West Bank. Regional, Politics, 11/26/1997 - Palestinian on hunger-strike faces life-threatening situation
Itaf Elayan insists her arrest was illegal and that she was not ready for any compromise to cease her hunger strike except for an immediate release from prison. Palestine, Local, 11/26/1997 - Saudi Arabia pleased by happy end of Iraq crisis
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd yesterday expressed satisfaction with the peaceful end to the standoff between Iraq, the UN and the United States of America. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/26/1997 - Stray bullet injues man
An advertising agent working at the daily Cairo Al Wafd newspaper was seriously injured by a stray bullet late on Saturday night while he was watching a street fight near his house in Al Hazane street. Egypt, Local, 11/26/1997 - Libya lifts ban on Austrians' entry
Libya has lifted a ban it imposed on entry of Austrians over a week ago following a dispute involving Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's son, an Austrian diplomat said yesterday. Libya, International, 11/26/1997 - Hanan Ashrawi declares peace near collapse
Leading Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawy said yesterday the Palestinian-Israeli peace process faces the threat of total collapse. Palestine, Politics, 11/26/1997