Arabic News Daily Page for 12/9/1997
Daily Edition - Tuesday, December 9, 1997
- Algerian minister: Algeria refuses all negotiations with terrorist groups
Karina clarified that those groups that terrorize and murder civilians are Algerian groups and that the terrorists are Algerian but those acts are masterminded by foreign parties. Algeria, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Yemeni government ratifies 1998 budget
The expenditures in this budget were 350.35 billion Yemeni riyals with an increase of 36.67 billion over last year's expenditures. Yemen, Economics, 12/9/1997 - Egyptian - Iraqi exchange
Mohamed Mahdi Saleh the Iraqi trade minister said he expects serious steps over the coming period to further trade links between his state and Egypt. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 12/9/1997 - Yemeni - Egyptian committee to meet Thursday
The talks will include supporting bilateral relations between the two countries in all economic, security, and social fields. Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Houses still await demolition
The five houses belong to families of five Palestinian suicide bombers whom Israel said were involved in two attacks July 30 in Mahaneh Yehuda market and on September 4 in Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem. Palestine-Israel, Judicial, 12/9/1997 - Syrian - Chinese cooperation relations reviewed
The speaker of the Syrian people's assembly discussed with chairman of foreign relations committee at the Chinese parliament conditions in the region, bilateral relations between Syria and China and means of boosting parliamentary relations between the two countries. Syria, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Identity Committee registers more than 300 Saharans in two days
After Morocco and the Polisario reached the Houston Agreement with the assistance of the US mediator James Baker and in the attendance of representatives from Algeria and Mauritania, the door was open for for the peaceful settlement of the problem. Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Monitoring committee discusses Lebanese complaints
Nabil Baydoun, 44, who holds an American passport, said militiamen from the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army threw him and his family out of the village of Bint Jbeil and burned down his house. Lebanon, Military, 12/9/1997 - Syrian, Lebanese Presidents in Teheran for Summit
In a pre-departure statement to Teheran, President Hrawi of Lebanon asserted that south Lebanon is the responsibility of Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Israeli extremists attack Sourboune
Israeli extremists from the Kakh movement threw tear-gas bombs and chanted anti-Arab slogans during a symposium held on Saturday in Sorbonne University in Paris on the partition of Palestine. Palestine-Israel, International, 12/9/1997 - Peres: Peace with Syria requires full withdrawal from the Golan
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has stated that reaching a peace accord with Syria is impossible without a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights occupied since 1967. Syria-Israel, Politics, 12/9/1997