Arabic News Daily Page for 12/17/1997
Daily Edition - Wednesday, December 17, 1997
- Kuwaiti delegation threatens to withdraw from Arab Parliamentary Conference
The Kuwaiti delegation threatened to withdraw form the Arab Parliamentary Conference currently being held in Libya if the issue of the international blockade on Iraq is put on the agenda of the conference. Regional-Libya, Politics, 12/17/1997 - GCC ministerial council meets
In the conclusion to its meeting today in Kuwait, the ministerial council of the Gulf Cooperation Council states approved a new decision on establishing a consultant council for the GCC states. Gulf Region, Politics, 12/17/1997 - Iraqi official in Yemen
Iraq's Deputy Premier Hamza al-Zubeidi arrived in Sanaa today for a visit to Yemen aimed at briefing Yemeni officials in the latest developments in Iraq. Iraq-Yemen, Politics, 12/17/1997 - US jet fighters to Jordan
King Hussein of Jordan, who attended the delivery celebration said that the arrival of the jets is evidence of the developed relations between Jordan and the US in recent years. Jordan, Military, 12/17/1997 - Syrian investment council approves new investment projects
These include 29 coaches, 70 micro-buses, and 158 trucks licensed at a cost of 683 Syrian pounds, providing some 480 job opportunities. Syria, Economics, 12/17/1997 - Free trade zones in Jordan valley
Authorities in the Jordan valley will establish free trade and industry zones in the valley with the objective of reactivating trade with Israel and Palestine. Jordan, Economics, 12/17/1997 - Mubarak expresses optimism on Middle East peacemaking
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stressed the need to confront terrorism and translate resolutions made in international conferences into reality. Egypt, Politics, 12/17/1997 - South Lebanon areas bombarded
Lebanese security forces said that Israeli artillery shelled the towns of Toulin and Qantara in the central sector and that the shelling was accompanied by heavy machine gun fire from Israeli troops. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/17/1997 - Lebanese lawyers stop attending trial sessions for three days
A great number of the members of the Lebanese parliament and many dignitaries criticized the arrest of supporters of General Michel Aoun, 33 of whom had been referred to the public prosecutor. Lebanon, Local, 12/17/1997 - Sudden development in the Egyptian laws over renting agrarian lands
The Earth Human Rights Center appealed against applying the articles of the act retroactively as the constitution stipulated the consent of two thirds of the parliament members for such retroactive application. Egypt, Agriculture, 12/17/1997 - Products from 250 Saudi companies in exhibition
250 Saudi national companies will participate in the 16th National Industries Exhibition that will last for 10 days. Saudi Arabia, Business, 12/17/1997