Arabic News Daily Page for 12/19/1997
Daily Edition - Friday, December 19, 1997
- UN envoy meets with Libyan officials and Meguid
The director of the UN Mission in Europe, Vlademir Petroveskey, arrived in Libya last Saturday to collect information Libya, International, 12/19/1997 - Student groups condemn violence in Moroccan universities
student Mohamed Al Magrouzy who had been reported dead earlier is alive and participated in a press conference to refute these stories Morocco, Education, 12/19/1997 - Qatar, Dubai gas pipeline talks
A project to supply Dubai with Qatari natural gas through a pipeline is being discussed and is in its final stages Qatar-United Arab Emirates, Business, 12/19/1997 - US intellectual stresses Syria's adherence to peace
On the absence of the US as an honest broker in the ME peace process, Dr. Mosleh said despite President Clinton' s commitment to the peace process, he is hesitant to challenge the Jewish Lobby inside the US congress and in Washington Syria, International, 12/19/1997 - Kfar Falous crossing in South Lebanon reopened
For the first time in 12 years, Kfar Falous crossing linking Jezzine, which is held by Lahd's militia elements, to Sidon in south Lebanon, was reopened today. Lebanon, Local, 12/19/1997 - GCC for ME peace process promotion
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Sheikh Jamil Hujeilan said the faltering peace process will be one of the most important topics to be debated at the 18th GCC summit to open tomorrow in Kuwait. Gulf Region, Politics, 12/19/1997 - Jordanian Parliamentarians in Israel
Interviewed by the Israeli radio, al-Faraena said he met with chairman of the Israeli Knesset, the chairman of the foreign and security committee and the chief of Shass movement, describing all those meetings as important ones. Jordan, Politics, 12/19/1997 - Great improvement in Libyan - French relations
Libyan -French relations have been improving over the last few months, while Libyan - British and Libyan -American relations are embrioled in disputes and deterioration. Libya, Politics, 12/19/1997 - Talks to expand Omani - Qatari cooperation
The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and ways of reinforcing them in various fields Qatar-Oman, Politics, 12/19/1997 - No progress in Albright-Netanyahu Paris summit
The three-hour Paris meeting held between Israeli Premier Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has failed to reach any progress. Israel-Palestine, International, 12/19/1997 - Chinese foreign minister starts regional tour
China's Foreign Minister left Peking on Thursday to begin a ten-day tour in the Middle East to discuss means to reactivate the Middle East peace process. Regional, International, 12/19/1997 - Escalated Israeli aggressions against South Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli artillery bombarded the outskirts of al-Nabatieh al-Fuka, Kafr Tabneit, al-Zahrani river course and several towns and villages adjacent to the occupied part of South Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/19/1997 - Oman, Egypt join inter-Arab trade accord
An Arab League committee urged Arab countries to expedite joining an agreement to promote inter-Arab trade. Regional, Economics, 12/19/1997 - Israel still holding Gaza airport equipment
The director of the Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority, Brigadier Fayez Zedan, said that Israel is preventing needed equipment sent for the Gaza airport from entering through Asdor port in Israel Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/19/1997