Arabic News Daily Page for 1/23/1998
Daily Edition - Friday, January 23, 1998
- Algeria explosion Algeria, Local, 1/23/1998
- Egypt invited to Dubai shopping fair
The United Arab Emirates officially invited Egypt to take part in the Dubai Shopping Fair, which will be held between March 19 - April 18. Egypt-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 1/23/1998 - Gaza backs Garaudy
Palestinian intellectuals demonstrated in Gaza yesterday in support of French Muslim writer Roger Garaudy, facing trial in France for arguing that the World War two Nazi killings of Jews were no holocaust. Palestine, Politics, 1/23/1998 - Egyptian laborers demand lifting of Iraq sanctions
Al Sayed Rashed, the labor union's chairman, said in two messages sent to Meguid that the goal of the labor union is to defend the laborers' liberties and democracy. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 1/23/1998 - Annual Tunisian music festival
The 15th annual music festival was recently opened in Tunisia with the attendance of international, Turkish and Arab bands Tunisia, Culture, 1/23/1998 - Turkey underestimated Arab reaction toward relations with Israel
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem stated that his country is determined to bolster relations with Israel, adding that Turkey will not submit to foreign pressures to change its stances towards Tel Aviv. Regional-Turkey, Politics, 1/23/1998 - Resistance against Israeli forces sacred Maj. Gen. Says
Major General Sami al-Khatib, said resistance against occupation is a sacred duty and a legitimate course for Lebanon to liberate its territory from Israeli occupation. Lebanon, Politics, 1/23/1998 - Arab League denies involvement in Western Sahara issue
The Arab League (AL) on Wednesday denied news highlighted by certain dailies and magazines on the delegation of special committees to follow up preparations underway for a referendum in the Western Sahara Regional-West Sahara, Politics, 1/23/1998 - Judiciary changes in Jordan
The council will retire several high-ranking judges, transfer others, appoint a general secretary for the Ministry of Justice and appoint a number of lawyers in the judicial body. Jordan, Judicial, 1/23/1998 - Jordan trade delegation meets with Iraqi ministers
Iraqi Finance Minister Hikmat Azzawi yesterday met with the chairman of Amman's Chamber of Industry, Khaldun Abu- Hassan, and the delegate accompanying him. Iraq-Jordan, Economics, 1/23/1998