Arabic News Daily Page for 1/27/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, January 27, 1998
- 3 Latin American leaders to visit Egypt
President Carlos Menem of Argentina is due in Egypt on February 4 for talks with President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, International, 1/27/1998 - The head of the European delegation visiting Cairo
President Hosni Mubarak will meet with Jacques Santer, the head of a delegation affiliated with the European Union, during Santer's two-day official visit in February at the beginning of his tour of the Middle East region. Egypt, Politics, 1/27/1998 - Palestinian state... soon
Ahmad Abdel Rahman, secretary-general of the Palestinian cabinet, said the interim period set by the PLO-Israeli Oslo accord ends in mid-1999. Palestine, Politics, 1/27/1998 - African ties
The AL's assistant chief for political affairs said as long Arabs are eager to "protect their future interests," establishing further political, economic and cultural relations with the African states is inevitable. Regional, Politics, 1/27/1998 - Eidel Fitr expected Thursday
"Thursday the 29th of the January will be the first day of the lunar month of Shawwal," he said. The first day of Shawwal marks the Muslims' lesser holy feast of Eidel Fitr. Regional, Religion, 1/27/1998