Arabic News Daily Page for 4/16/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, April 16, 1998
- Al-Bassel creativity exposition opens today Syria, Economics, 4/16/1998
- Only three pilgrims of Mena stampede remain under treatment
Saudi Health Minister Osama Bin Abdul Rahman Shabakshi on Wednesday said that only three pilgrims out of 180 wounded in the stampede in Mena during Haj procession are still under treatment in hospitals. Saudi Arabia, Religion, 4/16/1998 - Cohen for modernizing Israeli army
US Defense Secretary William Cohen who is visiting Israel next week in the context of his Middle East tour will meet with his Israeli counterpart Yitzhak Mordechai Israel-USA, Military, 4/16/1998 - Egypt warns of the danger of the Turkish - Israeli alliance Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 4/16/1998
- American - Egyptian participation committee meets today at Washington Egypt-USA, Economics, 4/16/1998
- Kuwait: No communications with Iran for holding military maneuvers
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jabir al-Sabah, Kuwait's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, did not excluded possibility that Iran had made communications with other Arab countries to participate in joint military maneuvers. Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 4/16/1998 - Committee for receiving Egypt's properties in Sudan Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 4/16/1998
- Arab league denounces Israeli strike at south Lebanon
Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdel Meguid said the AL is following with deep anxiety the continued Israeli raids on the Lebanese territories which constitute a dangerous escalation of tensions and prove Israel's non-seriousness in implementing international legitmacy resolutions. Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 4/16/1998 - Two Israeli soldiers wounded in south Lebanon
The detonation operation caused direct hits among members of the patrol, noting that occupation forces were seen evacuating the casualties from the operation site. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/16/1998