Today's Headlines
- US avoids blaming Israel for current stalemate
Erekat said the Arafat-Netanyahu meeting will take place in London only if Israel agrees to pull its troops out of 13.1 percent of the West Bank territories, as suggested by the US Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Northern Sudan also faces food shortages
It is not only the war-torn southern regions of sudan which are faced with a humanitarian ordeal as a result of the now widely-reported threat of a vast scale famine. Northern regions of the country, according to government sources, are also suffering serious food shortages that are only eclipsed by the conditions in the south. Sudan, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Arab contributions to mathematics and the introduction of the Zero
Another invention that revolutionized mathematics was the introduction of the number Zero by Muhammad Bin Ahmad in 967 AD. Zero was introduced in the West as late as the beginning of the thirteenth century. Regional, Science, 4/22/1998
- Egyptian - Sudanese talks
The head of Cairo University, Dr. Farouk Ismael, will visit Khartoum tomorrow to sign an agreement restoring Egyptian educational establishments confiscated by the Sudanese authorities. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Tunisia, Jordan seek economic cooperation
the two delegations reaffirmed that a tax-free zone would be established to encourage trade exchange between the two countries Tunisia-Jordan, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Kuwaiti Parliament speaker arrives in Damascus
Abdul Qader Qaddoura, who welcomed al-Sadoun and his companions at the airport ,noted the agreement between the Syrian People's Assembly and the Kuwaiti Nation's Council regarding issues of concern to the Arab nation. Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Iraq for open or secret dialogue with Washington
Iraqi Vice-President Tariq Aziz reiterated Iraq's call for the US to maintain direct contacts with Iraq instead of trying to create a new crisis between Iraq and the UN. Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Palestinian airplane carrying aid to Iraq
Sohar Arafat, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's wife, said she will send another airplane soon to Iraq and that she will be on board. Palestine-Iraq, Economics, 4/22/1998
- Economy minister reports to Mubarak on return from Washington
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received report from Yousef Butros Ghali, the Egyptian minister of economy, about the results of the latter's two-week visit to the United States Egypt-USA, Politics, 4/22/1998
- UN tower hit by Israeli shelling
Lebanese resistance forces on Tuesday shelled an Israeli position on al-Ahmadiyah hill inflicting direct hits on the site, while Israeli shelling on Shakra town in the central sector in south Lebanon damaged Lebanese citizen Raef al-Amin's house Lebanon-Israel, Military, 4/22/1998
- Protests in support of Syrian-Golan prisoners in Israeli jails
There are 21 prisoners from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in Israeli prisons serving 27-year sentences -- of whom seven are under 18 and another four were never tried. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 4/22/1998
- Arab League meetings on joint Arab labor and free trade zone focus
The High Coordination Committee for joint Arab labor will hold the meetings of its 29th session in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on April 27-30. Regional, Economics, 4/22/1998
Short Takes
- The British ambassador in Sanaa held several discussions with General Hussian Mohammed Arab, Yemen's minister of interior, to get acquainted with the details of the recent kidnapping of three British subjects. Go
- The Egyptian Union of Commercial Chambers stressed the importance of the African market, especially the organization of west Africa and the Nile basin countries, as well as the southeast Asian countries, to expand the geographic area for Egyptian participation in specialized exhibitions. Go
- The Arab League and the Francophone Organization on Tuesday in Cairo signed a protocol on joint cooperation to realize peace and reactivate international cooperation. Go
- Syrian Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam on Tuesday received the Tunisian secretary general of workers Ismael al-Sahbani. Go
- The International Arab conference for the protection of intellectual property was opened on Tuesday in Beirut, with the participation of a number of Arab and world companies and organizations. Go
- Egyptian security bodies released 50 detained members of the Islamic Group at the end of their detention period on charges of joining a prohibited group. Go
- King Hussein of Jordan met with British Deputy Chief of Staff Admiral Peter Abbott who is on an official visit to Jordan. The talks between the King the high-ranking British officer touched on military cooperation issues between both Jordan and the U.K. Go
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