Arabic News Daily Page for 6/11/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, June 11, 1998
- Iraq comlains against Turkish incursion
The secretary-general of the Arab League, Esmat Abdul Meguid, said today, "The note tackled the Turkish breaches into the Iraqi territories and that Turkey should stop impinging upon the safety and the integrity of the Iraqi territories." Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Syria - Argentine economic relations discussed
Trade and economic relations between Syria and Argentina and methods of increasing commerce and trade and boosting relations with Arab expatriates abroad. Syria-Argentina, Economics, 6/11/1998 - Eritrean president called Addis Ababa for peace talks
Leaders of the Organization of African Unity countries agreed on Tuesday in Burkina Faso to form a committee for mediation to settle the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Eritrea-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Meguid to visit UK
Secretary-General of the Arab League Esmat Abdul Meguid will leave on Sunday for a five-day official visit to Britain. The AL chief will hold talks with UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and with Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Derek Fatchett on issues of mutual concern. Regional-UK, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Ties between Jordan and Austria discussed
In the second day of his visit to Austria, Jordan's Crown Prince Hassan held bilateral economic talks with Austrian officials. He also met with four UN agencies located in Vienna. Jordan-Austria, Politics, 6/11/1998 - International conference to discuss situation in Somalia
Ambassador Ahmed Ben Holi, the assistant secretary-general for Arab affairs at the Arab League, said that "a conference will be held in New York at United Nations headquarters on June 16. Somalia-Regional-UN, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Thomson to invest $12.3 million in Morocco
French Thomson Microelectronics, a branch of the group Thomson CSF, announced plans to create its own back-end unit in Casablanca for an investment of $12.3 million. Morocco, Business, 6/11/1998 - Former US Secretary of state criticizes US Middle East policy
Former US Secretary of State James Baker at a conference held in Dubai on Wednesday criticized the way Washington administrates the Middle East peace process and described the US role in the Middle East as "too timid." Regional-USA, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Some 24 killed in Algeria
The Algerian dailies on Wednesday said that some 24 people including 12 national members in the self-defense groups were killed in Algeria between last Sunday and Tuesday. Algeria, Military, 6/11/1998 - Three UN humanitarian employees killed in Khartoum
A statement released by the UN bureau in Khartoum announced the killing of three Sudanese citizens recruited by two humanitarian organizations in Khartoum in an attack claimed by the Sudanese Ministry of Social Planning to have been made by fighters from the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. Sudan, Military, 6/11/1998 - Two Islamists executed in Egypt
The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed two members of the Islamic Group, one of the main armed Islamic groups in Egypt, after they were found guilty by the state's Supreme Security Court in December 1997 of killing one policeman and wounding another four in an armed attack against a police center in Upper Egypt (al-Saeed) in 1992. Egypt, Judicial, 6/11/1998 - AL denounces Israeli settlement practices
The Arab League on Wednesday denounced the Israeli Interior Ministry's decision to build 58 housing units for Jewish settlers in Jabal al-Zaytoun in occupied Jerusalem. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Iranian President confers with Kuwaiti minister
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami on Wednesday received Kuwait's minister of the interior Sheikh al-Khaled al-Sabah in Tehran. Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 6/11/1998 - Egypt - Africa agreement in manufacturing and distributing medicine
Ismail Salaam, the Egyptian minister of health, said that Egypt is close to signing an agreement for bilateral cooperation in manufacturing and distributing medicine in Egypt and the African countries. Egypt-North Africa, Medicine, 6/11/1998