Arabic News Daily Page for 6/23/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, June 23, 1998
- Italian Prime Minister to hold formal talks in Tunisia
ministerial delegation will discuss with their Tunisian counterparts the methods of activating Italian investments in Tunisia within the partnership agreement Tunisia signed with the European Union which took effect in March Tunisia-Italy, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Israel will never stop the aggression on Lebanon says Nasrallah
The secretary general of Hizbullah Hassan Nasrallah stated that "even it Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and the west Bekaa, it will never stop the aggression against Lebanon." Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Tabhboub's successor won't be free to work in East Jerusalem
Israel has started moves to prevent the Palestinian government from naming a new minister of Islamic and religious affairs in Jerusalem, to succeed the late minister, Sheikh Hassan Tahboub, who died last month. Palestine, Religion, 6/23/1998 - Morocco to lower illiteracy rate to 25 percent
Morocco is determined to lower the illiteracy rate from 55 percent to 25 percent in the next 15 years, Moroccan Social Development and Solidarity Minister Khalid Alioua said. Morocco, Education, 6/23/1998 - Iraq calls for immediate lifting of UN sanctions
Iraqi Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz has asserted that lifting the sufferings of the Iraqi people is not maintained through the oil-for-food accord, rather in an immediate cancellation of sanctions imposed on Iraq. Iraq-Spain, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Iraq accuses Turkey of the procrastination concerning Euphrates water
Iraqi Minister of Irrigation Mohamoud Deyab El-Ahmed said, "Negotiations are continuing between Iraq and Syria concerning use of the water of the Euphrates river," which passes through Turkey and then to Syria and Iraq. Iraq-Turkey, Economics, 6/23/1998 - Morocco and Spain sign judiciary cooperation accord
Morocco and Spain signed a judiciary cooperation accord on Monday in Rabat providing for the consolidation of partnership in the fields of magistrate training and court management. Morocco-Spain, Judicial, 6/23/1998 - South African MP delegation in Morocco
Abdelouahed Radi, speaker of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Moroccan Parliament), conferred monday in Rabat with a South African MP delegation on ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries' legislative bodies. Morocco-South Africa, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Morocco's ministers council adopts 1998/99 appropriation bill
The Moroccan ministers council, presided by King Hassan II, on Monday adopted the 1998/99 appropriation bill, which will be presented to parliament. Morocco, Economics, 6/23/1998 - Israel blamed for death of security prisoner
Ar'ir, whose family lives in Shuja'ieye neighborhood in Gaza, was a leading member of the Islamic Jihad Movement. His son, Khamis, said he died Monday evening at Ramleh prison hospital because of negligence in offering to him the proper medical care by the Israeli authorities Palestine, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Cooperation protocol between Algiers and Turkey
The Algerian daily al-Watan on Monday said that a bomb planted by extremists Islamists was exploded and caused damage to gas pipelines between Hasi al-Ramal and the capital Algiers' gas field. Algeria-Turkey, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Arab ministers open industrial development meeting in Damascus
The eighth conference for industrial development in the Arab countries was opened in Damascus on Monday. In an inaugural speech, Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi underlined the importance of achieving Arab industrial integration, which he said is part and parcel of Arab economic integrity. Regional, Economics, 6/23/1998 - Syrian, Tunisian FMs review recent developments, sign double taxation agreement
A round of official talks was held on Monday in Damascus between the Syrian and Tunisian delegations chaired by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Saeed Bin Mustafa. Syria-Tunisia, Economics, 6/23/1998