Arabic News Daily Page for 7/4/1998
Weekend Edition - Saturday, July 4, 1998
- Somalia: Dryness threatens starvation
UNICEF's office in Nairobi said on Thursday that hundreds of villagers in the central part of southern Somalia left their villages for Beedawa in search of food, due to the drought which damaged their harvests. Somalia, Local, 7/4/1998 - French - Syrian preparations for al-Assad visit
Spokesman for the Syrian Presidency Jibran Koreyah said on Thursday that preparations are underway in Damascus for the visit of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to France during the second half of July. Syria-France, Politics, 7/4/1998 - U.S. opposes Palestinian status elevation in U.N.
The United States remains strongly opposed to an Arab move to give Palestine an enhanced status in the United Nations. Palestine, Politics, 7/4/1998 - Libya gets Moroccan support on embargo lifting
Moroccan prime minister Abderrahman Youssoufi renewed Morocco's solidarity with Libya regarding the international embargo enforced on Libya. Libya-Libya, Politics, 7/4/1998 - French defense minister to visit Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia-France, Politics, 7/4/1998
- Iraq denounces permission for US fighter jets to take off from Japan
Iraq denounced Japan's permission for the United States of America to use its territories to launch attacks on Iraq. Iraq-Japan, Politics, 7/4/1998 - Concluding arguments in Henish island case
Abdallah Ahmed Ghanem, Yemen's minister of legal and parliamentary affairs, said that the international arbitration committee authorized to examine the dispute between Yemen and Eritrea regarding sovereignty over Henaish Island will convene on Wednesday to resume the concluding arguments presented by the two parties. Yemen-Eritrea, Politics, 7/4/1998 - Kuwait settles dispute with French boat company
Kuwaiti sources in Kuwait confirmed that a settlement has been reached in disputes over Coast Guard patrol boats purchased from the French company Simono and agreed to pay nearly $13 million to exchange the boats for other more advanced boats. Kuwait, Military, 7/4/1998 - Moroccan insurance companies make public offerings
Two of the major insurance companies said they are joining Casablanca's stock market at the beginning of the coming month as a first step in the Moroccan insurance sector for developing corporate savings and solidarity funds. Morocco, Business, 7/4/1998