Today's Headlines
- Session on Israeli Judaization policy in Jerusalem begins
The Jerusalem Committee opened Wednesday in Casablanca its 17th session, under the chairmanship of king Hassan II of Morocco, to examine means to counter the Israeli plans to Judaize the holy city of Jerusalem and erase its Arab and Islamic character. Regional, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Washington, London obstruct Russian proposal to close Iraqi nuclear file
The US and Britain on Wednesday at the UN vetoed a Russian proposal that would have provided for ending inspection operations of nuclear firms in Iraq. Iraq, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Financial backing needed to brake settlements, ministers hold side talks
The Palestinians need strong financial backing to counter the Israeli settlement policy in the holy city of Jerusalem, a Palestinian official said here on Wednesday. Regional-Palestine, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Unique Egyptian -Moroccan judiciary agreement to improve courts
The court system in many of the Arab states is slow and has come under the scrutiny of pioneering efforts to improve it through efficiency, quality, and transparency, for its implications for a more stable commercial and social system. Morocco-Egypt, Judicial, 7/30/1998
- Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreement details
Saudi Arabia and Yemen have agreed to resume the meetings of three joint committees to carry on demarcating joint land and sea border lines. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Conference on women status in Islam opens in Dakar
Dakar is hosting this July 29 through August 1 a sub-regional conference on the status of women in Islam. North Africa, Religion, 7/30/1998
- UN agreement allows Israelis into Islamic and Arab countries
Islamic and Arab Nations have no intention of softening pressure on the UN Conference on Trade and Development over its recent agreement with Israel, Kuwaiti news agency quoted diplomats as saying. Regional-UN, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Syrian minister addresses relations with Egypt, Turkey
Syrian Information Minister Dr. Muhammad Salman has stressed the strong ties linking Syria and Egypt and the importance of maintaining coordination between the two states so as to serve pan Arab interests. Syria, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Egypt prevents Sudanese chief journalist from entering
The Sudanese ambassador in Egypt, Ahmed Abdul Halim, informed the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in an official visit about his country's protest against the Egyptian authorities' decision to prevent the chief Sudanese journalist, El-Naagib Adam Kamer El-Din, from entering Egypt to attend the meetings of the Arab Journalists Union currently underway in Alexandria. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Both sides claim upper hand in fighting in Sudanese south
Deputy chairman of the Coordination Council for Southern Sudan Anglo Beida on Wednesday said that Sudanese government forces killed 45 fighters from the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, led by Col. John Garang. Sudan, Military, 7/30/1998
- 46 persons killed in Algeria within four days
Algerian private dailies said on Wednesday that some 19 persons were killed on Tuesday in Algeria, including 13 in an attack against a military position and a house in Bleida province, 50 km south of the capital Algiers. Algeria, Military, 7/30/1998
- Cairo denies pressuring Israeli embassy
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry denied reports in Israel complaining about the exposure of Israel's embassy in Cairo to various kinds of pressure. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Iraq wants role in Kurdish agreement
Iraq called on the United Nations to join in implementing the oil for food agreement in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, saying that the agreement has not shared in improving the conditions of the Iraqi people there till now. Iraq, Politics, 7/30/1998
- Of eggs, meat, and Purchasing Power Parity in economics Regional, Economic Talk, 7/30/1998
Short Takes
- Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has stressed that any peace effort separating the Syrian and Lebanese tracks will be doomed to failure. Go
- The Israeli forces on Tuesday night arrested five Palestinians from Azna village, in Hebron. The arrests came in the context of a vast arrest campaign intended to search for missing Israeli cars carried out for two weeks in West Bank cities. Go
- Leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council States' air forces and air defense forces met to discuss enhancing cooperation among them, Oman News Agency reported. Go
- Oman's Khareef Festival in Dohar state has begun, Oman Daily Observer reported. Go
- Police in Muharraq arrested members of a local ring that carried out break-ins and thefts in houses, Gulf Daily News reported. Go
- Bahrain's Batelco telecommunications company said it will reduce the cost of certain calls to help the national economy, Gulf News reported. Go
- Deputies on the financial and economic committee in the Jordanian Parliament's lower house support a proposal for a comprehensive national economic plan, Jordan Times reported. Go
- UAE police arrested seven Arab expatriates on charges of running a gambling operation from a house, Khaleej Times reported. Go
- The German organization Frederich Ibert announced that it is granting its prize for human rights in 1998 to Algerian journalist Omar Bel Hoshat, chief editor and publisher of the Algerian daily newspaper al-Watan. Go
- Egyptian Tourism Minister Mamdouh Al-Beltaji said Wednesday that Cairo's fourth International Song Festival will be held on August 20-28 with the participation of Arab and non-Arab countries. Go
- The Tunisian Central Bank estimated that Tunisian workers abroad have transfered nearly $5 billion during the last ten years. In recent statistics the volume of transfers last year were estimated at $760 million. Go
- Ibrahim Ali El-Maged, the Bahraini ambassador in Egypt and Bahrain's permanent deputy to the Arab League, during his meeting with Egyptian Minister of Trade and Supply Ahmed Goweili discussed the fields of developing and enhancing relations between the two states in addition to methods of supporting and reinforcing economic and commercial relationships. Go
- President Hafez al-Assad on Wednesday released Presidential decree no. 31 for 1998, which provides for dismissing the governor of Daraa, Walid Othman, from his post. No reasons were mentioned for the dismissal. No nominee was appointed. Go
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