Arabic News Daily Page for 8/5/1998
Daily Edition - Wednesday, August 5, 1998
- Libyan President Eritrea' s ministerial delegation
Libyan President Col. Moammar Gaddafi on Monday night received a delegation of Eritrean ministers comprising the ministers of trade, industry, energy, mining, education, health, communications and finance. Libya-Eritrea, Politics, 8/5/1998 - Lebanese President, Premier confer with UN official Lebanon-UN, Politics, 8/5/1998
- Syrian, Lebanese Army Day marked in Lebanon
Islamic Charity Projects in south Lebanon on Monday held a mass rally in Tripoli. The rally aimed at marking the army day observed in both Syria and Lebanon on August 1. Lebanon-Syria, Culture, 8/5/1998 - Unified index for Islamic shares to measure their performance
Chairman of the United States Financial Group, Mohammad Ali Khan, said the importance of the K.M.S. Sami index lies in the opportunity it provides to Muslim investors to measure the performance of their investments and portfolios. Regional, Business, 8/5/1998 - Germany to offer relief aid to Sudan
Germany plans to send relief assistance to Sudan to help the inhabitants of regions facing famine against the backdrop of civil war. Sudan-Germany, Economics, 8/5/1998 - 3,911 new classrooms next academic year
Moroccan education minister, Ismail Alaoui, announced Tuesday that 3,911 classrooms will be opened during the upcoming academic year, to start on September 15. Morocco, Education, 8/5/1998 - Euro-Mediterranean meeting on immigration to be in Morocco
"The meeting will provide an opportunity for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue to reflect on the situation of immigrants and their human rights," Aujjar said. Morocco-Maghreb, Politics, 8/5/1998 - Continued Israeli aggression against south Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday shelled the western sector of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli positions in Teir Harfa and Balat shelled Kafra and Yater towns, al-Botoum towns and al-Muraba district. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 8/5/1998 - Jordanian foreign minister to visit Iran on Saturday
Jordan stated that its foreign minister and deputy prime minister, Jawad al-Anani, will travel to Iran on Saturday to work on developing the relations between the two countries, which returned rapidly to normal, said Jordanian sources. Jordan-Iran, Politics, 8/5/1998 - Egyptian prize in Mubarak's name
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is to issue soon a decision to form a committee of leading intellectuals and artists under the chairmanship of Dr. Jabir Asfour, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Culture, to make the executive list for the Mubarak prize for artistic and intellectual innovation recently agreed upon by the people's council and which will be awarded for the first time next year. Egypt, Culture, 8/5/1998 - A successful conclusion to the Jordanian Jerash festival
The Jordanian Jerash Festival of Culture and Art is successfully concluding its today its works and its 17th session. Jordan-Regional, Culture, 8/5/1998