Today's Headlines
- Ashrawi interview: Crisis of confidence between people and government
Hanan Ashrawi: I believe the one way to revive confidence is to build these efficient accountable, effective institutions, is to build a democratic system which is inclusive and comprehensive Palestine, Politics, 8/7/1998
- Arab contributions to music science
The ethnic blending that occurred during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras brought the music of Arabia into close contact with the musical traditions of other nations. Regional, Culture, 8/7/1998
- Arab League awaits U.S., British position on Lockerbie case
Abdul Meguid said Tripoli held on to its position to settle the issue in accordance with a proposal put forward by the Arab League Libya-Regional, Politics, 8/7/1998
- Interior Ministry denies El-Jihad group threat against US targets
Official security sources in the Egyptian Ministry of Interior denied that there is any information possessed the ministry about a threat from the El-Jihad organization to strike at US targets. Egypt, Politics, 8/7/1998
- Settlements need not be enlarged, Israeli Peace Now members help
President Arafat "is opposed in principal and in strategy to violence and to loss of lives of people, regardless of who they are." He noted, however, that the Palestinians are fully aware of the fact that the presence of Jewish settlers in the West Bank "was meant to torpedo the Palestinian hope for statehood and independence." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/7/1998
- Morocco and US operation Smile NGO sign cooperation accord
The U.S. "Smile Operation," a non-governmental medical organization signed lately here a cooperation accord with the Moroccan health department. Morocco, Health, 8/7/1998
- Arab Economic Council head: no alternative to establishing Arab joint market
Hassaan Ibrahim, the secretary-general of the Arab Economic Unity Council, announced that there is no alternative way of gathering the Arab states together economically to establishing an Arab joint market. Regional, Economics, 8/7/1998
- Sudanese student unrest as Addis Ababa peace talks see progress
Students at Khartoum University renewed their demonstrations yesterday, in protest over the killing of a student under ambiguous circumstances after severe clashes took place between 2,000 student demonstrators and security forces. Sudan, Politics, 8/7/1998
- Postponing the approval for new Egyptian parties
The consultation council, the authority that has the right to give permission for parties to start their activities, refused requests from five parties on the grounds that nothing distinguished their programs from the other 14 parties that are authorized to do political work. Egypt, Politics, 8/7/1998
Short Takes
- Morocco decided to ban juvenile cephalopod fishing in its southern shores during the last 20 days of the month of August. Go
- Salah Abu Zeid, advisor to King Hussein of Jordan, arrived Thursday in Morocco to convey a message to King Hassan II from the Jordanian king. Go
- Ahmed El-Salem, the secretary general of the Arab Interior Ministers' Council, has expressed hope yesterday that the council's coming session, January 1999 in Jordan, will result in important decisions that serve the Arab security. Go
- Canada and Egypt will sign next week an agreement to prevent tax duplicity between the two countries in the Canadian capital, Ottawa. Go
- The Saudi industrial trade chamber's council will regulate the second conference for Egyptian and Saudi businessmen, which is decided to be held in Jeddah in December. Go
- Ambassador Ali Galal Bassiouni, the Egyptian deputy assistant foreign minister for Shura and people's council affairs, said that Egyptian people's council Speaker Fathi Srour the chairman of the (parliament) headed Egypt's delegation in the new session of the international parliament in Moscow on September 6 - 12. Go
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