Arabic News Daily Page for 8/17/1998
Daily Edition - Monday, August 17, 1998
- Silent showdow in Nablus
A silent showdown is underway between the Palestinian government and Israel over a site in Nablus, which Jewish settlers insist is the tomb of Joseph. Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Donation from former Algerian president to jailed Jordanian soldier
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd said that former Algerian President Ahmad Bin Bella has offered US $600 to the family of Jordanian soldier Ahmad al- Daqamseh who is serving a life sentence in prison for killing six Israeli girls in al-Naqoura Jordanian area one and a half years earlier. Jordan, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Algerian forces kill extremist leader
The Algerian daily Liberte said on Sunday that security forces killed Balqati Rabah, one of the leaders of the Armed Islamic Group, accused of being involved in massacres which have claimed the lives of thousands of Algerian civilians. Algeria, Military, 8/17/1998 - Iranian pilgrims visit Iraqi holy shrines
For the first time since the eruption of the Iraqi - Iranian war in 1980 and ten years after the war ended, the first group of Iranian Shiite pilgrimages arrived in Iraq. The group comprises 750 persons. It is led by Iranian minister of culture and religious guidance Atallah Muhajarani. Iraq, Politics, 8/17/1998 - French diplomats meet their Egyptian counterpart on peace initiative
Within the work group that was formed in July during the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa to Paris for discussing the demands of convening a peace rescue conference in the Middle East, Egyptian and French diplomats are meeting next week. Egypt-France, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Sudan calls on Garang to ease access to aid in the south
Sudan newely confirmed its adherence to peace and discussion regarding the south. Sudan, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Twenty arrested on bombing charges
The Yemeni authorities said they arrested 22 persons on charges of being involved in a series of bombings in the country. Yemen, Local, 8/17/1998 - Iraqi president to travel to Paris, Peking and Moscow next year
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is expected to travel next year to France, China and Russia, according to Arab weekly "Al Moharrer News." Iraq, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Tribe protests exclusion from Saharan identification process
A Sahrawi tribe, Rguibat Sahel Ouled Bourhim, protested in a letter to the chairman of the UN identification center in Rabat, their denial of the right to be identified as would-be voters in the projected UN referendum. Morocco, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Arab interior ministers trusteeship urges countries to expel terrorists
The general trusteeship of the Arab ministers of interior urged in a statement issued by the Arab Bureau for Security Information in Cairo yesterday the developed countries to reconsider their policies of absorbing elements that use those countries' laws and lands to finance, plan and organize sabotage and terrorism. Regional, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Egyptian trade minister: European committee to solve potato exports dispute
Ahmed Goweili, the Egyptian minister of trade and supply, stated during his meeting yesterday with the students of Alexandria University that President Hosni Mubarak is following with deep concern the developments of the dumping charges raised by some European countries against Egyptian exports of cotton and textiles. Egypt, Economics, 8/17/1998 - Iraq to increase oil exports
Iraq said on Sunday that it will increase its oil exports to 2.7 million barrels per day after the delivery of spare parts needed to repair its oil equipment. Iraq, Economics, 8/17/1998 - Israel outcome of terrorism, expansionism, Capucci says
Bishop of Jerusalem in exile for the Greek-Catholic Church, Helarion Capucci, has asserted that church affairs in Palestine are a concern to the church and its congregation. He added no Israeli premier, including Netanyahu, has the right to interfere in these affairs. Palestine, Politics, 8/17/1998 - Resistance will continue until seizes Israel occupation of Lebanon
The Lebanese resistance on Sunday attacked with rockets Israeli vehicles near the Sujoud position inside the occupied strip of south Lebanon. In a statement the resistance said that direct hits were achieved. Lebanon, Military, 8/17/1998