Arabic News Daily Page for 8/18/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, August 18, 1998
- Tunisian president calls for lifting sanctions against Libya
Visiting Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali called on Monday for lifting the crippling sanctions imposed on Libya since 1992. Tunisia, Politics, 8/18/1998 - 23 Moroccan illegal immigrants saved by Spanish boat
Twenty-three Moroccan illegal immigrants were rescued lately by a Spanish ferry-boat after the wreckage of their patera (a small boat) off Almeria (Southern Spain). Morocco, Local, 8/18/1998 - Palestinian warning of adverse effects of Israeli government's obstinacy
Palestinian sources confirmed that Egyptian diplomacy is fully aware of the maneuvers the Israeli government is making to avoid its commitments. Palestine, Politics, 8/18/1998 - Discussions for export of Egyptian gas to Turkey
The state-owned Turkish pipeline company Botas announced that Egypt is among the major countries with which negotiations are currently being made to export natural gas to fulfil Turkey's increasing consumption, which is expected to jump to 80 billion cubic meters annually by the year 2020 up from the current level of 10 cubic meters billion annualy. Egypt, Business, 8/18/1998 - Russian minister of defense to arrive tomorrow in Cairo
Russian diplomatic sources in Cairo said Minister of Defense Igor Sergeyev and an accompanying delegation will arrive in Cairo tomorrow for a one-day visit to Egypt. Egypt, Military, 8/18/1998 - Bosnian president to visit Egypt in October
Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic is to visit Cairo in October at the official invitation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, Politics, 8/18/1998 - Ball is in Israel's court, Israeli official says
Former chief of the Israeli intelligence reserve, Maj. Gen. Uri Sagi, admitted that the ball is now in the Israeli court concerning negotiations on the Syrian track. Israeli radio quoted Sagi as saying that there will be no peace with Syria without withdrawal from the Golan. Sagi warned about the consequences of conditions in the region if political progress is not achieved on the Syrian track. The Israeli official stressed, "Peace with Syria means withdrawal from the Golan Heights." Syria, Politics, 8/18/1998 - Egyptian court considering plea presented by Islamic refugee in Britain
An Egyptian court specified the November 26 as the date it will consider a judicial plea presented by an Egyptian Islamic figure in Britain against an Egyptian newspaper, in which he accused the chief editor of the newspaper and one its editors of vilifying him. Egypt, Judicial, 8/18/1998