Arabic News Daily Page for 8/31/1998
Daily Edition - Monday, August 31, 1998
- Good performance by Moroccan athletes at Rieti meet
Moroccan athlete Brahim Boulami ranked second in the 3,000 m steeplechase held Sunday at the Italian Athletic meeting of Rieti part of the IAAF Grand Prix. Morocco, Sports, 8/31/1998 - Head of European Council Parliamentary Assembly in Morocco
Head of the Strasbourg-based European Council's Parliamentary Assembly, Leni Fischer, arrived Saturday here on a four-day work visit to give new momentum to cooperation between Morocco and the European Union. Morocco-European Union, Politics, 8/31/1998 - Sudanese envoy briefs Sanaa on factory attack Sudan-Yemen, Politics, 8/31/1998
- NAM foreign ministers meetings tackle peace process developments, combating terrorism
The conference of foreign ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement countries, started its works in Durban city in South Africa today and will last for two days. Regional, Politics, 8/31/1998 - Sudanese foreign minister denies Sudan connected with Bin Laden
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael stated that Sudan has no commercial or political connections with Osama Bin Laden the Saudi dissident accused by the United States of sponsoring attacks against American targets. Sudan, Politics, 8/31/1998 - El-Azhar sheikh condemns embassy attacks as well as US attacks
Sheikh Al Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi newly condemned today the American shelling of Sudan and Afghanistan. Regional, Politics, 8/31/1998 - Sanaa voice support for an Arab conference
Sanaa on Saturday voiced support for convening an Arab conference to draw up a "strategic" plan to counter Israeli and unify Arab states' ranks. Yemen-Regional, Politics, 8/31/1998 - Libyan, Egyptian workers boost cooperation
Secretary general of trade unions and federations affairs at the Libyan's people's general congress, Abdullah Idris, met on Sunday with an Egyptian trade union delegation led by a member of the union's executive council, Abdul Latif Eish. Libya, Economics, 8/31/1998 - Israeli troops shell south Lebanon
On Sunday, the Lebanese resistance retaliated against Israeli shelling on Saturday night which targeted several towns adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 8/31/1998