Arabic News Daily Page for 9/18/1998
Daily Edition - Friday, September 18, 1998
- Moussa receives Sudanese counterpart in Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met yesterday with his Sudanese counterpart Mustafa Othman Ismael in Cairo yesterday. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Arab League hails Moroccan king's efforts for Jerusalem
Foreign ministers of the Arab League member countries praised the efforts made by King Hassan II, chairman of the Jerusalem Committee, to safeguard the holy city. Regional-Morocco, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Spain fears more delay in Sahara referendum
Spain voiced fears that the self-determination referendum the United Nations plan to hold in the Sahara would be further delayed. Morocco-West Sahara-Spain, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Lebanese - Armenian business conference opens in Beirut
Hariri called upon Lebanese businessmen to take Armenia as the center from where to start activities to the countries of the Caspian states, which possess great natural resources and potential Lebanon-Armenia, Economics, 9/18/1998 - GCC foreign ministers to meet with international counterparts
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council will hold a series of meetings with their counterparts in the countries of the European Union, the USA, China, Japan, Russia, the countries of ASEN group and the group of Rio De Janeiro of Latin America. Gulf, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Yassin: Israel plans to assassinate Hamas leaders Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/18/1998
- UN fund trains Moroccan journalists in handling population issues
The UN Fund of Population Activities signed Thursday in Rabat a cooperation accord with the Moroccan communication department for the training of Moroccan journalists in matters of population and development issues. Morocco, Culture, 9/18/1998 - Moroccan minister meets chief of French Development Agency
Moroccan Minister of Finance and Economy Fathallah Oualalou, conferred in Rabat Thursday with Antoine Bouilleute, general manager of the French Development Agency on cooperation between Morocco and the agency. Morocco-France, Economics, 9/18/1998 - Belgian official stress potential of Moroccan-Belgian partnership
Belgian minister of state and chairman of the Liberal Reform Party, Louis Michel, who is leading a delegation to Morocco, said there is major potential in the partnership between his country and Morocco. Morocco-Belgium, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Spain insists cooperation is sole means of averting illegal immigration
The consolidation of relations between Morocco and Spain is "the only useful means" to settle the problem of illegal immigration via the Gibraltar strait, the Spanish Interior Minister said. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 9/18/1998 - Egyptian minister of finance: no new taxes
The conference of developing markets in the Arab world ended yesterday in Cairo after three days of meetings, in which experts from 35 Arab and foreign countries participated in addition to several world organizations and investment banks. Regional-Egypt, Economics, 9/18/1998 - Palestinian - Jordanian committee to meet on Saturday
The Palestinian - Jordanian joint higher committee is to meet on Saturday in Amman under the chairmanship of Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh and Mahmoud Abbas, the secretary of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Jordan-Palestine, Economics, 9/18/1998 - Lebanese resistance carries out operations against Israeli troops
The operations came in retaliation for the escalated Israeli aggressions against the Lebanese villages in the south. In a statement the resistance said one of its groups attacked a SLA position in al-Qasir. The resistance forces carried out a 20-minute battle with personnel at the position, and the confrontation resulted in achieving direct hits and destroying the position's frontal fortifications. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/18/1998