Arabic News Daily Page for 10/17/1998
Weekend Edition - Saturday, October 17, 1998
- South African businessmen discuss increasing trade with Egypt
Bruce Colowani, the commercial attache for south Africa's embassy in Egypt, said that a delegation of businessmen from South Africa will hold important commercial discussions in Cairo during the period from October 26 - 28. Egypt-South Africa, Business, 10/17/1998 - One million Egyptian peasants to cultivate Libyan lands
In press declarations today, the coordinator of youth foreign relations for the revolution committee's movement, Rafea El-Madani, said that Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafi announced Libya's great need for one million Egyptian peasants to cultivate and possess Libyan lands on the "Great Man Made River." Egypt-Libya, Economics, 10/17/1998 - Morocco to host conference on divergences between Moroccan and Dutch laws
Morocco will host in 1999 a conference on divergences between the Moroccan and the Dutch laws to study practical measures and proposals to handle legal problems facing Moroccan expatriates in the Netherlands. Morocco-Netherlands, Judicial, 10/17/1998 - Moroccan minister and international institute meet over quality control
Moroccan Minister of Industry, Trade and Handicraft Alami Tazi reviewed here Friday with a delegation of the Interterk Testing Service (ITS) partnership projects in quality control. Morocco, Business, 10/17/1998 - Moroccan jurist elected to war crimes court on former Yugoslavia
Moroccan jurist, Pro. Mohamed Bennouna, was elected Friday by the UN General Assembly to sit in a chamber of the international court in charge of trying persons who perpetrated serious international humanitarian law in former Yugoslavia. Morocco-Regional, Judicial, 10/17/1998 - Morocco expects tourists to exceed 2 millions this year
Morocco is expecting to exceed 2 million tourists this year and is poised to regain its share of the British tourism market, since in the first eight months of this year, 76,000 British tourists visited Morocco, said a Moroccan executive. Morocco-UK, Economics, 10/17/1998 - Suez Canal's income decreases Egypt, Economics, 10/17/1998
- US commercial delegation visits Riyadh Saudi Arabia-USA, Business, 10/17/1998
- Shamseddine calls for reviving Palestinian upheaval
The head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council in Lebanon, Mohammed Mahdi Shamseddine, called today for reviving the upheaval in occupied Palestine, saying that the spirit of the October's War is not ended yet. Lebanon, Politics, 10/17/1998