Arabic News Daily Page for 12/10/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, December 10, 1998
- 800th anniversary of demise of Arab philosopher Averroes marked in Aordoba
The crown prince called for the need to return to these values of tolerance and co-existence and urged the world to draw inspiration from his life to build new relations based on cultural openness and permanent dialogue. Regional-Morocco, Culture, 12/10/1998 - Israeli jets raid south Lebanon
Israeli warplanes on Wednesday continued sorties over the capital Beirut and broke the sound barriers three times. Since the middle of Tuesday night, Israeli war planes have been carrying sorties in the skies of south Lebanon, the coastal area, the western Bekaa and the capital Beirut. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/10/1998 - Morocco's population growth stands at 1.7 percent
with a 28 million-strong population, population growth has started to decrease since the 80s as fecundity regressed from 6 to 3 children per woman in the period between 1977 and 1997 Morocco, Economics, 12/10/1998 - Morocco bans ocean fishing
Pelagic fishing will be banned in Moroccan southern coasts starting this December 11, Moroccan fisheries department said. Morocco, Economics, 12/10/1998 - Over 2.6 tons of cannabis seized in Morocco
Over 2.6 tons of cannabis were seized last week by the Moroccan police in two large scale search operations launched in the Larache region (Northern Morocco). Morocco, Judicial, 12/10/1998 - 41 countries back Moroccan candidate to WTO leadership, daily says
Some 41 countries back Morocco's candidate to the position of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the London-Based Asharq Al-Awsat daily reported on Thursday. Morocco, People, 12/10/1998 - Morocco well ahead in fight to avert Y2K computer bug
The experts noted that the situation in Morocco is not as complex as in other developed countries in view of the low level of automation in the North African Morocco, Economics, 12/10/1998