Arabic News Daily Page for 12/18/1998
Daily Edition - Friday, December 18, 1998
- Branson and Fossett take-off from Morocco on new world tour challenge
British Tycoon Richard Branson and his former archrival Steve Fossett lifted off this Friday from Marrakesh (Southern Morocco) on a new attempt to tour the world by balloon. Regional-Morocco, People, 12/18/1998 - Morocco hosts international seminar on road maintenance
An international seminar opened this Friday in Morocco to look into latest road maintenance techniques, funding and management. Morocco, Economics, 12/18/1998 - Moroccan Press Union condemns publishing by Moroccan weekly of interview with Netanyahu
The Moroccan Press Union denounced on Thursday the publishing by a Moroccan weekly of an interview with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu. Morocco, Local, 12/18/1998 - Morocco and Rumania to upgrade handicraft cooperation ties
Morocco and Rumania will set up shortly a joint committee in charge of promoting partnership between the two countries' handicraft sectors. Morocco-Romania, Economics, 12/18/1998 - Arab finance program grants Morocco $ 25.5 million credit
The Arab Trade Finance Program granted Morocco $ 25.5 Million credit line to fund sulfur imports from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 12/18/1998 - Moroccan and Spanish councils pledge to upgrade cooperation
The Moroccan national council for youth and the future (CNJA) and the Spanish economic and social council pledged to consolidate cooperation to give a new momentum to rapprochement between the two countries' civil societies. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 12/18/1998 - Islamic scholar denounces parcelling out of Muslim countries
The Syrian-born theologian said the self-determination principle should be applied to peoples under foreign colonial domination, as is the case for the Palestinian and Irish peoples whose calls for self-determination are legitimate. Regional, Politics, 12/18/1998