Arabic News Daily Page for 12/22/1998
Daily Edition - Tuesday, December 22, 1998
- Lebanese resistance escalate attacks against Israeli troops
A Lebanese resistance group on Monday detonated an explosive charge on the road to the Israeli occupation position in Zamraya in the eastern sector of south Lebanon while an armored patrol for the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army passed by, scoring a direct hit. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/22/1998 - Kuwait to host Afro-Arab coordination meeting
A Kuwaiti daily quoted a source at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry as saying that Kuwait will host in the second half of January 1999 an Afro-Arab coordination meeting at the invitation of Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad. Kuwait-Regional-Africa, Politics, 12/22/1998 - 85 percent of TB cases reported in Morocco are successfully treated
About 85 percent of the 30,000 Tuberculosis cases reported annually in Morocco are successfully treated thanks to the anti-TB program set by Morocco since 1991, a senior World Health Organization expert said. Morocco, Health, 12/22/1998 - Vigilance diminishes in Ramadan, Moroccan study reveals
Muslims fasting during the month of Ramadan see their vigilance diminish, especially at 9 A.M. and 4 P.M. Morocco, Economics, 12/22/1998 - Islamic Development Bank extended Morocco $236 million in 1997
The amount co-financed five development projects, including the construction of two dams in central Morocco, water supply and used water treatment projects, computerization of some administrations and construction of refrigerating centers in the airports of Casablanca, Marrakesh and Agadir. Morocco, Economics, 12/22/1998 - World Bank-Morocco ties most important in the region, WB official says
The World Bank (WB) vice-president for the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) said WB relations with Morocco are the most important in the MENA region. Morocco-World Bank, Economics, 12/22/1998