Arabic News Daily Page for 12/30/1998
Daily Edition - Wednesday, December 30, 1998
- Morocco will invest $ 100 million in road projects in 1999
Morocco will invest $ 100 million in road projects in 1999, Moroccan equipment department said on Tuesday. Morocco, Economics, 12/30/1998 - $2.7 billion to finance Arab Trade Fund in 1999
The Arab League's assistant secretary general for economic affairs, Abdul Rahman El-Sahibani, said that the Arab Trade Fund (ATF) has decided to specify about $2.7 billion for financing commercial processes among the Arab countries during 1999. Regional, Economics, 12/30/1998 - Libya denies funding Indonesian students demonstrations
Libya has denied the statement of general chairman of Indonesia's Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Abdurrahman Wahid, that it had financed Indonesian student demonstrations. Libya-Indonesia, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Polisario denies a substitute plan replacing the referendum
Sources of the Polisario front have denied the existence of a substitute plan replacing the organizing of the referendum in the Western Sahara. Morocco, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Tunisian parliamentarian describes APU meeting as objective
Chairman of the Tunisian Parliamentary Union who attended Sunday's urgent meeting of the Arab Parliamentary Union (APU), al-Tayeb al-Sheibani, said the APU meeting which was held in Amman were "objective and effectively expressed the burdens of the Arab nation." Tunisia-Regional, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Turkish-Israeli strategic dialogue
The Turkish Daily News on Tuesday quoted diplomatic sources in Ankara as saying that the coming round of strategic dialogue between the governments of Turkey and Israel will be held in February 1999 in Ankara. Turkey-Israel, Politics, 12/30/1998 - New Lebanese compliant to April Understanding committee
Lebanon has lodged a new complaint against Israel to the April Understanding Monitoring Committee. The Lebanese complaint indicates Israel's demolition of six houses and attacks on agricultural fields in Arnoun. Lebanon, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Israel continues attacks in south Lebanon targeting mountainous routes
Israeli occupied forces on Tuesday renewed their attacks on areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon and its western Bekaa. The attacks were accompanied by intensive machine-gun fire targeting mountainous routes which link al-Tuffah district to the occupied strip of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/30/1998 - 43 members of Islamic Group held in custody in Egypt
The State Security Court in Egypt on Monday decided to hold in custody some 43 members of the armed extremist Islamic Group (Gamaa al-Islamiyah) for 15 days under charges of being members in an unlicensed group and planning to topple the government. Egypt, Judicial, 12/30/1998 - Number of air trips between Amman and Tel Aviv to increase
An official source in the Jordanian company Alia, the Royal Jordanian Airline, said today that the coming year will view an increase in the number of the air trips for the company's airplanes on all lines, except the Amman - Hafia line. Jordan-Israel, Economics, 12/30/1998 - Iraq renews call on Arab states to lift embargo
Iraqi foreign minister, Mohammad Said as-Sahhaf renewed a call to Arab states to lift the embargo enforced against his country 8 years ago. Iraq, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Arafat dedicates first Palestinian navy base
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat dedicated on Monday in Self-ruled Gaza the first base of Palestinian navy. Palestine, Politics, 12/30/1998 - Beirut hosts conference on telecommunication modernization in the Arab states
Beirut will play host next February to a conference on the current status of the telecommunication industry in the Arab states. Regional, Economics, 12/30/1998 - Moroccan public health sector observes two-day strike
Moroccan public health workers, personnel, nurses and physicians, observe a two-day strike as of this Dec. 30 to protest the "authorities' indifference and failure to meet their grievances." Morocco, Economics, 12/30/1998 - King Hassan chairs religious ceremony marking 39th anniversary of late king Mohammed V Morocco, Local, 12/30/1998