Arabic News Daily Page for 2/9/1999
Daily Edition - Tuesday, February 9, 1999
- Al-Assad attends King Hussein's funeral, meets with several heads of state
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad last night returned home after a visit to Amman, where he took part in the funeral of King Hussein Bin Talal and offered condolences to King Abdullah Bin al-Hussein of Jordan and to the Jordanian royal family and high-ranking officials. Syria-International, Politics, 2/9/1999 - Morocco and Palestine to sign cooperation accord in higher education
Morocco and Palestine will sign Thursday here an accord for the consolidation of cooperation in high education, scientific research and related sectors. Morocco-Palestine, Education, 2/9/1999 - Lebanese resistance attacks Israeli occupation positions
Lebanese resistance forces on Monday attacked a joint Israeli - South Lebanon Army militia position in Sojoud area. A resistance statement said that Lebanese resistance forces killed or wounded three SLA militia members and destroyed the position's detachment. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/9/1999 - Exhibition in Florence to show the beauty of ancient Egypt
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed to the establishment of an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities in Florence, Italy to be held under the title "Fine Art in Ancient Egypt" from March 5 through July 4. Egypt, Culture, 2/9/1999 - Greece denies having had Ocalan in its territories
Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos on Monday denied reports that the leader of the Kurdistani Workers Party (PKK) was in Greece this year. Regional-Greece, Politics, 2/9/1999 - Morocco requests Arab Monetary Fund to conduct study on impact of Euro on Arab economies
Moroccan minister of economy and finance, Fathallah Oualalou, requested the Abu-Dhabi based Arab monetary Fund (AMF) to conduct a study on the impact of the Euro, the European single currency, on Arab countries' economies. Regional-Morocco, Economics, 2/9/1999 - Morocco has invested $ 146 million in 3,132 km of rural roads since 1995
Since the program of rural roads was launched in Morocco in 1995, a total of 3,132 rural roads were built for a total investment of 1.4 Bln DH ($ 146 Mln). Morocco, Economics, 2/9/1999 - Morocco elected vice-chairman of the Hague population forum
Morocco was elected here Monday vice-chairman of the Hague Forum on population held this February 8-12 to follow up recommendations of the world conference on population and development held in Cairo in 1994. Morocco, Politics, 2/9/1999 - Al-Hoss continues visit to Saudi Arabia
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss described his meeting on Sunday with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz as very positive and useful. Lebanon-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/9/1999