Arabic News Daily Page for 2/12/1999
Daily Edition - Friday, February 12, 1999
- Yemen, Britain try to repair their rift
Yemen and Britain seek to restore relations between them as well as to alleviate tensions that resulted from the deaths of British tourists after they were kidnapped by extremists in Yemen. Yemen-UK, Politics, 2/12/1999 - Morocco renews to Germany adherence to human rights principles
Moroccan human rights minister, Ahmed Aujjar, renewed in a meeting Thursday here with visiting speaker of the German Bundestag, Thierse Woldfgang, Morocco's adherence to human rights principles and the priority granted by the Moroccan government to the defense and promotion of human rights culture Morocco, Politics, 2/12/1999 - Palestinian higher education minister underlines difficulties in setting up universities
Palestinian Higher Education Minister Moundir Salah underlined the difficulties met by Palestinians in setting up universities in the autonomous zones. Palestine-Morocco, Education, 2/12/1999 - Al-Sharaa to visit Moscow on February 16
Moscow said on Thursday that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa will pay a working visit to Russia on February 16 and 17. Syria-Russia, Politics, 2/12/1999 - International conference for running and transferring technology in Cairo
Cairo will host on March 15 - 17 the eighth International Conference on Management of Technology, organized by the Egyptian Social Development Fund in association with the International Assembly for Management of Technology. Egypt-International, Science, 2/12/1999 - Ethiopia, Eritrea reject UN call to maintain control
Ethiopia and Eritrea both refused on Thursday the call addressed to them by the UN Security Council on Wednesday to end the war between them. Ethiopia-Eritrea-UN, Politics, 2/12/1999 - Abdullah and his wife, Rania, to be crowned in May
Official sources at the royal palace in Amman told the AFP that official protocols will be organized for the investiture of Jordan's King Abdullah as of the middle of next May, when the three-month mourning period on the death of the late King Hussein will end. Jordan, Politics, 2/12/1999 - Morocco adopts measures for more transparency in privatization
The Moroccan government on Thursday approved a draft law whereby wage-earners and pensioners of firms ceded to the private sector shall have the right to acquire shares in their firms. Morocco, Economics, 2/12/1999 - Iraqi Foreign Minister in Morocco
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Said Essahaf, arrived in Marrakesh on Thursday, for a visit to Morocco, part of an Arab tour. Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 2/12/1999 - French MP group will visit southern Moroccan provinces
A French MP delegation will visit shortly the Moroccan southern provinces to learn about the achievements accomplished by Morocco in the social, economic, medical and educational sectors. Morocco-France, Politics, 2/12/1999 - Arafat, Peres meet on developments in the region
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat discussed in Gaza on Thursday the latest developments in the region and the status of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government, which were frozen recently by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the pretext of the Israeli elections. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/12/1999