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- Large fall in donor countries' commitments toward Palestinian Authority
Mohammed Ashtia, the general manager of the Palestinian economic council for development and construction, said the current year is witnessing a large drop in the funds flowing from the donor countries to the Palestinian National Authority from levels over the last five years. Palestine, Economics, 8/17/99 - Presenting Palestinian children to Israeli military court
Israeli military sources in West Bank announced that Palestinian children of at least the age of 12 will be presented to the military court soon, if convicted of throwing stones at Israelis. Palestine, Politics, 8/17/99 - An Egyptian woman gives birth in an elevator
The general hospital in the Egyptian City of Luxor witnessed an unusual labor when an Egyptian woman named Nafisa Mahmoud entered the hospital to give birth, as she immediately entered the hospital's elevator to be moved to the labor department. Egypt, Local, 8/17/99 - Jordan: Retina burns after the eclipse
Jordanian Minister of Health Ishaq Maraqa announced that the number of those injured with burns to the retina has increased due to the solar eclipse on last Wednesday. Maraqa said the total number of the injured increased yesterday from 8 to 12 cases. Jordan, Health, 8/17/99