Arabic News Daily Page for 10/4/1999
Daily Edition - Monday, October 4, 1999
- Palestinian government arrests 40 persons accused of joining Jihad
The Palestinian Authority detained 40 persons in the West Bank thought to have relations with the extremist Islamic movement al-Jihad and thought to be relatives of the three members of the movement who fled from the prison on Saturday. Palestine, Politics, 10/4/1999 - President of Finland begins his visit to Israel
Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari met today with his Israeli counterpart, Ezer Weizman and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Israel-Finland, Politics, 10/4/1999 - Hawatemah ready to join talks on final status
The secretary general of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nayef Hawatemah, has reiterated his readiness to take part in the final status talks taking place between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, conducted on the grounds of the "land-for-peace principle" in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions 242, 338, 194 and 225. Palestine, Politics, 10/4/1999 - Palestinian leadership demands Israel to suspend settlements activities
The Palestinian leadership has called Israel to halt all settlement activities in occupied lands, Palestinian radio reported on Saturday. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/4/1999 - Moroccan and Spanish trade unions call for consolidation of technical and social cooperation
Spanish and Moroccan trade unions in a meeting held here last week called for the consolidation of technical and social cooperation. Morocco-Spain, Economics, 10/4/1999 - A crime every every 20 minutes in Kuwait
According to a study prepared by the planning and promotion department at the Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior, this rate came following monitoring of crime rates during 1998, following precise registration of crimes and smaller crimes. Kuwait, Politics, 10/4/1999 - European Union Supports Morocco's Agriculture with $ 28 Mln
The European Union's Med Committee has recently okayed the disbursement of $ 28 million for an agriculture development project in Taounate (300 km northeast of Rabat, says the European Commission's office in Rabat. Morocco, Economics, 10/4/1999 - Morocco hosts Cairo population conference's south-south meeting
Marrakesh is hosting this October 3-4 a meeting of the executive committee of "south-south" partnership stemming from the 1994 Cairo international conference on population and development. Regional, Politics, 10/4/1999 - Islamic group condemns Israel's using Aqsa mosque picture on wine bottle
The Makkah-Based Islamic World League condemned on Saturday Israel for placing the picture of the Aqsa mosque on one of its liquor products and naming it "Jerusalem 2000." Regional, Religion, 10/4/1999 - Acts of violence continue in Algeria
One Algerian policeman was wounded after he was fired on by a group of armed men in Tizi Ouzou district in eastern Algeria. Algeria, Local, 10/4/1999 - New York museum features OIC as special guest of Islamic show
The New York metropolitan museum of art on Friday night paid tribute to the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference by hosting a special exhibition of its famous Islamic art collection. Regional, Culture, 10/4/1999