Arabic News .com Daily Page for Arab News

Originally published November 30, 1999

Arab industrial and mining organization calls for subcontracting center
The 17th session of the executive council of the Organization for Industrial and Mining Development held recently in Rabat called for setting up an Arab subcontracting center. Regional, Business, 11/30/99
OIC vows backing for Middle East peace efforts
The secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Azeddine Laraki, has called on the international community to intensify international efforts to give a push forward to the Middle East peace process on all tracks and to work to resume negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks from the point at which they broke off in 1996. Regional, Politics, 11/30/99
Moroccan exports of handicraft items increased by 4.5% last year
Morocco's exports of handicraft items were worth $61 million in 1998, 4.5% higher than a year before. Morocco, Economics, 11/30/99
Morocco, Germany sign cooperation protocol on solid waste management
Morocco and the German North Rhine-Westphalia Land signed in Dusseldorf on Monday evening a cooperation protocol on solid waste management. Morocco, Economics, 11/30/99
Anti normalization committee established in Algeria
The preliminary committee of the national organization against normalization with Israel held its first meeting in Algiers on Monday in the presence of its constituent party and political figures. Algeria, Politics, 11/30/99
Canadian senate speaker winds up visit to Morocco
The speaker of the Canadian Senate, Gildas L. Molgat, on Monday wound up a visit to Morocco during which he was received by King Mohammed VI. Morocco, Politics, 11/30/99
Continued Israeli aggressions against south Lebanon
Israeli forces on Monday shelled the outskirts of Barachit town. Lebanese security sources reported the artillery's shelling was accompanied by mopping-up operations with machine guns. Lebanon, Military, 11/30/99
28 Algerians killed in massacres by extremists
Algerian official security sources said yesterday that 29 persons were killed in two separate massacres by Islamic extremists. Algeria, Local, 11/30/99
Israel protests not participating in Cairo International Film Festival
The Israeli embassy in Cairo sent formal protest to the Egyptian culture and foreign ministers for Israeli films being barred from participating in the Cairo International Film Festival by the chairman of the festival, Hussein Fahmi. Egypt, Politics, 11/30/99

Old Front Page