Arabic News Daily Page for 12/17/1999
Daily Edition - Friday, December 17, 1999
- FAO blames civil strife for food shortage in africa
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has said starvation is occurring in certain parts of Somalia as close to 1.6 million people in strife-torn country are cut off from relief operations. Regional, Economics, 12/17/1999 - Egypt signs international agreement on terrorism
Egypt signed an international agreement to prevent terrorist bomb attacks, a document that is to provide the needed legal cover for treatment of a rising phenomenon in recent years. Egypt, Judicial, 12/17/1999 - Mauritania's ambassador in Israel
An official source at the Mauritanian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that Nouakchott has decided to appoint Ahmad Ould Takadi as its ambassador in Israel. Mauritania-Israel, Politics, 12/17/1999 - Guinean president voices backing for Morocco's World Cup soccer bid
President Lansana Conte of Guinea on Thursday voiced his country's backing to Morocco's bid to host the 2006 soccer World Cup finals. Morocco-Guinea, Sports, 12/17/1999 - Egypt proposes cultural prize with US Egypt-USA, Culture, 12/17/1999
- Al-Sawarkah files case against Israel asking $3 billion
A northern Sinai court has decided to release a judgement in a case filed by the most famous Egyptian prisoner in the Israeli jails, Mahmoud al-Sawarkah, who was released by the Israeli authorities in February this year. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/17/1999 - Indonesian Islamic bodies demand government's consistency in closing vice centers
Some 200 persons from various Islamic organizations demonstrated in front of the City Hall here on Thursday, demanding government consistency in closing vice amusement centers during the fasting month of Ramadan. Regional, Religion, 12/17/1999 - African Super Cup match postponed
The African Football Super Cup match between Morocco's Raja club of Casablanca and Africa Sport of Cote d'Ivoire was postponed until next March 4 or 5. Morocco, Sports, 12/17/1999 - Newly-appointed foreign ambassadors hand credentials
King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, received in Rabat Thursday new ambassadors appointed in Morocco who handed him their credentials. Morocco-International, Politics, 12/17/1999 - 50 grams of Bango found in Cairo, other fugatives arrested
An investigation at Cairo International Airport caught the owner of a printing house, who came to the airport to receive his brother, with 50 grams of Bango in his pocket, and he admitted carrying it for his personal use. Egypt, Local, 12/17/1999