Arabic News Weekly Edition for Bahrain, 2/22/1999
Weekly Edition, Bahrain - Week of February 22, 1999
- Two swords belonging to the fifth millennium BC discovered in Bahrain
The English language daily Bahrain Tribune reported on Wednesday that archaeologists discovered on Monday two swords dating back to Delmon's first phase (Delmon was a civilization which flourished in the Gulf region five thousand years ago and is still not cleared out yet). Bahrain, Culture, 2/26/1999 - Bahrain - tourism Bahrain, Economics, 2/26/1999
- Saudi Arabia reassert desire to establish security in Gulf area
Saudi Minister of Information Fuad Abdul Salam al-Farisi said that King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz, who presided over the meeting, stressed Saudi Arabia's continued desire and relentless efforts to unify Arab ranks, to give up inter-Arab disputes Saudi Arabia-Bahrain, Politics, 2/23/1999 - IDB approves $34 million dollars to finance Bahrain electricity project
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Bahrain signed on Monday an agreement to finance the purchase of $34.3 million worth of equipment to be used in the upgrading of Bahrain's electricity network. Bahrain-Regional, Economics, 2/23/1999 - Bahrain, Qatar border dispute may be closer to resolution
Manama stated on Sunday that the International Court of Justice has given the government of Qatar a grace period until May 30 in order to provide documents that back its claims in its border dispute with Bahrain. Bahrain-Qatar, Politics, 2/22/1999 - Manama hosts oil exhibition and conference
The 11th Middle East Oil Exhibition and conference was opened on Saturday in Manama. The exhibition is organized at the Bahrain's International Exhibition Center and will last for four days. It will be attended by 240 companies from 20 countries. Regional-Bahrain, Economics, 2/22/1999 - Key Shiite opposition figure tried in Bahrain
The trial of Sheikh Abdul Ameer al-Jamri, one of the prominent Shiite opposition figures in Bahrain, started on Sunday in Manama. Bahrain, Judicial, 2/22/1999