Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 6/14/2004
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of June 14, 2004
- Sudanese Minister: Road to Egypt to be completed in 22 months
Work on a road linking Port Sudan and South Egypt's Aswan will be completed in 22 months, Sudanese Roads Minister Mohamed Tahir Ailla said Friday. Sudan-Egypt, Economics, 6/19/2004 - Egyptian-Sudanese company to develop River Nile course Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 6/19/2004
- Morocco's development strategy, based on products, partners diversification, minister
Moroccan Foreign Trade minister, Mustapha Mechahouri, exposed, Wednesday in Sao Paolo (south eastern Brazil), the Moroccan development strategy in exports, saying it is based on the diversification of products and partners. Morocco, Economics, 6/19/2004 - Morocco loses 0.3 pct of GDP every year due to desertification, official Morocco, Economics, 6/19/2004
- Arab world counts 20 Million jobless
Unemployment affects some 20 million people in the Arab states, according to secretary general of the Council of the Arab Economic Union, Ahmed Jouweili. Regional, Economics, 6/18/2004 - Egypt to export 1 million gas cylinders and cement to Burkina Faso
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali agreed with Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Youssouf Ouedraogo on exporting one million gas cylinders and one million tons of cement in addition to agricultural produce to Burkina Faso. Egypt-Burkina Faso, Economics, 6/18/2004 - Cotton exports reach $ 91 million
Some 391,000 kantars of cotton worth $91 million have been exported since the beginning of the season to date, chairman o Egypt's General Authority for Cotton Arbitration and Assays, Abdul Halim AL-Attar announced yesterday. Egypt, Economics, 6/18/2004 - Morocco signs Free Trade Agreement with U.S
Morocco and the United Sates signed, in Washington Tuesday, the Free Trade Agreement, concluded after 7 rounds of negotiations that lasted 13 months. Morocco-USA, Economics, 6/17/2004 - Oil pipelines explosions in the south reduced Iraqi exports to the one third
For the second running day, Iraqi fighters attacked a procession for the occupation forces carrying contractors near Baghdad's airport and this resulted in killing many of them, while oil pipelines in southern Iraq were exposed to two attacks that resulted in reducing the exports to one third. Iraq, Economics, 6/16/2004 - Petroleum Minister: Boosting local oil equipment manufacture inevitable
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi yesterday highlighted the importance of self-sufficiency in oil. Egypt, Economics, 6/15/2004 - Syria, Gulf cooperation council sign a free trade zone agreement
Syria and the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) Sunday signed an agreement to establish a free trade zone. Syria-Gulf, Economics, 6/14/2004 - King Mohammed VI launches Mediterranean by-pass grounding works, youths compounds construction
Morocco's Kig Mohammed VI, accompanied by King Hamad Ben Aissa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, launched here Saturday grounding works of a 103 km section of the Mediterranean by-pass, linking El Jebha and Ajdir, which will take 56 will take around 4 years and a half. Morocco, Economics, 6/14/2004