Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 8/18/1997
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of August 18, 1997
- Qatar, Egypt discuss enhancing investments Egypt-Qatar, Economics, 8/23/1997
- Pregnancy actually hidden drugs
Egyptian airport customs officers last Wednesday arrested a Syrian woman who tried to smuggle 2,000 vials of anti-sterility drugs into Egypt. Egypt, Local, 8/22/1997 - Ultimatum to obesity in Egyptian T.V
The T.V head Souheir El-Etrebi has recently sent a circular to all T.V departments threatening that "corpulent" female broadcasters will be denied a slot on the T.V screen. Egypt, Entertainment, 8/22/1997 - Divorce destabilizes Egyptian society
Sociologists are alarmed by increasing divorce rates in Egypt; they describe the trend as a time bomb endangering the society. Egypt, Culture, 8/22/1997 - Madrid grants trade attaches training
The Egyptian Ministry of Trade received an offer to train 19 trade attaches in theoretical, scientific, and organizational subjects connected with economic and trade domains. Egypt, Economics, 8/20/1997 - English for everyone
Egypt has made an agreement with the BBC to purchase the curricula for teaching elementary English. Egypt, Local, 8/20/1997 - Mad cow disease fears leave imports' fate in question
The food control Agency in Alexandria is attempting to find out what is to be done with 800 tons of imported beef. Egypt, Economics, 8/20/1997 - 120 Ministers in Alexandria chamber Jubilee next September
The Egyptian Mediterranean city of Alexandria will celebrated the 75th anniversary of its chamber of commerce on September 25. Egypt, Local, 8/20/1997 - Actor loves bathrooms close-by
Mohamed Tharwat, the renowned singer-turned actor had mandated a strange item in the contract of his new play, being staged in Alexandria. Egypt, People, 8/20/1997 - Tunisian-Egyptian youth committee
Tunisian Minister of Youth and Childhood, Mohamed Raouf El-Nagar representing his country's views on the Egyptian-Tunisian committee's agenda, will focus on boosting ties between the youth of both countries. Tunisia-Egypt, Politics, 8/20/1997 - Egyptian foreign minister prepares for next African tour
Amr Moussa, the Egyptian foreign minister, met with members of a team accompanying him on an upcoming multi-leg tour of Africa. Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Egyptian foreign minister urges Israel to abide by UN resolutions
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amer Moussa said abiding by implementation of international legitimacy resolutions and "land for peace" principle is the pivot of reviving the Middle East peace process. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - New Egyptian legislation to oppose street thugs
The Egyptian Interior Ministry has invoked an emergency law, enacted after President Anwar El-Sadat's assassination in 1981, and ordered the detention of 120 alleged offenders without trial. Egypt, Politics, 8/19/1997 - Egypt to perform Tunes from the East in Samarkand
A team of Egyptian artists will leave Cairo next Sunday to Uzbekistan where they will represent Egypt in the first oriental music festival. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - India grants 300 books to Egypt
Cairo University president Dr. Farouk Ismail recieved the Indian Ambassador to Egypt, Kanwal Sibal. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - Ismailia folk art event next Sunday
Ismailia's new governor Abdl Aziz Salama, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and chief of the general authority for palaces and culture Dr. Fawzi Fahmi will open the 8th Ismailia folk arts festival on Sunday. Egypt, Culture, 8/19/1997 - Man gets rough ride in women's carriage
A man received a beating on Sunday when he mistakenly got on the women-only carriage of a Helwan-bound underground Metro. Egypt, Local, 8/19/1997 - Egypt participates in auditing conference in Turkey
Ehab Elwy, head of the Central Agency for General Mobilization and Statistics (AGMS), left Cairo for an official visit to Istanbul Egypt, Local, 8/19/1997 - Mubarak says Syria will never quit one inch of Golan
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has affirmed that Syria will never accept other than full withdrawal from the occupied Golan. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 8/18/1997 - Ministry to deal with flood damage
The Ministry of Public Works and Water Recourse will deal with water pump breakdowns and repair br idges damaged by Nile floods. Egypt, Local, 8/18/1997 - Egypt establishes cinematic database
The National Cinema Center, chaired by Dr. Madkor Thabet, has decided to set up the first database on Egypt's documentary film industry. Egypt, Entertainment, 8/18/1997 - Man charged with attempted rape in Guiza
Police in Guiza filed an attempted rape and assault charge against an air conditioning technician for trying to rape a German woman. Egypt, Local, 8/18/1997 - Improved relations expected between Egypt and Sudan
Abdel Aziz Shedw, deputy speaker of the Sudan's parliament, said he expected a "real breakthrough" in his country's "troubled relations with Egypt." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/18/1997