Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 9/29/1997
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of September 29, 1997
- Egyptian union to honor Egypt's next Nobel laureate?
Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail, a chemical physics professor at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, will be honored by Egypt's Ain Shams University.Using pulsed lasers, Zewail and his group have devised techniques for catching atoms in the act of coming together and reacting to form molecules. Egypt, Science, 10/4/1997 - Restoring the biggest statue in the world
The granite statue, which depicts Ramses while sitting, weighs 10,00 tons and is 20 meters high. The statue is divided into a number of pieces for unknown reasons, though archeologists think that it was broken in the earthquake that happened 1200 years ago. Egypt, History, 10/4/1997 - Baker kills girlfriend
Egypt police pressed a premeditated murder charge against a baker accused of strangling his girlfriend to death and throwing her body into a ditch after stealing her jewelry. Egypt, Local, 10/4/1997 - Indian prime minister signs agreements with his Egyptian counterpart
The Indian Ambassador to Egypt Kanwal Sebal said that the two sides are studying other agreements in shipping, culture, and partnership in the trade and economic fields. Egypt, Politics, 10/4/1997 - Truck's plunge into Assuit canal kills 30 children
Frogmen recovered 6 bodies from the canal and they were still searching for more Egypt, Local, 10/4/1997 - Mubarak to mark 24th October war anniversary tomorrow
Mubarak's speech will be carried live on Egyptian TV's channel 1 with simultaneous interpretation on channel 2. Egypt, Politics, 10/4/1997 - New oil excavation agreements in maritime and land expected
L.E. 10 billion was allocated to implement projects in Alexandria during the coming three years in the field of refining and petrochemical industries and to set up maintenance companies with the participation of the private sector. Egypt, Business, 10/3/1997 - Botswanan Minister visits Cairo
The Botswanan Minister of Planing and Industry is currently in Egypt to discuss a number of important issues on the top of which is reaching a final formula of the draft projects for economic cooperation between the two countries. Egypt, Economics, 10/3/1997 - Pope Shenouda III rejects foreign intervention in Copts' affairs
The Patriarch of the Orthodox Copts of Egypt, the Middle East and Africa returned to Cairo after his tour of Britain, the USA, Canada, and Germany. In this tour he celebrated the opening of Coptic churches and met with Egyptian expatriates. Egypt, Religion, 10/2/1997 - Egypt waits out Turkish-Israeli exercises
Some news resurfaces of serious Iranian efforts to approach Egypt for military and economic cooperation in order to counter-balance what seems to be an inevitable Turkish-Israeli alliance. Egypt, Analysis, 10/1/1997 - Egypt denounces Mansour Al Kekhya abduction report
Cairo denied a report published in the Washington Post newspaper which alleged that Egyptian Intelligence Service agents kidnapped Libyan leader Mansour Al Kekhya. Egypt, International, 10/1/1997 - Islamic conference on Jerusalem in Cairo today
Cairo hosts today the annual Islamic conference for calling relief for the economic aid arm of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Egypt, Politics, 10/1/1997 - Insurance companies' investments reach record highs
The insurance companies' investments in the deposits and the treasury bonds decreased which is in line with the policy of the government aiming to support the stock exchange. Egypt, Economics, 9/30/1997 - Putting public sector companies up for sale before the end of next year
The Minister of the Public Sector asked the directors of holding companies to specify those companies whose shares could be circulated on the stock exchange and other companies that could be sold to one major investor. Egypt, Economics, 9/30/1997 - Azam Azam case not over -Israelis talk of military options
The Israeli officials used strong words in criticizing the sentence and the Egyptian judiciary system together with the future of the Egyptian-Israeli relations. While Some Israeli newspapers suggested the "use of the military option to liberate the hostages in Egypt." Egypt, Politics, 9/29/1997 - No peace progress without active US role, Mubarak, Weizman
Referring to a meeting to be hosted today by US Secretary of State Madeline Albright in New York between Israeli and Palestinian officials to try resume their peace talks, Egypt-Israel, Politics, 9/29/1997 - Egypt studies certificates to insure foreign tourists
The proposed certificates come among procedures aiming to preserve the tourist influx to Egypt and to remove the negative effects of the Egyptian Museum incident. Egypt, Economics, 9/29/1997 - Eritria's Afwerki postpones visit to Egypt
Because of a recent operation, Eritrian President Assias Afwerki has delayed his visit to Egypt which was scheduled to start last Saturday. Egypt, Politics, 9/29/1997