Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/17/1997
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 17, 1997
- French - Egyptian businessmen meeting will be held next month
They chose Cairo to held their annual meeting due to their trust in the Egyptian economy and the success of economic reform program. Egypt, Economics, 11/22/1997 - Egypt to take part in UN Tajikestan conference
The conference will discuss the issue of reconstructing Tajikestan and supplying the necessary resources. Egypt-Tajikestan, Business, 11/22/1997 - The French foreign minister in Cairo on Wednesday
French Foreign Minister Hubert Verdine will arrive in Cairo from Palestine next Wednesday on a one-day visit, during which he will be received by President Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. Egypt, Politics, 11/22/1997 - Made in Saudi Arabia exhibition opens
Dr. Hashem Yemani, Saudi minister of industry and electricity, said, "The exhibition mirrors the time-honored Saudi-Egyptian relations." Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Economics, 11/21/1997 - Cooperation between Egypt and Belarus in various fields
Egypt and Russia (Ukraine) have discussed methods of developing commercial, economic, scientific and artistic cooperation between the two countries aiming to increase the volume of commercial exchange. Egypt, Economics, 11/21/1997 - Egyptian participation in travel fair in London
Dr. Beltagui is also expected to meet with the British minister of tourism and the state minister for consulate affairs. He will also take part in the Mediterranean-basin tourism meeting. Egypt, Business, 11/21/1997 - Cashier stole $22,000 US
A cashier of a public sector company in Alexandria confessed yesterday to stealing L.E 65,000 from the company's safe. Egypt, Local, 11/21/1997 - The victim child
A seven-year old boy in Asyut upper Egypt was caught in crossfire between two fueding families and was killed by a stray bullet. Egypt, Local, 11/21/1997 - American secretary of state stops in Cairo
Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state, stopped tonight to meet with her Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa, at Cairo airport, where they discussed bilateral relations. Egypt, Politics, 11/20/1997 - Amr Moussa warns Israel not to get involved in Iraqi crisis
Moussa refused to comment on the Qatari foreign minister's accusation directed at Egypt, saying, "I won't comment on the insult. We'll handle the situation." Egypt, Politics, 11/20/1997 - Libyan-Egyptian talks about oil
These talks concentrate on establishing 2 pipelines -- one to transferee the pure oil from Libya to refineries in Alexandria to be used in the service stations established by Libya in Egypt and another to transfer Egyptian natural gas to Libya. Egypt-Libya, Economics, 11/20/1997 - Mubarak: Egypt not involved in 1994 coup attempt Egypt-Qatar, Politics, 11/20/1997
- New Egyptian minister of interior moves decisively to improve security
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued a republican decision to appoint Major-General Habeeb Ibrahim Habeeb El Adly to be the new minister of interior Egypt, Local, 11/19/1997 - Saudi - Egyptian free trade zones
The joint Saudi - Egyptian higher committee will convene in April to pore over the executive measures of establishing free trade zones and ways of boosting economic and trade relations. Egypt, Economics, 11/19/1997 - Egyptian cabinet to privatize 16 navigation service companies
The Egyptian cabinet, headed by Dr. Kamal El Ganzouri, in its meeting on next Thursday will discuss widening the ownership base of about 16 companies. Egypt, Business, 11/18/1997 - Luxor Egypt, Local, 11/18/1997
- Mubarak in Luxor Egypt, Politics, 11/18/1997
- Signs of Egypt's economic success from World Bank
He said that the payback rate this year reached a standard level of 25% from the primary budget of companies before the end of next June, the highest average payback rate the bank has witnessed in Egypt. Egypt, Economics, 11/18/1997 - 2 brothers jailed for killing teacher
The Aswan-upper Egypt criminal court condemned two brothers to seven-year imprisonment terms for killing a teacher. Egypt, Local, 11/18/1997 - British Week in Cairo to increase the volume of commercial exchange
A senior official in the British embassy said that organizing British Week in Egypt is within the frame of the United Kingdom's interest in promoting and extending bilateral relations with Egypt. Egypt, Economics, 11/18/1997 - Egypt court sentences mental hospital officials over Farahat's bribe
A military court said it would not punish an Egyptian, already sentenced to death for killing 9 tourists, for bribing hospital officials. Egypt, Judicial, 11/18/1997 - Terrorists attack tourist bus in Luxor Egypt
A group of "terrorists" attacked a tour bus in in Luxor, a popular tourist region. Sources said that police forces battled the terrorist group, killing all six of the attackers. 63 civilians are reported dead. Egypt, Local, 11/17/1997 - Qatar critisizes Egypt for boycotting MENA
The Qatari foreign minister blamed the Egyptian authorities for the deterioration of Qatari-Egyptian relations saying that Qatar had tried to avoid any breach in those relations but that Egypt took a very negative position. Qatar-Egypt, Economics, 11/17/1997 - Egypt, Tanzania to boost ties
to speed up the implementation of agreements signed between the two sides, especially with regard to water resources, irrigation, the elimination of double taxation and investment guarantees Egypt, Economics, 11/17/1997 - Kuwait-Egypt to unify mobile phone systems
The agreement includes unifying the mobile phone systems in both countries to allow subscribers to use their sets in both countries and pay their bills in their homeland. Kuwait-Egypt, Economics, 11/17/1997 - Setting up an Egyptian-Moroccan free trade zone Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 11/17/1997