Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 1/10/2000
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of January 10, 2000
- Norway's prime minister
Norwegian Prime Minister Egypt-Norway, Economics, 1/15/2000 - A message for Moussa from the Algerian foreign minister Egypt-Algeria, Politics, 1/15/2000
- International committee arrives in Cairo for the problem of the land mines
A special committee affiliated to the United Nations will arrive in Egypt during February to examine the problem of land mines in the Egyptian Sahara. Egypt-UN, Politics, 1/15/2000 - Eight foreign ministers to visit Cairo soon
Eight foreign ministers are to come to Cairo starting with Hubert Vedrine of France, who is to arrive in Cairo on January 16 to hold expanded talks on the policy horizons in the Egyptian - French strategic discussion, which is convened for the first time on level of the foreign ministers. Egypt-International, Politics, 1/14/2000 - Moussa discusses peace process development with US professor
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met yesterday Dr. Shibley Telhami who holds the Anwar Sadat Chair in Population, Development, and Peace at the US University of Maryland. Egypt-USA, Politics, 1/14/2000 - Establishing a data center in the Egyptian investment organization Egypt, Economics, 1/14/2000
- Turkish prime minister assures his country's adherence to developing relations with Egypt
Fathi El-Shazeli, Egypt's ambassador in Turkey, said that Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit showed a great adherence and real desire to develop cooperation between his country and Egypt in all fields to achieve the two countries' joint interests, especially as the two countries are considered the two pivots of the regional stability. Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 1/14/2000 - Portuguese foreign minister arrives in the region
Portugal's foreign minister will arrive on Monday in Egypt on an official visit which will last for two days in the framework of his tour of the Middle East. Egypt-Portugal, Politics, 1/14/2000 - Israel detains three Egyptians Egypt-Israel, Local, 1/14/2000
- El-Azhar Sheikh receives Sri Lanka's new ambassador in Cairo Egypt-Sri Lanka, Politics, 1/14/2000
- Egyptian defense minister to make statement before People's Assembly on Sunday Egypt, Politics, 1/13/2000
- Presidents of Djibouti, Italy and Germany to meet Mubarak
Cairo will witness wide political activity during the coming week on the summit level. Egypt-International, Politics, 1/13/2000 - Investment climate, improved within 6 months
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the Tuesday meeting is the first of its kind in a series of meetings which would be held by the Ministerial Group for Supporting Investment, adding that these meetings would be held once a month with the aim of promoting the investment climate in Egypt within six months. Egypt, Economics, 1/13/2000 - Anniversary of Safiyya Zaghloul 'Mother of Egyptians' (1878-1946)
Safiyya Zaghloul, commonly known as the "Mother of Egyptians", is the wife of nationalist leader of the 1919 Revolution; Saad Zaghloul. Egypt, People, 1/13/2000 - Egyptian committee formed to make comprehensive economic survey of Al-Kosheh village Egypt, Politics, 1/13/2000
- Cabinet discuss Al-Kusheh incidents
In its meeting headed by Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid today, the ministerial committee reviewed the violent clashes that took place in the Upper Egypt, village of Al-Kusheh Sohag governorate on the eve of the new year. Egypt, Politics, 1/13/2000 - State Sovereignty's upper hand, not lenient with criminals
Prime Minister Dr. Ebeid asserted that the State's sovereignty has the upper hand and is not lenient with criminals. He added that the State is going to provide all harmed people in AL-Kusheh village with compensations, ranging between LE 1000 and LE 5000. Moreover, the State will also build houses and shops for those who lost sources of earning their living. Egypt, Politics, 1/13/2000 - Arab tour by the Egyptian president
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is getting ready to visit Jordan during the coming week to fulfill an official invitation presented by King Abdullah II. Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 1/12/2000 - El-Bashir receives a phone call from Mubarak Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/12/2000
- Vedrine due to visit Cairo on Monday Egypt-France, Politics, 1/12/2000
- Israeli foreign minister to visit Cairo in coming week
Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi is due to arrive at Cairo in middle of the coming week of to meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa to discuss the peace process development in Middle East. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 1/12/2000 - President of Djibouti to visit Cairo at the end of January Djibouti-Egypt, Politics, 1/12/2000
- Grand Sheikh, Pope Shenouda stress national unity
During the meeting, the two sides asserted that Egypt’s Muslims and Christians, joined under the umbrella of national unity, struggled together against colonialists since the 1919 Revolution and stressed keenness on preserving Egypt's security and safety. Egypt, Local, 1/12/2000 - Egyptian Attorney General heads to Al-Kosheh
Egyptian Attorney General Maher Abd El-Wahed is heading today to Al-Kosheh village on top of a judicial delegation to follow up the investigations in Al-Kosheh's events. Egypt, Local, 1/12/2000 - Egyptian medical reserves for confronting the flu Egypt, Health, 1/12/2000
- World Cup of sailing to open Friday in Safaga
The World Cup for sailing is to start on Friday in the Egyptian tourist city of Safaga and will last until January 22. Egypt, Sports, 1/12/2000 - International support for Egypt's draft resolution on disarmament
Egypt urges the UN to have a record not only of each country's import and export of weapons but also of its arms production. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/11/2000 - Exporting the Egyptian gas to Israel in two years Egypt-Israel, Economics, 1/11/2000
- Israeli foreign minister to visit Cairo
Egyptian Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Mohammed El Orabi convened with Zifi Mazel, Israel's ambassador in Cairo. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 1/11/2000 - New program to augment Egypt's annual exports volume to 10 percent
Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali submitted to Prime Minister Atef Ebeid his Ministry's export development program in the year 2000 which aims at increasing the volume of services and commodities exports to no less than 10 per cent annually. Egypt, Economics, 1/11/2000 - Confusion in the internal aviation in Cairo Egypt, Business, 1/11/2000
- University of Technology, gateway to new millennium
With the beginning of the third millennium, the foundation stone of a new University for science and technology has been laid down in the Sixth of October City to usher Egypt and the Arab world into the 21st century. Egypt, Education, 1/11/2000 - World Bank expects high economic growth in Egypt Egypt, Economics, 1/11/2000
- New Egyptian delegation for following investigation into EgyptAir crash
Mohammed Fahim Rayan, head of the EgyptAir company, stated that an EgyptAir Boeing 727 jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999 because the airplane's tail fell off Egypt, Local, 1/11/2000 - Suez Canal revenues increase Egypt, Economics, 1/10/2000
- Establishing 14 external fairs in seven months to develop Egyptian exports Egypt, Economics, 1/10/2000
- Egyptian coordination with eight major countries to establish world free of nuclear weapons Egypt, Politics, 1/10/2000
- Egypt gets ready to host first economic forum for Comesa countries Egypt, Economics, 1/10/2000
- Toshka celebrates its third birthday
A New Delta West of the Nile Valley Project of the 20th Century. President Mubarak has given the signal for the launching in the Western Desert of the Upper Egypt Master Development Project. Egypt, Politics, 1/10/2000 - Cairo hosts meetings of third Mediterranean forum for development
Cairo (Egypt) will host at the beginning of March the meetings of the third Mediterranean economic forum for development under the title, "A call for change - partners in the development." Regional-Egypt, Economics, 1/10/2000 - Egyptian government to sell its share of insurance companies
The Egyptian government is currently making restrictions and conditions for selling its shares in the joint insurance companies after reaching the real evaluation of the company's assets over six months. Egypt, Business, 1/10/2000 - Egypt participates in Tunisian leather fair
Egypt will participate in Tunisia's International Fair for Leathers that will be held on February 18 - 20 in the fair palace in the Tunisian capital. Egypt-Tunisia, Economics, 1/10/2000 - Concluding the rally of Paris - Dakar - Cairo in front of the pyramids
The Paris - Dakar rally will conclude on January 20 before the Giza pyramids which is extended for the first time to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the framework of Egypt's celebrations of the third millennium. Egypt-Regional, Sports, 1/10/2000 - Egypt drops below water poverty line in year 2000
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid stated that Egypt reached the water poverty line by the coming of the third millenium, saying that the individual's average share of fresh water reached 900 cubic meters annually, a decrease of 100 meters. Egypt, Environment, 1/10/2000 - Cote D'Ivoire Defeats Egypt in Football Trial Match Egypt-Cote D'Ivoire, Sports, 1/10/2000