Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 3/13/2000

Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of March 13, 2000

• Egyptian - German consultations in April Egypt-Germany, Politics, 3/18/2000
• $28.5 billion in Egyptian external debts Egypt, Economics, 3/18/2000
• An Egyptian businessmen mission visits Washington
  40 Egyptian and US businessmen-- members of the US trade chamber in Cairo-- are starting tomorrow their annual visit to the USA, during which they are to meet with members of the US administration and congress as well as with representatives of international financial corporations. Egypt-USA, Business, 3/18/2000
• Egyptian - Tunisian committee to discuss commercial agreement on Monday
  Works of the preparatory meetings for the supreme joint Egyptian - Tunisian are starting on Monday. The supreme committee's meetings are to be held under the chairmanship of the prime ministers of the two countries on Wednesday. Egypt-Tunisia, Economics, 3/18/2000
• Egyptian director to present death of Diana and Dodi in a film Egypt-International, Culture, 3/18/2000
• Arab - Portuguese business council to be established
  It was decided to establish an Arab - Portuguese business council in Cairo. A statement issued by the Portuguese embassy in Cairo said a preliminary agreement has been reached concerning establishing this council during the visit of a delegation of Portuguese businessmen to Egypt during last week. Regional-Egypt-Portugal, Economics, 3/18/2000
• A draft for establishing Iraqi university for technology sciences
  The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education received a formal request from the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education to begin studies concerning the establishment of an Iraqi university for technology sciences to compensate for Baghdad's delay in entering this field due to the international sanctions imposed for 10 years. Iraq-Egypt, Education, 3/18/2000
• Four international offers to purchase Egyptian company for railway equipment
  The Egyptian holding company for metal industries received four international offers to purchase the Egyptian company for railway equipment, Simaf. Egypt-International, Business, 3/18/2000
• $400,000 in donations for Alexandria Library
  The US trade chamber in Cairo presented a perliminary donation for Alexandria library of $400,000. Egypt, Culture, 3/18/2000
• Prizes for Egyptian cinema to be announced in June Egypt, Culture, 3/18/2000
• Moussa in Washington today
  Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa is starting today a visit to the U.S.A. to prepare for the visit of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak which will begin on 25th till 29th of current month. Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/17/2000
• New chances for the Egyptian contracting companies in the Moroccan market Egypt-Morocco, Politics, 3/17/2000
• Egypt: El-Dair El-Bahari temple will open in March Egypt, History, 3/17/2000
• New economic laws to encourage the investment in Egypt Egypt, Economics, 3/17/2000
• The French ambassador in Cairo: No change in the French policy toward Middle East Egypt-France, Politics, 3/17/2000
• Korean markets opens up to Egyptian oranges Egypt-South Korea, Economics, 3/17/2000
• Egyptian human rights organization welcomes release of Islamic detainees Egypt, Judicial, 3/17/2000
• An Italian petroleum company invests 500 million dollars in Egypt
  The Italian company Edison decided to invest 500 million dollars in Egypt during the coming period that will be specified for oil discovery, gas manufacturing and preperation for exporting it or for use in the local market. Egypt, Business, 3/17/2000
• Egyptian computer software companies seek presence in Dubai City for Internet
  Many Egyptian companies in the computer software field are seeking to find a place in Dubai city for the Internet in the Emirates that has been set up by the Dubai government to be a regional center for data technology and electronic trade. Egypt-United Arab Emirates, Economics, 3/17/2000
• Al-Assad, Mubarak discuss conditions in the region Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/16/2000
• 120 projects in the free zones in Port Saiid Egypt, Business, 3/16/2000
• EgyptAir decides to purchase two Boeing 777 airplanes Egypt, Business, 3/16/2000
• Intensive campaigns by the Egyptian police Egypt, Judicial, 3/16/2000
• German tourists on top of list of tourists coming to Egypt
  A statement issued by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry said that the German tourists come on top of those coming to Egypt during 1999 and the beginning of the year 2000, as their percentage reached 73% of the tourists coming to Egypt and their number reached 100,000 during the last year. Egypt, Economics, 3/16/2000
• On the meeting between Mubarak and Clinton
  Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has announced that the forthcoming meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and US President Bill Clinton in Washington will center on several and comprehensive issues concerning Middle East peace and the situation in the region as a whole, the nuclear file and armament in the Middle East region. Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/16/2000
• Egyptian ambassador to Khartoum: Egyptian - Sudanese relations are fine
  Mohammed Asem, Cairo's new ambassador to Sudan, emphasized the strength of Egyptian - Sudanese relations and said they are currently fine and that there were instructions to open a new page to get over the summer cloud that affected these relations in the last period so that the relations came back to normal to achieve a continuous progress that responds to the two people's ambitions. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 3/16/2000
• Establishing 200 small projects for Egyptian youths
  The Egyptian Social Fund for Development, headed by Hussein El-Gamal, started executive steps for establishing 2,000 small industrial projects for Egyptian youths to provide 11,000 job opportunities with a finance of 100 million LE presented by Misr Bank. Egypt, Economics, 3/16/2000
• Egyptian civil associations allowed to establish small schools Egypt, Education, 3/16/2000
• 1 billion LE in foreign purchases on the Egyptian stock market
  The annual report of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Economy and Trade said the value of the foreign contributions to the Egyptian stock market reached 976 million LE during February in comparison to sales of 838 million LE, for an increase of 138 million LE. Egypt-International, Business, 3/16/2000
• Saudi praise for Egypt's efforts to serve its pilgrims Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 3/16/2000
• Shutting down more than 1,000 drug farms
  Efforts of the security bodies in the Egyptian Ministry of Interior in coordination with the armed forces resulted in terminating 1,148 drug farms in the south Sinai area. Egypt, Politics, 3/16/2000
• Four offers to establish new railway station between Aswan and Alexandria Egypt, Business, 3/15/2000
• Egyptian - Tunisian cooperation in artistic festivals Egypt-Tunisia, Culture, 3/15/2000
• Egyptian development plan 80 billion LE
  Investment of the social and economic development plan in Egypt for the year 2000 - 2001 are 80 billion LE in comparison to 71.6 billion LE in the last year. Egypt, Economics, 3/15/2000
• $53 million loan from Arab fund to Egypt Egypt, Economics, 3/15/2000
• Center for training Egyptian youths in data technology
  Under the auspices of the integration care association headed by Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the first center for training youths in data technology will be opened to fill the gap between the academic education and the work market for graduates of Egyptian institutes and universities. Egypt, Education, 3/15/2000
• Smuggling of gold watches frustrated in Cairo airport Egypt, Local, 3/15/2000
• Establishing the first tourism and hotel institute in Hurghada
  A set of private sector Egyptian tourism companies started establishing the first institute for tourism and hotels in Hurghada on 55,000 square meters to be designed in the Islamic architectural style and equipped with the most modern means of educational technology for teaching the languages and training students in the different hotel industries. Egypt, Business, 3/15/2000
• Mubarak gets message from Tunisian counterpart Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Tunis welcomes Egypt's joining to the Arab Maghreb Union
  The meetings of the fifth session of the committee for follow up and political coordination consultation concluded yesterday in the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry between Egypt and Tunisia headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Bin Yahia, who left Cairo yesterday evening. Tunisia-Egypt, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Report from Moussa to Mubarak on meetings of Arab foreign ministers Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Peace process to top agenda of Mubarak - Clinton summit Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Mubarak calls on Egyptian women to revitalize their political role
  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called on Egyptian women to join political life and perform their full role on equal footing with men. Egypt, Politics, 3/14/2000
• A call for a united Arab strategy to produce weapons
  The chairman of the higher commission for weapons manufacturing in Egypt, Lt. Gen. Salah Halabi, has called for drawing up an Arab strategy to manufacture weapons through investing the potentials of the Egyptian arms industry. He said, "We have to have an Arab tank, an Arab armored vehicle, an Arab antitank missile and surface-to-surface Arab missiles." Egypt-Regional, Military, 3/14/2000
• Egypt welcomes anticipated Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Egyptian - Indian diplomatic and trade discussions
  The political consultation session between Egypt and India started today in headquarters of the Foreign Ministry under the chairmanship of Nagi El-Ghatrifi, assistant foreign minister for Asian affairs, and his Indian counterpart, R.C. Calaha, who is currently visiting Cairo, and with the attendance of the two countries' ambassadors to one another. Egypt-India, Economics, 3/14/2000
• Moussa and the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Beirut
  Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has described the decisions taken by the Arab foreign ministers in Beirut as embodying a unified and supportive Arab stand towards Lebanon in confrontation of Israeli aggression. Egypt, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Egyptian general organization for books withdraws copies which said Jerusalem is Israel's capital Egypt, Politics, 3/14/2000
• Football: Egyptian Gandour to officiate European Nations Cup
  Egyptian referee Gamal Al-Gandour will officiate matches of the European Nations Cup (EURO-2000), to be co-hosted next summer by Holland and Belgium, the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced. Egypt, Sports, 3/14/2000
• International conference in Hurghada about third generation of mobile phones Regional-Egypt, Business, 3/14/2000
• On the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers
  The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am said on Sunday that a Syrian- Egyptian dispute took place between Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al- Shara and his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa, after which the Syrian foreign minister withdrew from the closed-door final session of the conference of the Arab foreign ministers which concluded its works in Beirut on Saturday evening. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/13/2000
• Moussa and Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon
  Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa has considered Israel's recent decision to withdraw from south Lebanon, with or without an agreement with Beirut or Damascus, as not intended to separate the Syrian and Lebanese tracks in the peace process. Egypt, Politics, 3/13/2000
• International conference for Egyptology at end of March Egypt, Culture, 3/13/2000
• Egyptian - Tunisian supreme committee to convene in Cairo next week
  The joint Egyptian - Tunisian supreme committee will be convening at the end of next week in Egypt headed by the prime ministers of the two states to support the joint bilateral relations between Cairo and Tunis. Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 3/13/2000
• Sound and light project to open in Abu Simbel in April
  Egypt's company for the sound and light decided to open the sound and light shows in Abu Simbel in April. Egypt, Culture, 3/13/2000
• Establishing an Egyptian city for technology of 70 million L.E investments
  The Egyptian government started in cooperation with numerous private sector companies executive steps to establish the Mubarak City for Technology in Borg El-Arab city (15 kilometers south of Alexandria) with investments reaching 70 million LE. Egypt, Economics, 3/13/2000
• Five Egyptian private companies request internal air trips rights
  Five private Egyptian companies for civil aviation asked for the right from the aviation authorities to organize trips among Cairo and the airports of East Owainat, Saint Catherine, Asuit, Alexandria, Aswan and Abu Simbel. Egypt, Business, 3/13/2000
• South Korean commercial delegation visits Egypt
  A South Korean commercial delegation in is due to visit Egypt today to search for Egyptian partners or agents in the Egyptian market. Egypt-South Korea, Business, 3/13/2000
• 1.1 billion LE for technological development in Egypt
  The Egyptian government decided to specify 1.1 billion LE for technological development. Egypt, Business, 3/13/2000
• No Secterianism Suspected in Al Kusheh
  Egypt's Prosecutor General has recently issued the commital order for suspects detained in relation to the incidents of violence in the Sohag villages of Al Kusheh and Dar as-Salam on December 31, 1999 and January 2, 2000 respectively. Egypt, Local, 3/13/2000
• First Egyptian company for cooperation with Comesa Egypt, Economics, 3/13/2000
• Lufthansa decides to increase its trips to Cairo
  The German airline company Lufthansa decided to increase its trips between Egypt and Germany from 14 to 20 trips per week starting from the end of March, adding four weekly trips on the Cairo - Frankfurt line so that the number of trips on this line reaches 14 per week. Egypt-Germany, Business, 3/13/2000
• $175 million loan to finance second Egyptian satellite
  Three banks agreed to financing a project to manufacture, assemble and run the second Egyptian satellite, NileSat 102, through a joint loan of $175 million. Egypt, Business, 3/13/2000
• 15 Egyptian companies offer to produce Viagra
  15 Egyptian medicine companies presented offers to produce Viagra locally to the Health Ministry, among which are 10 private-sector companies and five companies affiliated to the public enterprises sector. Egypt, Business, 3/13/2000

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