Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 7/10/2000
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of July 10, 2000
- Head of opposition Sudanese alliance: Bashir deceived the people
Mohammed Ossman El-Merghani, head of the opposition Sudanese democratic national alliance assured that "the Sudanese tragedy is about to end, accusing al-Bashir's system of deceiving the Sudanese people and the neighbor countries." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2000 - Egypt-South Africa trade, investment vistas enhanced
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa on Friday said he will hand to South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki a message from President Hosni Mubarak during his three-day visit to South Africa, due to start Wednesday. Egypt-South Africa, Economics, 7/15/2000 - Agreement on extending UNSC soon, not possible
Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN Ambassador Ahmed Abul-Gheit voiced Friday his pessimism over the possibility of reaching an agreement soon on extending the UN Security Council membership. Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2000 - Egypt resumes air flights to Libya
Sources at the Egyptian airlines company announced that the company resumed its air flights to Tripoli on Thursday after the embargo used to be imposed on Libya was lifted since one year. Egypt-Libya, Economics, 7/14/2000 - Meetings of Egyptian - Iraqi commercial committee in August
Meetings of the Egyptian - Iraqi commercial committee will begin in August to study means of increasing Egypt's participation in fulfilling the Iraqi people's needs from the Egyptian products and goods. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Egypt: Syria will not give up an inch of its lands
Egyptian presidential political advisor for political affairs Osama al-Baz has stressed Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad's commitment to Syria's basic rights and his unwavering stances on stances and principles advocated by his late father President Hafez al-Assad. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Al-Mahdi calls for protecting Egyptian - Sudanese relations
The leader of the opposition Sudanese Ummah party and former Sudanese prime minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has called for strengthening the special relations between Egypt and Sudan and to foster its legitimacy on a vast people and official base to protect these relations from changes and ups and downs. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/14/2000 - 45,000 Egyptian scientists immigrate in 50 years Egypt, Science, 7/14/2000
- First trade center for Egyptian products in Ukraine
Egypt and Ukraine signed an agreement for establishing the first permanent trade center for displaying and selling Egyptian products in Ukraine to help Egyptian companies promote their products and guarantee the Egyptian exporters financial rights in the export process. Egypt-Ukraine, Economics, 7/14/2000 - Mubarak to introduce amendments to election Law
"The President affirmed that Egypt is a democratic country based on respect for the constitution and supremacy of the law," Al-Sherif said. Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2000 - Egypt's First Lady calls on women to vote in upcoming polls
Female participation in political life is one of the vital issues affecting the whole of society in general and women's lives in particular, Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak told a Cairo forum yesterday. Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2000 - El-Baz: Arafat's options in Camp David are limited
Osama El-Baz, the advisor of the Egyptian president for the political affairs assured that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is completely limited in Camp David summit of what the Palestinian people could accept as a minimum limit. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/13/2000 - A message from Mubarak to President of Togo Egypt-Togo, Politics, 7/13/2000
- Egyptian businessman establishes a tourist project in al-Aqaba
The Jordanian daily al-Arab al-Youm on Wednesday said that the Egyptian businessman and billionaire Najib Sawyers has bought a piece of Land in Aqaba, southern Jordan to establish a tourism project on it. The Jordanian paper explained that Sawyers bought some 74 hectares to build a tourism village including hotels, restaurants and luxury sites at an estimated cost of 1.8 billion Jordanian dinars ( US $ 2.5 billion). Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 7/13/2000 - El-Mahdi welcomes discussion between government and opposition
El-Sadek El-Mahdi, chief of the Sudanese Umma party welcomed the decision of the opposition Sudanese alliance for responding to Egypt's call to convene a preparatory meeting between the government and the opposition. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2000 - Arab latest technology production to face globalization challenges
Egypt's Information Minister Safwat al-Sherif said the new century globalization challenges can be met with distinguished Arab production, utilizing the latest communications technology, this came in statements Wednesday following the opening of Radio and Television Exhibition on the sidelines of the 6th Cairo Radio and TV Festival. Egypt, Economics, 7/13/2000 - Egypt demands two seats in UNSC for Africa
Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN, Ambassador Ahmed Abul Gheit said the expansion of the membership of Security Council will top the agenda of the UN General Assembly deliberations by the Heads of states and governments in the Millennium Summit, next September. Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2000 - UN report on Egypt's landmines problem
The UN report issued on Tuesday, focused on landmines problem and its adverse impact on the humanitarian, social and economic environment in Egypt. Egypt, Local, 7/12/2000 - Muslims, Christians have great interest in Jerusalem
Following the talks between President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Presidential Political Advisor Osama al-Baz said Egypt exerts good offices for continuity of negotiations and narrowing the gap between the two parties without prejudice to what is considered inalienable rights. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/11/2000 - Egypt expects $755 million oil surplus in 2000/2001
Egypt expects an oil surplus of $ 755 million for the fiscal year 2000/2001 (July-June) after earlier budget projections of a $ 450 million deficit. Egypt, Economics, 7/11/2000 - Egyptian economy grows at good rate
US Ambassador in Cairo Daniel-Charles Kurtzer Monday said the Egyptian economy is growing at a very good rate in the global economy. Egypt-USA, Economics, 7/11/2000 - Secretary general of French foreign ministry visits Cairo today
The secretary general of the French foreign ministers arrived today at Cairo heading a delegation to participate in the annual political negotiations which began today between Egypt and France. Egypt-France, Politics, 7/11/2000 - Merrill Lynch proves confidence in Egyptian Economy
In the first official comment on a report recently issued by Standard and Poor's (S&P) on the Egyptian economy, Youssef Boutros Ghali said that an outlook downgrade by the rating agency was no surprise to the government. Egypt, Economics, 7/11/2000 - Imam Muhammad Abdou the Innovator of the nation's thought
Imam Muhammad Abdou was a pioneering innovator of the intellectual revival movement in Egypt and the Arab East in the 19th century enlightenment. He was also one of the Islamic intellectuals who rejected conventionalism, believed in openness to other cultures and the innovation of thoughts and social, political and religious reform. Egypt, People, 7/11/2000 - Sudanese opposition agrees on a preparatory meeting with the government
The opposition Sudanese alliance ended its meetings yesterday in Cairo by taking a decision to fulfill Egypt's call for holding a preparatory meeting that comprises the government and the opposition assembly in coming month in Cairo. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Mubarak and Barak discuss the peace process before Camp David summit
The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak held a summit before Barak's heading to the U.S.A to attend a three-way summit that is to held tomorrow in Camp David between him and the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and U.S President Bill Clinton in an attempt to achieve a progress in the peace negotiations on the Palestinian track. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Head of Arab bloc in Knesset fears failure of the summit
Talab El-Sanae, head of the unified Arab parliamentary bloc in the Israeli Knesset hailed Egypt's pioneering role in the peace process saying that the policy of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is reasonable and is working hard to bring together the points of view among the parties of the peace process to reach a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East . Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Mubarak hopes serious Camp David talks, just outcome
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak Sunday voiced hope the upcoming Camp David Summit negotiations would be serious and that any agreement to be reached by the US, Palestinian and Israeli leaders there would be balanced and just. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Radio, TV festival to be inaugurated Tuesday
Egypt's Minister of Information Safwat Al Sherif will open on Tuesday evening the 6th session of the Cairo Radio and Television Festival. Egypt, Economics, 7/10/2000