Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 12/10/2001
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of December 10, 2001
- Al-Assad, Mubarak underline uniting Arab positions, demand immediate halting of Israeli aggressions
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who on Sunday held a short visit to Syria, held two meetings during which they stressed the importance of working to maintain an Arab united position in solidarity of the legitimate rights of the Arab nation. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Israeli aggression against Palestinians poses a threat to all countries of the region
President Mubarak returned home last night after a flight visit to Syria during which he had talks with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad on efforts exerted to contain risks threatening the security and stability of the Middle East region. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Mubarak's statements on current situations
"In any case, I sent with Maher a letter pointing out that his (Sharon's) strikes and sieges against Palestinians will lead no where. And more killing of Palestinians and Israelis will never achieve a lasting peace." Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Egypt makes $ 1.2 bln surplus out of oil Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001
- Mubarak receives message from Arafat
"President Mubarak delegated Maher to make efforts during the mission to ease pressure on the Palestinian people and leave the Israelis in no doubt about the Egyptian stand against their continuous attacks and occupation of the Palestinian lands," added Shaath. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Maher leaves for Doha today
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher leaves Cairo for Doha on Monday leading Egypt's delegation to the emergency meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), due to run for two days. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Maher :Israeli attacks on Palestinians inconsistent with desire for peace
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher yesterday said the continuation of Israeli attacks on the Palestinians was "inconsistent with any real desire for peace". Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Economic onented Talks in Washington
Egyptian Foreign Trade Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali said that his talks in Washington focused on three main topics. Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001 - US official carries proposals to help Egypt's economy
"Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Alan Larson, will have talks with senior Egyptian officials Monday. He is carrying a number of proposals to help the Egyptian economy cushion the effects of the September 11 incidents," said spokesman for the US Embassy in Cairo. Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001 - Steps to confront impact of world crisis on Egypt's economy
US Vice-President Dick Cheney last week conferred with the delegation of the Egyptian-US Chamber of Commerce, which was on a visit to Washington, on means of pushing forward economic cooperation between the two countries during the current stage. Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001 - Ebeid: No decisions or administrative measures to fix exchange market
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said that the government will not interfere in the exchange market in order to avoid causing a turbulence. Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001 - Rationalizing and not restricting imports one of Egypt's highest priorities
The government has reiterated this week that there are no plans for restricting imports, yet it is seeking to draw up a scheme on rationalizing them in a bid to stand up to the extraordinary conditions currently facing the Egyptian economy. Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001 - Egypt achieves some gains
Although making some concessions to convince the developing countries of launching a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, the developed countries have succeeded to get the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference recently held in Doha out of the bottleneck. Egypt, Politics, 12/10/2001 - Plan to reconstruct temple of Tel Bassta near Zagazig
The position of Tel Bassta was of paramount importance because it is located at the centre of the meeting point of the main trade route linking Egypt to its neighboring countries in the east with the Nile route. Egypt, History, 12/10/2001 - Beheira needs museum to host antiquities heaped in its storehouses
The success realized by several archeological teams in the governorates of Beheira proving that the governorate abounds in monuments pertaining to different ages from the pre-historic to the Roman Age has prompted officials of the supreme council of antiquities to approve conducting excavations at a number of sites. Egypt, History, 12/10/2001 - Statue of Mut, goddess of motherhood, unearthed at Karnak
A team of archaeologists of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) has found at Mut temple, south of the Karnak complex in Luxor, a black granite statue of Mut, the goddess of motherhood in addition to a stele of sand stone bearing a hieroglyphic text which dates back to the age of Ramsis 111 founder of the 20th dynasty. Egypt, History, 12/10/2001