Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/18/2002
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 18, 2002
- Production of recent oilfield in Suez starts this week
The Edfu oilfield in the Gulf of Suez starts this week with a capacity of 10,000 barrels per day (bdp), the recent oilfield discovered by British Petroleum (BP) last March. Egypt, Economics, 11/23/2002 - Egypt's chairmanship of the Arab Federation is quite a chance
Head of the Federation of Egyptian and Arab Chambers of Commerce Khaled Abu Ismail, said that the federation is the framework supporting the trade sector and giving weight to the potentialities of the chambers of commerce. Regional-Egypt, Economics, 11/23/2002 - Egypt: starting trial for an extremist handed over by Washington
Al- Zayyat said that the American authorities held Suleiman since three years and when they found there is no evidence against him they decided to deport him to Egypt without disclosing reasons behind detaining him in the USA. Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/22/2002 - Egypt launches home computer campaign
Egypt's Minister of communications and information technology, Ahmed Nazif announced the start of the 'computer in every home' in collaboration with the Egyptian company for communications, Misr bank and several local computer firms. Egypt, Education, 11/21/2002 - New privatizationsystem begins next week Egypt, Economics, 11/21/2002
- 'Crown of Mosques' much altered
The Mosque of Amr Ibn Al Aas, Egypt's oldest, is to be reopened in the last week of Ramadan after four years of restoration work. Egypt, Local, 11/21/2002 - French Bel expand investments in Egypt Egypt-France, Business, 11/21/2002
- Regional center in Egypt to coordinate the Arab electricity network
The Egyptian minister of electricity and energy Hassan Younis said yesterday that it was decided to establish a regional center in Egypt in order to coordinate among the electricity networking in the Arab states which are linked to one electricity grid. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 11/20/2002 - Maher, AL chief confer with Moratinos
Moussa explained that the "International community which take a tough position concerning the accusations addressed to Iraq to violating UN resolutions should take the same tough measure concerning the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people." Egypt-European Union, Politics, 11/20/2002 - Mubarak receives phone call from Gaddafi Libya-Egypt, Politics, 11/19/2002
- Al-Assad, Mubarak review Iraqi crisis, Israeli aggression, Arab soliderity
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and President Egypt's Hosni Mubarak held a meeting at al-Shaab palace attended for the Syrian side by the deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara, the minister of information Adnan Omran and the minister of communications Muhammad Bashir al-Munajjid. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 11/19/2002 - Osama Al-Baz four conditions for Arab-Israeli co-existence in ME
The Islamic Thought Forum Sunday evening turned into a crowded popular gathering of the lovers of science and culture. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/19/2002 - New privatization system begins next week
The government intends to apply a new privatization system when selling the state-owned companies, said Minister of Public Business Sector Mokhtar Khattab, adding that under the new system 6 companies: Niaza, Edfina, Simaf, Bata, Automotive Engineering and Kafr Al-Dawar Dyeing will be put for sale. Egypt, Economics, 11/19/2002 - Great pyramid comprises 1 million rocks Egypt, Local, 11/19/2002
- Mubarak warns against changing of regimes by force
President Hsni Mubarak of Egypt on Saturday called for subjecting the Israeli mass destruction weapons to the same inspection system imposed on Iraq. He warned against the attempts of investing the campaign to fighting terrorism for changing regimes by means of force. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 11/18/2002 - Satterfield concludes in Cairo his tour on the ME Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/18/2002