Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 3/17/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of March 17, 2003
- Egypt's Speaker of parliament: Signals of dark era
Egypt's Speaker of the People's Assembly Dr Ahmed Fathi Sorour Thursday said that the U.S. aggression on Iraq signals the start of a dark era in the history of humanity. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/22/2003 - Ghamrawi opens forum on trade, investment with China
Within the framework of efforts to beef up Egypt-China ties in all fields, Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) opens today a forum on investment and trade opportunities between Egypt and China. Egypt-China, Economics, 3/22/2003 - Egyptian- American negotiations to ensure financial aids
Sources close to the Egyptian government said yesterday that an Egyptian delegation headed for Washington to make negotiations with the US concerning a financial deal that will help Cairo to avoid the implications of the war against Iraq. Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/21/2003 - Mubarak holds the Iraqi leadership responsible for grave situation
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak held the Iraqi leadership responsible for the grave situation it has already placed itself in and "all of us." He criticized the absence of any genuine Iraqi effort in dealing with the confidence crisis resulting from the aggression against Kuwait. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 3/20/2003 - Egypt finds Saad Ibrahim as not guilty
The Supreme Court of Cassation in Egypt yesterday issued a sentence that found the Egyptian academic Saad Eddine Ibrahim as "not guilty" upon retrying him of accusation of defaming Egypt's reputation, in a report he wrote about Muslims and Copts and of receiving money from foreign sides, illegally and misusing these sums. The court also found not guilty other three persons with him. Egypt, Politics, 3/19/2003 - Egypt's planned National council for human rights a positive initiative
Recent National Democratic Party (NDP) proposals calling for abolishing hard labour in Egyptian prisons, canceling state security courts and setting up a national council for human rights, are good steps in the right direction towards political reform, experts agree. Egypt, Politics, 3/18/2003 - Mubarak gets a message from Musharraf Egypt-Pakistan, Politics, 3/18/2003
- Government to upgrade trademarks' database
Final measures to set up a database of local and international trademarks will be completed over the next six months, Mohamed Abdul Aal, Head of the Trademarks Department, an affiliate of the Ministry of Supply, said at the 43rd meeting of the Software Manufacturers Union yesterday. Egypt, Economics, 3/18/2003 - Egyptian economic delegation heads for the USA
A high ranking Egyptian economic delegation left Cairo yesterday for the USA to hold talks with American officials on financial and economic issues. Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/17/2003 - Mubarak confers with Burns Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/17/2003