Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 5/12/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of May 12, 2003
- UAE First Lady in Egypt
United Arab Emirates's First Lady Sheikha Fatma Bint Mubarak arrives today in Egypt on one-week visit upon an invitation from Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak. United Arab Emirates-Egypt, Culture, 5/17/2003 - Amending the constitution, halting emergency laws, calls for comprehensive reforms in Egypt
Reactions continued in Egypt towards the call advocated by the main opposition parties in Egypt, which are al-Wafd, al-Tajamu', al-Naseri and al-Amal to form a "National Front" in Egypt, considering this to be an idea expressing national unity between all political forces including the ruling national party. Egypt, Politics, 5/16/2003 - Italian FM starts an official visit to Egypt by meeting with Mubarak
At the time when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday held talks with the Italian foreign minister Franco Farateini and members of the accompanying delegation, currently visiting Egypt, an Egyptian diplomatic source said that the Egyptian- Italian talks fall in the course of exchanging view points on means of implementing the peace plan in the Middle East known as "Roadmap" and Iraq's future after the war. Egypt-Italy, Politics, 5/16/2003 - One prisoner was tortured to death, 6 Egyptian policemen jailed
Judicial sources said that Almenya criminal court ( 250 km to the south of Cairo) issued prison sentences of periods between one to 10 years on 6 Egyptian policemen "for torturing one citizen while he was in custody, until his death." Egypt, Judicial, 5/15/2003 - Taba-Aqaba pipeline opens next month - pace to hot up for largest undersea gas field
Egypt's Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy and the Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohamed el-Bataina yesterday inspected the final phase of the project that will bring Egyptian natural gas to Jordan as from next month. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 5/15/2003 - Mubarak starts today a visit to Algeria, Morocco
A source close to the Egyptian Presidency announced yesterday that the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will start today a tour that will take him to Algeria and Morocco, where his talks will deal with the Palestinian and Iraqi files. Egypt-Maghreb, Politics, 5/14/2003 - Mubarak, Saleh hold telephone talks Egypt-Yemen, Politics, 5/14/2003
- Chirac invites Mubarak to take part in Evian summit early next month Egypt-France, Politics, 5/14/2003
- Egypt calls for Arab fund for trade exchange, investments, and development
The new fund targets upgrading Arab exports, decreasing imports, and replacing foreign imports by their Arab counterparts Egypt-Regional, Economics, 5/13/2003 - Powell and Maher hold press conference in Cairo
The U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has asserted his country's commitment to push peace process in the Middle East forward. Egypt-USA, Politics, 5/13/2003 - Maher's statement on peace in the region Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/12/2003