Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 6/23/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of June 23, 2003
- Reciprocated exempted fees between Jordan, Egypt
The joint Jordanian, Egyptian joint company for transport has exempted private Jordanian cars coming to Sinai from fees. Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 6/28/2003 - Egyptian parliamentarian demands Israel sign NTP Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/28/2003
- Maher leads Egypt's delegation to AU's foreign ministerial meeting Egypt-Regional, Politics, 6/28/2003
- Mubarak Scientific City chosen as location for Misr Sat
Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and minister of State for Scientific Research Dr Mufid Shehab said Friday Mubarak City for Scientific Research has been chosen as the location for the Egyptian remote sensing satellite (Misr Sat). Egypt, Science, 6/28/2003 - Sudan seeks Egyptian expertise in oil refineries, pipelines
Egypt's Ministers of Public Business Sector, Mokhtar Khattab and Petroleum, Sameh Fahmi left to Khartoum yesterday on several-day visit. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 6/26/2003 - Xerox vice president lauds investment in Egypt
US Xerox Executive Vice-President Carlos Pascual, said Egypt would have the main part of the new investments of his company in the coming period. Egypt-USA, Business, 6/26/2003 - Dead Sea canal not rival to Suez Canal
Egypt's Director of Planning, Research and Studies Department a Suez Canal Authority, Wael Qadoura, said the proposed canal the would link the Red Sea and the Dead Sea by Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, during the recent Dead Sea World Economic Forum, would not have any effect on the navigation in Suez Canal. Egypt, Economics, 6/26/2003 - CBE governor: surplus in balance of payments; banks to have quality loans and profit
Mahmoud Abul Oyoun, Governor the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said that the economic performance figures reflect a wave of activity, adding that it is time for Egyptian banks to achieve more profitability and growth after the exchange rate wee deregulated. Egypt, Economics, 6/25/2003 - On Egypt's basic commodity prices
Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid will head a ministerial committee today to discuss the creation of a new mechanism to achieve market stability and protect consumer rights, Minister of Supply, Hassan Khedr said yesterday. Egypt, Economics, 6/25/2003 - Maher: Palestinian truce within days; Fischer for European role in Roadmap
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher announced yesterday that he expects a truce agreement to be reached by the Palestinian groups within the few coming days, noting the Egyptian efforts in this regard. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/25/2003 - President Mubarak wants youth to look for private employment, not government jobs Egypt, Politics, 6/25/2003
- Burns: I asserted Bush administration's determination to implement roadmap Egypt-USA, Politics, 6/25/2003
- Mrs. Mubarak meets with ACCB members Egypt, Local, 6/25/2003
- Provisional release of Mustafa and Mahmoud Bakry; arrests of Muslim brothers
The Cairo criminal court yesterday sentenced the release of the two press journalists after accepting the appeal submitted in an earlier verdict to jail them for one year. Egypt, Politics, 6/24/2003 - Premier discuses with Shell president exploring for natural gas Egypt, Business, 6/24/2003
- Mrs. Mubarak launches strong initiative against FGM
The practice of female circumcision which is better known as female genital mutilation (FGM), is a thorny social issue, Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak told a Cairo conference Saturday. Egypt-Regional, Culture, 6/23/2003 - Baz calls for swift implementation of Middle East peace plan
Egypt's Presidential Political Adviser Osama Al-Baz yesterday left for New York for an official visit to the US. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/23/2003 - Opening of Al Azhar Al Sharif, June 22, 972 AD
Al Azhar is the grand scientific Islamic institute in charge of preserving, studying, clarifying and spreading the Islamic heritage. It is responsible for conveying the Message of Islam to all peoples. Egypt, History, 6/23/2003