Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 7/7/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of July 7, 2003
- Egypt new strategy to sieze economic opportunities in Africa
Egypt is adopting a new strategy for enhancing economic and trade relations with the African countries, said Sherif Maged adviser to the Egyptian minister of foreign trade for African affairs. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 7/12/2003 - Egypt’s illiteracy rate reduced to 29.8 percent
An official denied reports that Egypt’s illiteracy reached 44 per cent of population, revising the percentage down to 29.8. Egypt, Education, 7/12/2003 - Egyptian mediation between Israel and the Palestinians
The chairman of the Egyptian intelligence Lt. Gen. Omar Suleiman will head for the city of Ramullah in the West Bank and Gaza within 48 hours in order to lead the Egyptian efforts aiming at fixing the Palestinian truce, despite the rejection of the government of Israel to implement affiliated obligations concerning the implementation of the Roadmap to peace. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/12/2003 - Egyptian-Sudanese water ventures under discussion Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/11/2003
- Mubarak, Abdullah inaugurate gas pipeline on July 27th
Jordanian minister of energy Muhammad al-Bayeynah said yesterday that the Jordanian King Abdullah II and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate on July 27th the Jordanian- Egyptian joint gas project between the two cities in Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan. Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 7/11/2003 - Egypt delegation for saving the truce; Israelis harassment of Palestinian farmers
An Egyptian delegation arrived in Gaza yesterday in a bid to nave the Palestinian truce from collapse at the time when the Palestinian leadership is exerting intensive efforts for containing the domestic front after Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen threatened to resign. Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/10/2003 - Biggest natural gas find in Egypt's Western Desert
Apache Corporation Monday said it discovered its most significant find to date in Egypt's western desert. Egypt, Economics, 7/9/2003 - Nissan to help Egypt's role in car manufacture
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid, discussed with Nissan car manufacture executive director, Carlos Ghosn, the domestic manufacture of cars and expansion in this domain at a strategic field. Egypt-Japan, Business, 7/9/2003 - Al- Baz underlines importance of Syrian- Egyptian summit Syria-Egypt, Politics, 7/9/2003
- New telecommunication investments hitting $ 286 million
Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (IT) estimated investments of 5 international companies in Egypt in the telecommunications field until the year 2006 at $ 286 million. These investments will provide 884 career opportunities for the fresh graduates. Egypt, Economics, 7/9/2003 - Al-Assad- Mubarak for end of occuation in Palestine and Iraq
A joint press statement was issued at the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Cairo. It says: In line with the brotherly invitation of President Hosni Mubarak, President Bashar al-Assad paid yesterday a short visit to Cairo. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/8/2003 - Sudan's VP: Sudanese-Egyptian relations to see landmark boom Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/8/2003
- Mubarak calls on Israel to abide by ME peace requirements Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/8/2003
- Egyptian banks set for applying Basel provisions
Egyt's Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Mahmoud Abul Oyoun said that the banking system sets for applying Basel 2 provisions till the year 2006 pertaining to the capital adequacy rate, appropriations and market hazards. Egypt, Economics, 7/8/2003 - 150M. Euro for second stage of Nubariya power station
The extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of the Electricity Holding Company Monday approved under Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis an agreement on a loan of 150 million euros offered by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance the second stage of the 750-megawatt Nubariya power station project. Egypt-European Union, Economics, 7/8/2003 - Four hydraulic power stations on Nile barrages Egypt, Economics, 7/8/2003
- Syrian- Egyptian summit today in Cairo Egypt-Syria, Politics, 7/7/2003
- Al-Baz calls for enhancing Egyptian- Sudanese relations Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/7/2003
- Israel dodges implementation of roadmap, Sorour tells German parliamentarians Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/7/2003
- Queen of Spain opens exhibition on bibliotheca Alexandrina Egypt-Spain, Local, 7/7/2003
- Gowhar As-Siqqili, Founder of Al-Mo'ez' Cairo
For a long time, to rule Egypt has been a dream of Fatimid Caliphs who founded their State in Arab Magrib. One of their goals was to establish a strong state to stand against the Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq. So, the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mo'ez Lidin Ellah sent an army of 100,000 soldiers under the leadership of Gowhar El-Siqqili (Abu Al-Hassan Gowhar Ibn Abdullah) who marched from Al-Mahdia City the capital of Fatimid State towards Egypt in February 969 AD. It took the Fatimid Caliph years to prepare that army and 24 million dinars were spent on preparations including pavement of roads and digging wells. Egypt, History, 7/7/2003