Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 10, 2003
- Al-Baz: Syria opts for just and comprehensive peace
Egyptian President's Political Advisor, Osama al-Baz, has stressed that Syria opted just and comprehensive peace based on the international resolutions and "land for peace formula." Egypt-Syria, Politics, 11/14/2003 - Egypt: Two Bedouins injured while trying to sneak to Israel
Egyptian border sources said yesterday that two Bedouins were strongly wounded in a fire exchange with the Egyptian police on the border with Israel on Wednesday evening while trying to sneak to Israel on the back of a camel. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/14/2003 - Maher expects Bush to delay implementation of Syria Accountability Act
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher expected Wednesday that US President George W. Bush would delay the implementation of the "Syria Accountability Act." Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/13/2003 - 'Equal opportunities education' policy by 2005
An equal opportunities policy for education will be in place by 2005, Egypt's Minister of Education said yesterday. Egypt, Education, 11/13/2003 - Egyptian parliament accepts the resignation of 14 members
The Egyptian parliament yesterday agreed to accept the resignation of 14 of its members who had escaped military service duty. Egypt, Politics, 11/13/2003 - Milliyet: Turks prefer Egypt to Europe for tourism
Turkish tourists prefer to visit Egypt rather than European countries for the Lesser Bairam, it was revealed in a Turkish newspaper yesterday. Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 11/13/2003 - New natural gas find offshore Alexandria Egypt, Business, 11/13/2003
- Mubarak warns against attitudes to partition Iraq
Egypt's Presidemt Hosni Mubarak yesterday called on Israel to collaborate with the new Palestinian government chaired by Ahmad Qrei. He considered that the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon "is able to achieve progress on the road of peace" calling for "stopping violation of the Iraqi land and stopping any influence for any of the neighboring states," while he also warned against any conflict towards partition or cessation." Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 11/12/2003 - Egypt study alternatives to controling the Egyptian pound exchange rate
Egypt's Minister of Planning, Osman Mohamed Osman said that the Egyptian government is currently studying several alternatives to control the Egyptian pound exchange rate which lost 25% of its value since liberalizing the exchange rate by the beginning of the current year. Egypt, Economics, 11/12/2003 - Garang movement’s talks in Cairo fruitful Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 11/12/2003
- Syrian- Egyptian talks on improving trade
Syria's Prime Minister Naji Otari received on Monday the Egypt's Minister of Supply and Home Trade, Hassan Khedr and an accompanying delegation on bilateral relation and the necessity for increasing enhancing these relations through increased commercial, agricultural and industrial exchange. Syria-Egypt, Economics, 11/11/2003 - Final draft law for family court Egypt, Politics, 11/10/2003
- Qathafi phones Mubarak Libya-Egypt, Politics, 11/10/2003
- Hudeibi calls for a comprehensive political reform in Egypt
The general guide of the banned Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim Brothers) groups in Egypt Ma'moun al-Hudeibi has criticized ruling out his group from the national dialogue started already by the ruling democratic national party with the parties of the Egyptian opposition. Egypt, Politics, 11/10/2003 - Egypt has top priority in Mexico strategy towards Africa and Middle East
In an interview to Al Ahram, Mexican F.M. Louis Arnesto Darbees highlighted Egypt's important position in his country's strategy towards Africa and Middle East. Following is the interview text: Egypt-Mexico, Politics, 11/10/2003 - Maher: Our democracy does not need recognition
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher has considered that Egypt was the first in advocating democracy and proceeding into it in the Middle East, stressing that Egypt does not need a recognition of its role from anyone. The words of the Egyptian minister came in comment on the speech delivered by the US President George W. Bush he had delivered on Thursday on the promotion of Democracy by the US as a new emphasis of US policy in the Middle East. Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/10/2003 - Al-Ra'i al-Aam: Hashem legitimizes National Resistance against occupation
Former Rector of al-Azhar University, Ahmad Omar Hashem stressed on Friday that the national resistance against the occupation with its all forms is legitimate and can't be described as terrorism referring to the necessity for distinguishing between terrorism acts and the national resistance. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/10/2003 - Syrian- Egyptian closer cooperation ties Syria-Egypt, Politics, 11/10/2003
- Turkey discusses extension of Egyptian gas network from Syria to Europe
Syria's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Ibrahim Haddad and his Turkish counterpart signed last week in Damascus a meeting minute for cooperation in extending the Syrian gas network to the Turkish one. Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 11/10/2003