Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/24/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 24, 2003
- Ebeid set up fund for developing education, eradicating illiteracy of 2.5m citizens Egypt, Education, 11/29/2003
- Mubarak to receive Maltese President Egypt-Malta, Politics, 11/29/2003
- diplomatic activity for full truce between Palestinians and Israelis Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 11/29/2003
- Hard currency revenues up by 10 percent Egypt, Economics, 11/29/2003
- Egypt's oil exports hit over $147 m in August
Egypt's exports of crude oil and its derivatives hit more than $147 m in August, the Petroleum Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Egypt, Economics, 11/29/2003 - Some 50 international companies invest in oil, natural gas in Egypt
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said stability in the production of crude oil was realized for the first time this year after it witnessed a continuous plunge since 1994, adding that the daily production is now reaching 625,000 barrels, sometimes rising to 742,000 to provide local consumption and channel part for export. Egypt, Economics, 11/29/2003 - Resignations from Egypt's 'Ibn Khaldoun center' due to US finance controversy
Five Egyptian politicians and intellectuals submitted their resignation from the membership of the board of "Ibn Khaldoun Center For Developmental Studies " in protest of reports that the center will receive a part of the annual aid provided by the USA to Egypt. Egypt-USA, Politics, 11/28/2003 - Amnesty International: measures to ban torture in Egypt are not enough
Amnesty International on Saturday called for fighting the "phenomenon of continued torture and mal-treatment of prisoners." The organization which is concerned in defense of human rights stressed in a statement that despite of the positive steps taken by the ( Egyptian) authorities in the field of human rights, during 2002, it however, failed in preventing this persisting phenomenon. Egypt, Politics, 11/25/2003 - Mubarak receives message from Talbani
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received Saturday a message from head of Iraq's Interim Governing Council (IGC) Jalal Talbani on the latest developments in Iraq. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 11/24/2003 - Gates: Egypt, IT center in Middle East Egypt, Business, 11/24/2003
- Electric distributing transformers manufactured in Egypt
Ministry of Electricity and Power kicked off manufacturing and producing the dry electric distributing transformers at all kinds of potentials for the first time in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa. Egypt, Economics, 11/24/2003