Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 12/1/2003
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of December 1, 2003
- Mubarak calls on Bush to maintain dialogue with Syria
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak called on his US peer President George W. Bush, in a telephone call yesterday, to maintain a dialogue with Syria in order to "preserve stability in the region and avoid further tension." Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/3/2003 - Mubarak, Burns discuss the situation in the Middle East
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday held talks with the US Middle East envoy William Burns that dealt with latest developments in the Palestinian territories and Iraq. Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/3/2003 - Mubarak, Moussa mull proposals to improve Arab League performance
He said that the proposals include radical amendments to political, economic, trade administrative and social sectors as well as everything pertaining to Arab action. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 12/2/2003 - Cairo inter Palestinian dialogue meeting postponed
The leading figure in the Islamic Jihad Movement Muhammad al-Hindi said that the inter-Palestinian dialogue which was due today in Cairo was postponed until next Thursday, giving no mention to reasons for the postponement. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/2/2003 - Mubarak rejects foreign pressure to implement democratic reforms
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday stressed that his country rejects any pressure under the pretext of disseminating democracy. Egypt-USA, Politics, 12/2/2003 - Talks to expand Arab gas line to Turkey to supply European countries
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said that talks are currently running to expand the Arab gas line to Turkey to become one of the gas veins that supply the European countries. There are projects of gas lines that aim at linking gas between Turkey, Greece and Italy in the frame of future integration and amalgamation between the regional markets of the Balkan and the Mediterranean regions. Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 12/2/2003 - Mrs. Mubarak to open inter-Arab investment conference Regional-Egypt, Local, 12/2/2003
- Mubarak appoints a new governor for the central bank Egypt, Local, 12/2/2003
- Egypt's electricity exports hit 847 million kilowatts per hour Egypt-Regional, Economics, 12/2/2003
- Ibrahim fears end of democracy talk; Bakrey files lawsuit against him
The director of" Ibn Khaldoun center for developmental studies" Saad Eddin Ibrahim, attributed the escalated campaign against him to his calls to link American economic aid to Egypt and countries of the region to implemention of democratic reforms. Egypt, Politics, 12/1/2003 - Egypt gas invests in Nigeria
Egypt Gas, on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Nigerian company, whereby Egypt will pump gas to the Nigerian city of Lagos at an estimated cost of 200 million dollars, the Egyptian government said. Egypt-Nigeria, Economics, 12/1/2003 - Pharaonic gate of Edfu Temple opens for first time since 2200 years
The Edfu Temple in the South Egyptian archaeological city of Aswan will receive visitors as of early next year at its original entrance that opens for the first time in 2200 years after the end of restoration and works in the monument built by ancient Egyptians. Egypt, Local, 12/1/2003 - Egypt: al-Wafd boycotts complementary legislative elections Egypt, Politics, 12/1/2003