Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 3/1/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of March 1, 2004
- Mubarak, Chirac hold joint press conference Egypt-France, Politics, 3/6/2004
- Mubarak warns of dictated reforms without consultations Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/6/2004
- Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak leads Egypt's delegation to Arab Women Forum in Beirut Egypt-Lebanon, Local, 3/6/2004
- Sorour refuses invitation from head of the Knesset to visit Israel
Speaker of the Egyptian parliament, Ahmad Fatehi Sorour, yesterday refused an invitation from the chairman of the Israeli Knesset to deliver a speech before its members on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of signing the Israeli- Egyptian peace treaty which falls on March 23rd, stressing that he can not fulfill the invitation as long as Israel continues to occupy Arab lands and the " independent Palestinian state is not established." Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/6/2004 - Sanaa hands over Cairo Egyptian extremists
Yemen has handed over 6 Egyptians suspected to be extremists, including the former leader of al-Islam group, Sayed Imam al-Sharif, Yemen-Egypt, Local, 3/6/2004 - Muslim Brothers propose a reform initiative in Egypt
The general Murshid ( Guide ) for the Muslim brothers in Egypt, Muhammad Mahdi Akef, called for converting Egypt into a Parliamentary republic and the abrogation of the executive authorities of the President of the Republic. Egypt, Politics, 3/4/2004 - Egypt parliament speaker calls for Israel's withdrawal from Arab lands Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/4/2004
- Egyptian president starts tomorrow a European tour
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt starts tomorrow a tour to cover Italy, France, and Britain in order to feel the impulse of the three capitals on the position of the European Union concerning the American initiative to reform the Greater Middle East. Egypt-European Union, Politics, 3/3/2004 - Maher: Israeli Aggression is an obstacle for ME peace Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/3/2004
- Mubarak: reform steps are calculated
Egypt's President Mubarak said Egypt yesterday submitted an initiative for reforming the Arab League in cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Syria, expressing the belief that remaining Arab states would not hesitate to join this initiative that aims at reforming the Arab League. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/2/2004 - Saudi cabinet praises outcome of Mubarak's recent visit Somalia-Egypt, Politics, 3/2/2004
- Media production hits 1.5 billion a year
Information Minister Safwat Al-Sherif said in speech to a conference on Information and Multimedia, that Egyptian media was up to meet the challenges of today's globalization. Egypt, Economics, 3/2/2004 - Cabinet first session to discuss abolition of journalists imprisonment draft law Egypt, Politics, 3/1/2004
- News on scores of victims in clashes; Egypt escalates attack against Awlad Hanafi Empire
Clashes erupted between the Egyptian security forces and the gunmen in al-Nakheila village in Upper Egypt, erupted, as unconfirmed news reports talked about the killing of scores of persons in the attack launched by the police forces against those which it described as "criminal members of drug traffickers and weapons traders. Egypt, Local, 3/1/2004 - Egyptian exports to Britain, France, Italy hit 1.7 billion euros Egypt, Economics, 3/1/2004
- Al-Rajoub in Egypt to discuss outcome of Fatah meetings with Egypt Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 3/1/2004
- Egypt's population scores 70.548 million Egypt, Local, 3/1/2004