Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 3/15/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of March 15, 2004
- Training course for police officers on human rights
A training course on human rights at Egypt's Police Academy is to start on Sunday for 50 officers working in the Prisons Department. Egypt, Culture, 3/20/2004 - Mubarak receives Senegalese president on economic cooperation, development in Africa Egypt-Senegal, Politics, 3/20/2004
- Modernization program for pharmaceuticals mills Egypt, Business, 3/20/2004
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia to remove trade barriers
Saudi Minister of Trade and Industry Hashim Abdullah Yamani said Saudi Arabia and Egypt have agreed to remove obstacles before trade exchange increase towards achieving integration in various productive sectors in both states. Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 3/19/2004 - Mrs. Mubarak chairs board meeting of Integrated Care Society
The emphasis in the Reading for All Festival this summer will be on advice to parents and teachers on the problems encountered by children in reading and studying, Mrs. Mubarak said. Egypt, Culture, 3/19/2004 - Nile basin states rule out amending 1929 treaty
The Nile basin countries discuss today in Kenya projects on irrigation, electricity and drainage where they seek to reach a unanimous stand on important statistics concerning waterfall rates and amounts of Nile river waters. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/18/2004 - Al-Azhar Grand Imam lays down foundation stone for girls engineering faculty Regional-Egypt, Religion, 3/18/2004
- International organization lauds Egypt's hosting anti- circumcision workshop
An international official expressed appreciation for Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak for Egypt's hosting of the 1st regional workshop on enhancing social activities to combat female circumcision and cooperation by the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood in organizing the event. Regional-Egypt, Culture, 3/16/2004 - Syrian- Egyptian coordination for Tunisia's Arab summit
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher stressed the deep-rooted fraternal relations between Syria and Egypt. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/16/2004 - L.E. 10 billion in proceeds from military production in 4 years
Minister of State for Military Production Sayed Mishaal said total proceeds from the military production sector have hit L.E. 10 billion during the past four years, an unprecedented figure since the sector had emerged. Egypt, Economics, 3/16/2004 - Gas producers meeting winds up
The fourth Ministerial Conference of Gas Producing Countries agreed on Monday on the Egyptian suggestion to set up an executive office for the forum. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 3/16/2004 - Egypt's Mufti: strong rejection to outsider imposed reforms Egypt-USA, Politics, 3/16/2004
- Egypt-Brazil trade exchange volume up Egypt-Brazil, Economics, 3/16/2004
- Suez Canal not put up for privatization Egypt, Economics, 3/16/2004
- Mubarak meets al-Assad in a short visit to Damascus
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt arrived in Damascus on Sunday for a short visit to Syria. Mubarak was received at Damascus international airport by President Bashar al-Assad. Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, Information Minister Ahmad al-Hasan and the Egyptian Ambassador in Damascus also received Mubarak. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Egyptian MP speaker for implementing International resolutions
Speaker of the Egyptian Shoura Council Mustafa Kamal Hilmi has stressed the country's firm stance towards the necessity of implementing international resolutions. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/15/2004 - Sharon: we will not pay one penny to return back the Egyptian ambassador Egyptian companies export cement to build the wall
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he is not ready " to pay one penny " for returning back the Egyptian ambassador to Israel while Egyptian parliamentarians call for disclosing names of Egyptian companies and businessmen who exported cement shipments to Israel to build the wall of separation in the West Bank. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 3/15/2004 - 5000 year old antiques unearthed in Abydos
Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the funerary fence of King Hor A-ha (Fighter Horus), the first of the early dynasties' kings (3000 BC), and the remains of 10 donkeys believed to have been used to carry sacred items to the underworld were unearthed. Egypt, Local, 3/15/2004 - Mubarak keen on supporting international coordination in gas industry
Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmi said President Hosni Mubarak is keen on backing all steps for coordination on the global gas market. Egypt, Economics, 3/15/2004 - Kenya dismisses disagreement with Egypt on Nile waters Egypt-Kenya, Politics, 3/15/2004