Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 6/14/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of June 14, 2004
- Sudanese Minister: Road to Egypt to be completed in 22 months
Work on a road linking Port Sudan and South Egypt's Aswan will be completed in 22 months, Sudanese Roads Minister Mohamed Tahir Ailla said Friday. Sudan-Egypt, Economics, 6/19/2004 - Clark: Mubarak's warning on Iraq came true
President Hosni Mubarak's expectations that waging war on Iraq would create scores of Al-Qaeda-style terrorist organizations have turned out to be true, said Richard Clark, the terrorism combat department chief during Bill Clinton and George W. Bush's administrations. Egypt-USA, Politics, 6/19/2004 - French Foreign minister arrives in Cairo tomorrow
The French Foreign minister Michael Barnieh will arrive in Cairo tomorrow in his first official visit to Egypt which will be dedicated to discuss the Egyptian role in Gaza in case of an Israeli withdrawal from it. Egypt-France, Politics, 6/19/2004 - Egyptian-Sudanese company to develop River Nile course Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 6/19/2004
- Mubarak defuses rumors on his health conditions
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt yesterday resumed his activities by receiving the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei', and thereby defusing rumors on a grave deterioration of his health conditions. Egypt, Politics, 6/19/2004 - Maher: Egypt ready to train Iraqi army, police personnel Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 6/19/2004
- Sherif: Mubarak wisely leads reform process
Secretary General of Egypt's National Democratic Party (NDP) and Minister of Information Safwat El Sherif said that President Hosni Mubarak, the NDP leader, was wisely and courageously leading the process of reform in Egypt. Egypt, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Al-Ahram: The Egyptian government to quit by the end of June
In today's issue, the Egyptian daily al-Ihram said that the government of the prime minister Atef Obeid is expected to submit its resignation to the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before the end of June. Egypt, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Al-Baz Stresses that ME Peace is attainable by withdrawal of occupation forces
Egyptian President Political Advisor Ossama al-Baz Thursday said the just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East would not be achieved without the Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands, hoping the resumption of peace negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Egypt to export 1 million gas cylinders and cement to Burkina Faso
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali agreed with Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Youssouf Ouedraogo on exporting one million gas cylinders and one million tons of cement in addition to agricultural produce to Burkina Faso. Egypt-Burkina Faso, Economics, 6/18/2004 - American criticism for Egypt over its attempts to own and develop its military arsenal
Israel's supporters at the foreign relations committee at the US house of representatives made use of a session dedicated to the future of the American- Egyptian relations to launch a campaign against Cairo. Several members of the committee accused Egypt of developing its armed forces on the assumption that Israel is the enemy. Egypt-USA, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Maher rejects any attempt to change Arafat status as PNA president
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is the legitimate elected president of the Palestinian National Authority, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said on Thursday. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Mubarak meets with Qurei' today, Israel to besiege Gaza by water
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt meets today with the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei' in Cairo after he had on Thursday cancelled the meeting for unknown reasons amid news on the deterioration of health conditions of the Egyptian President. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 6/18/2004 - Cotton exports reach $ 91 million
Some 391,000 kantars of cotton worth $91 million have been exported since the beginning of the season to date, chairman o Egypt's General Authority for Cotton Arbitration and Assays, Abdul Halim AL-Attar announced yesterday. Egypt, Economics, 6/18/2004 - Egypt's Muslim brothers take part in the founding of a human rights center
The Muslim Bbrothers group in Egypt announce on Tuesday it had participated with figures representing various political trends from 15 countries in founding a new center for human rights. Egypt, Politics, 6/17/2004 - Egypt denies rumors on deteriorated health conditions of Mubarak
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday appeared at the Egyptian TV, to deny thereby rumors disseminated on having a health crisis. Egypt, Politics, 6/17/2004 - Sudanese Parliament approves four freedoms agreement with Egypt Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 6/16/2004
- Egyptian-Ethiopian committee convenes for 1st time in 15 years Egypt-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/16/2004
- Egyptian parliamentarians protest over preventing them from visiting detainees Egypt, Politics, 6/16/2004
- Petroleum Minister: Boosting local oil equipment manufacture inevitable
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi yesterday highlighted the importance of self-sufficiency in oil. Egypt, Economics, 6/15/2004 - Mubarak, Mbeki probe African issues Egypt-South Africa, Politics, 6/15/2004
- Israel complains over bad treatment of its diplomats at Cairo airport Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/15/2004
- Maher: Partnership initiative responds to our observations; Libya separates the Maghreb people from the Arab world
The Libyan Presidency of the Arab Maghreb federation yesterday considered itself not obliged to abide by the partnership initiative approved by the G-8 summit in the USA last week on reforms and democracy in the Arab world by announcing that there is " no relations between the Arab Maghreb " and what is known the " Middle East region," at a time when the Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher considered that the initiative " responded to many of the Egyptian observations." Egypt-Regional, Politics, 6/14/2004 - Alexandria University branch to be established in Sudan Egypt-Sudan, Education, 6/14/2004
- CAPMAS expects Egypt's population to reach 75 millions by 2007 Egypt, Local, 6/14/2004
- Archaeologists in Egypt unearth 5,000-year-old necropolis with 20 tombs
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that the Australian archaeological mission working in Ezbit El-Walda area have unearthed a 5,000-year-old necropolis with 20 well-preserved tombs in that site just outside Cairo. Egypt, Local, 6/14/2004