Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 6/28/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of June 28, 2004
- Egypt releases hundreds including one accused of killing al-Sadat
The Egytian official Middle East News Agency said that the authorities decided to release 567 prisoners including Hisham Abdul Zher Abdul Rahman, one of the political prisoners. Egypt, Politics, 7/2/2004 - Egypt calls giving up threats to punish Khartoum; bloody demonstrations coincides with Powell's tour, Annan in Sudan
Ten students were at least injured yesterday in Khartoum in clashes between the police and about 400 students from Darfour as they were taking the streets in a demonstration to hand over the UN secretary general Kofi Annan a message calling for an international interference in this district. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/1/2004 - Mubarak may returns back to Egypt by the beginning of the week Egypt, Local, 7/1/2004
- Maher: Israeli withdrawal from Gaza a first step
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher underlined that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip should be the first step in an Israeli complete withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian lands to June 4th 1967. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 6/30/2004 - Bush, Allawi congratulate Mubarak on success of slipped disc surgery Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 6/30/2004
- Extension of custody for 24 Muslim brotherhood members in Egypt
The Attorney General in Egypt renewed the detention of 25 members of the Muslim Brothers group, which is legally banned for 15 days after they were accused of planning to topple the ruling regime. Egypt, Politics, 6/29/2004 - Mubarak returns back to Cairo by the end of the week Egypt, Politics, 6/29/2004
- Mobilizing foreign finance resources to refurbish power plants
Funding new power plants and changing electricity supply rates via establishing new generating stations is a main target of the government's strategy to meet Egypt's long-term electricity demands. Egypt, Economics, 6/29/2004