Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 7/12/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of July 12, 2004
- Egyptian religious leaders sign agreement on Islamic-Christian dialogue
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese presided yesterday on the signing of an agreement on Muslim-Christian dialogue. Regional-Egypt, Religion, 7/17/2004 - Mubarak discussed with al-Bashir the situation in Darfur: we reject imposing sanctions on Sudan
The spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency, Majid Abdul Fattah, said following talks the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made in Cairo yesterday with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir that Egypt is studying dispatching of observers to Darfur district in the west of Sudan and is also rejecting the threats to impose international sanctions on Sudan. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/16/2004 - American congress rejects a proposal to reduce aids to Egypt
The US house of representatives yesterday responded to the call made by the US President George Bush administration, rejecting a joint attempt made by the republican and democratic parties to reduce the annual military aids dedicated to Egypt to the half, estimated at USD 1.3 billion, considering, this will threaten relations with Cairo in a critical phase. Egypt-USA, Politics, 7/16/2004 - Deposits in banks up by LE 2.93 billion in February Egypt, Economics, 7/16/2004
- American Congressmen calls for reduction of aids to Egypt, punishing Saudi Arabia
Several American Congressmen yesterday circulated a message on their colleagues demanding other members to approve to transfer 25% of the value of the annual American military aids to Egypt, estimated at 325 million Egypt-USA, Politics, 7/16/2004 - Two oil, gas prospecting agreements with US, Tunisian firms Egypt, Economics, 7/16/2004
- Egyptian intellectuals, politicians call for political reforms
Some 300 Egyptian intellectuals, politicians and artists representing all political trends in Egypt signed a statement for the nation calling for ending authority monopoly in Egypt and cancellation of the state of emergency and electing a president for the Republic and his deputy from people, directly and for a period of not more than two terms. Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2004 - Mubarak, Khatami confer by phone
President Hosni Mubarak and Iranian President Mohamad Khatami conferred by phone on Tuesday on a number of issues, especially conditions in Iraq and relations between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Egypt-Iran, Politics, 7/15/2004 - New Egyptian government takes oath before President Mubarak Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2004
- Al-Akhbar: Governors reshuffle to be declared next week Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2004
- After solving the complex of the ministry of tourism, Mubarak issues the new government decree
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a presidential decree issued yesterday evening approved the formation of the new Egyptian government chaired by the prime minister Ahmad Nazif, who is due to take his constitutional oath today. Egypt, Politics, 7/14/2004 - A limited influence for Jamal Mubarak on Nazif's government; government oath today
The names of members of the new Egyptian government chaired by Ahmad Nazif eliminated expectations that associates to the son of the President Jamal Mubarak who presides over the policies committees in the ruling national party, will control almost half of its seats. Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2004 - Egypt concludes 25 agreements with world oil companies
Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy said that the Ministry's plan has succeeded in luring international companies to prospect for oil and natural gas in Egypt, a matter which culminated in signing 25 agreements from February 2004 up till now. Egypt, Economics, 7/13/2004 - Plans to upgrade Egypt's national power grid
Within its strategy towards upgrading the national electricity network, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy has prepared four successive five-year plans from 2002 up till 2022 to establish a number of power generating stations with total capacity of 33,000 megawatts. Egypt, Economics, 7/13/2004 - Egypt calls for integration among African oil- producing countries
Egypt's Petroleum Minister highlighted the importance of fostering oil cooperation among the African countries for the welfare of the African continent. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 7/13/2004