Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 7/19/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of July 19, 2004
- Mubarak vows for a vaster people's participation in politics
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed a vaster people's participation in politics and taking more steps towards the market economy. Egypt, Politics, 7/24/2004 - Demands to expand the political participation in Egypt
Human rights and civil society activists demanded the freedom of forming Egyptian parties so as to ensure effective participation in the political life of all social strata and dismantling the ruling national party which monopolizes the political life in the country. Egypt, Politics, 7/24/2004 - Allawi hails Egypt's stance towards Iraq
Iraqi's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi yesterday thanked President Mubarak for Egypt's positive stance towards Iraq especially in the current crucial circumstances Iraq was passing through. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 7/24/2004 - Kidnappers of the 7 hostages extend the grace period, new demands, one Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad
One Iraqi armed group yesterday kidnapped the third ranking man in the Egyptian diplomatic mission to Baghdad at a time when a group detaining 7 hostages in Iraq -- three Kenyans, three Indians and one Egyptian -- extended a period that was announced for a Kuwaiti company where the hostage are working for 48 hours but announced new demands in order to release them including releasing the Iraqi detainees in the Kuwaiti and American jails and compensating victims of the American bombardment of Falluja. Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 7/24/2004 - Economic group probes companies privatization program
The ministerial economic group, formed recently by the Egyptian Cabinet, will probe in its coming meeting the government's full concept of the privatization of the state-owned companies and the financial status of the would-be sold companies. Egypt, Economics, 7/24/2004 - Egyptian embassy has no links to the kidnappers of the diplomat Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 7/24/2004
- Arafat receives phone call from Baz Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 7/22/2004
- Mubarak receives al-Faisal Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/21/2004
- Egypt's exports surge by L.E. 4.3 billion
According to a recent report released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), the aggregate volume of Egyptian exports to world markets reached L.E. 4.3 billion in January 2004, against L.E. 2.9 billion in January 2003. Egypt's total imports soared up to L.E. 6.5 billion in January 2004, compared to L.E. 5.4 billion in January 2003. Egypt, Economics, 7/20/2004 - Egyptian hostage in Iraq released
The national " Islamic resistance groups in Iraq" ( groups of the 1920th ) revolution said in a statement that it had release the Egyptian driver Sayed Muhammad Sayed al-Gharbawi who was held by the group in Iraq. The driver was taken to the Egyptian interests office in Baghdad. Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 7/20/2004 - Cairo conference will not interfere in Iraq's internal affairs; Baghdad: neighboring states fight the US on our lands
The government of the Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi who started in Jordan yesterday his tour in the region accused some neighboring states in wanting to fight the US on the land of Iraq. Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 7/20/2004 - Egypt, a regional hub for car industry
In line with Egypt's strategic location as a crossroad to three continents Europe, Africa and Asia, a host of executive measures are currently under way for transforming Egypt into a regional base for car industry and its export in the Middle East. Egypt, Economics, 7/20/2004 - Foreign Ministry seeks solution to Israeli closure of Rafah crossing Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2004