Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 8/30/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of August 30, 2004
- Egyptian-Syrian summit within hours for discussing latest developments
Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad will arrive in Egypt in the upcoming few hours for talks with President Hosni Mubarak dealing with the dimensions of the international and regional position, developments of the Palestinian cause and the situation in Iraq. Egypt-Syria, Politics, 9/4/2004 - Training course for prisons' officers on human rights
A new training course will start tomorrow of the police officers who work at the prisons sector. Egypt, Politics, 9/4/2004 - Abu al-Gheit, Suleiman to visit Tel Aviv shortly; Egypt considers Israel's threats to Syria as unjustifiable
Egypt stressed yesterday that the Israeli threats to Syria are "against logic." This was expressed by the spokesman for the Egyptian presidency Majid Abdul Fattah. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 9/4/2004 - Khartoum exempts Egyptians from getting visas to Sudan
Sudan decided Wednesday to exempt Egyptian from getting visas to enter the country in accordance with the four freedoms agreement concluded between the two countries. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/3/2004 - Meeting of dialogue between Azhar, Episcopal Church start next week
Meeting of the annual dialogue between Al-Azhar and the Episcopal Church will be held next week with participation of Grand Imam Mohammed Sayed Tantawi and Canterbury Archbishop Rowan Williams. Regional-Egypt, Religion, 9/3/2004 - Egypt signs three oil agreements with Britain, Switzerland
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi signed three agreements for oil and natural gas excavation with British and Swiss companies on Thursday. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 9/3/2004 - Anti-trust law protects economic liberalization
The People's Assembly's (PA) Economic Committee yesterday gave assurances that the new anti-trust law would protect economic liberalization and encourage the establishment of big firms. Egypt, Economics, 9/3/2004 - Egypt discusses preparation for Arab telecom, IT conference Egypt, Local, 9/3/2004
- 400 statues inside Pharaonic tomb near Sphinx
Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said that the mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) under SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawwas unearthed an ancient tomb dating back to the 26th Pharaonic dynasty. Egypt, Local, 9/3/2004 - Argentine FM meets Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz
Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa met with Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz on Wednesday. Egypt-Argentina, Local, 9/2/2004 - Nepalese diplomat summoned over Katmandu attack on Egyptian embassy Egypt-Nepal, Politics, 9/2/2004
- Egyptian judicial organization accuses the government of violating the rights of the Shiite
The "Egyptian Initiative for personal rights " has accused the Egyptian authorities of committing violations against the Shiite rights in Egypt including acts of detention and torture. Egypt, Politics, 9/1/2004 - Mubarak vows to make comprehensive reforms in education
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt yesterday vowed that his government will make "comprehensive" reforms in the educational system so as to prepare the Egyptians for "a modern and open" future. Egypt, Education, 9/1/2004 - Fischer after meeting with Mubarak in Alexandria: the Palestinians have to collaborate to implementing separation plan
The German Foreign minister Joschka Fischer called following talks he had held in Alexandria with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the Palestinians to " collaborate" in order to implement the plan of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw from Gaza and four Israeli settlements in the west Bank. Egypt-Germany, Politics, 9/1/2004 - Sharon threatens the Palestinians, Egypt postpones its delegation visit to Ramullah
The Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon threatened of a "tough battle" against the Palestinian resistance following the two operations which targeted two buses in Beer Sheba to the south of Israel in which 16 Israelis were killed and other 100 injured. Israel-Egypt, Politics, 9/1/2004 - The National Council for Human Rights is considering a world conference for eliminating mines
Boutros Ghali, Head of National Council for Human Rights in Egypt is studying a formula that guarantees to the conference prepared by the Council on mines elimination to be stepped up as an international conference. Egypt, Local, 9/1/2004 - Nazif received German FM
Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif received yesterday German Foreign Minister Joscka Fischer, currently visiting Egypt. Egypt-Germany, Politics, 8/31/2004 - Azhar condemns kidnapping two French journalists Egypt-France, Politics, 8/31/2004
- AL-Azhar grand Imam urges Muslim youths to renounce bigotry Regional-Egypt, Religion, 8/30/2004