Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 11/15/2004
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of November 15, 2004
- Sharon apologizes for Mubarak, Egypt strongly deplores the killing of its soldiers
Egypt has strongly condemned the killing of three of its soldiers by an Israeli tank shelling on the Egyptian borders with Gaza and described by the Egyptian foreign ministry as an irresponsible act. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/19/2004 - Egypt inquires Israel in the killing of three of its soldiers
The Egyptian foreign ministry addressed an urgent message to Israel demanding an official explanation over the killing of three soldiers on the Egyptian territories by the fire of the Israeli tank positioned in southern Gaza. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 11/19/2004 - Hawas: Egyptian team examines Tutankhamon mummy Egypt, Local, 11/19/2004
- Sorour receives Jordanian FM for bilateral cooperation talks Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 11/18/2004
- Stock exchange trading hits L.E. 2.3 billion in October Egypt, Economics, 11/18/2004
- Egypt hosts 1st conf. for Human Rights Councils in the Arab states
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in cooperation with the Arab League will organize a regional conference on the status of human rights in the Arab states. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 11/18/2004 - Al-Gomhuria: Egyptian foreign policy favors Arab, African ties
Abul Gheit expounded that Egyptian foreign policies are based on five main pillars, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, Egyptian interests in cooperation with Nile Basin members and cooperation with Euro-Med states. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 11/18/2004 - Al-Assad, Mubarak discuss the situation in Iraq, Palestinian elections
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday made a telephone call with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and discussed with him the situation in Iraq and the Palestinian Presidential elections. Syria-Egypt, Politics, 11/18/2004 - Rasheed in Washington for talks on FTA
US Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Zoelick said that his country appreciated the positive steps recently taken by the Egyptian government towards economic reform. Egypt-USA, Economics, 11/18/2004 - 6.8 million tourists visit Egypt from January to October Egypt, Economics, 11/18/2004
- Mubarak gives directives for eliminating locusts swarms
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak entrusted Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Agriculture Ahmed El-Leithi with doubling efforts to combat the swarms of locusts that attacked Cairo and some governorates to prevent a disaster. Egypt, Local, 11/18/2004 - Program to modernize 100 factories following cancellation of quota system
The Industry Modernization Center started implementation of a major program to modernize some 100 factories working in textiles and ready-made clothes in a bid to confront foreign competition in a pre-step to cancellation of quota exports system as of 2005, said the center director Selim Al-Talatly. Egypt, Economics, 11/17/2004 - Religious cooperation between Egypt and China enhanced
Egypt's Minister of Awkaf (religious endowments) Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq probed with the Chinese ambassador in Cairo Wu Sike means to boost the bilateral relations between the two peoples in the domain of the religious affairs and exchange of visits for more mutual understanding and cooperation between Egypt and China. Egypt-China, Religion, 11/17/2004 - Cairo proposes new measures for creation of Arab FTZ
Egypt has proposed new measures for the implementation of the Agadir declaration providing for the creation of a free trade zone between Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 11/16/2004 - Al-Masri al-Youm: Egypt: some 700 Islamists extremists are released
One Egyptian daily said yesterday that the Egyptian government released in recent days 700 members of the Islamic group which fought the government in the 1990s before it gave up violence after that. Egypt, Politics, 11/15/2004 - Egypt scores oil agreements record
Egypt scored a record in the oil agreements concluded with world companies in 2003/2004, totaling 25 agreements that cover a space of 170,000 km to dig 109 oil wells during the concession period, said Minister of petroleum Sameh Fahmy. Egypt, Economics, 11/15/2004 - Trade exchange volume increases between Egypt, and Israel Egypt-Israel, Economics, 11/15/2004