Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 9/5/2005
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of September 5, 2005
- Great election victory for Mubarak, very low participation
Chairman of the higher committee for the Presidential elections in Egypt advisor Mamdouh Meree announced that the candidate of the ruling democratic national party, President Hosni Mubarak, won a fifth term of office for 6 years at a rate of 88.6% of the votes. Only 23 % of the those eligible to vote voted. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/2005 - Mubarak gains wider authority for reform
The Egyptian minister of investment Mahmoud Mohey Eddine said that the win of President Mubarak for the first multi-candidate Presidential elections in the country gives him a wider authority to make change at the economic and political levels. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/2005 - Siniora hails Mubarak's efforts to rebuild Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora hailed efforts exerted by President Hosni Mubarak in support of the Lebanese government and people for rebuilding modern Lebanon. Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 9/10/2005 - Egypt, Turkey boost tourist cooperation
The coming stage will witness an increase in the tourist field between Egypt and Turkey especially following the rise in tourist influx between the two countries. Egypt-Turkey, Economics, 9/10/2005 - Fahmy: Liquefied gas project records $128m profits
Egypt has made $128 million in additional profits after running a new liquefied gas unit nine months ahead of the scheduled date of operation, petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy said on Thursday. Egypt, Economics, 9/10/2005 - Nazif to inaugurate 10th Euromoney Conference
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is to inaugurate the Euromoney Conference to be held in Cairo Monday, September 12, under the rubric "shaping Egypt's Strategy till 2015." Egypt, Local, 9/10/2005 - Mubarak receives telephone call from al-Qathafi Egypt-Libya, Politics, 9/10/2005
- Hatshepsut visits three US states
An exhibition for Egyptian artifacts will be staged in three American states as of mid-October for three months under the title "Hatshepsut the Queen and Pharaoh." Egypt-USA, Local, 9/10/2005 - Mubarak heads for new term of office
The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is heading to win a new term of office in the first multi-candidate presidential elections, the authorities described as historic, while the opposition and other non-governmental organizations said it witnessed vast fraud. Egypt, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Washington: Egyptian elections are a historic progress
Washington on Thursday described the Egyptian presidential election as the "first positive strides," despite information about falsification operations in certain ballot centers. Egypt-USA, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Abul-Gheit: Arab coordination on holding anti-terror summit
He added that Egypt has recently sent a message to the UN Secretary General expressing its willingness to revive the issue through calling for holding an extraordinary General Assembly session to examine it. Regional-Egypt, Politics, 9/9/2005 - Rasheed: Free trade talks with US intensify
During his meeting with the members of the Egyptian-American Business Council under the chairmanship of Mohamed Lutfi Mansour, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed said that the Egyptian-American Business Council will play an important role in negotiations to establish free trade area with the USA. Egypt-USA, Economics, 9/9/2005 - Egypt, Cyprus sign MOU in communication, IT fields Egypt-Cyprus, Local, 9/9/2005
- Egyptian opposition talk of election irregularities
The process of counting Egyptian votes started in the first multi candidate presidential election to take place in the country amid accusations from the opposition and organizations of violations during it. Egypt, Politics, 9/8/2005 - Nazif: Future projects to boost Egyptian-Sudanese ties
The Higher Egyptian-Sudanese Committee will meet within weeks the implementation of the joint cooperation programs between the two states with emphasis on pharmaceuticals, agro-industries, education, mass media,building and river and railway means of transport as well as encouraging joint trade and investment. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 9/8/2005 - Sudanese FM: Mubarak issues directives for establishing Egyptian projects in south Sudan
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mostafa Othman Ismail said following a meeting Tuesday with Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul -Gheit that they discussed projects Egypt is implementing in South Sudan in line with the directives of President Hosni Mubarak. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/8/2005 - Abul-Gheit discuses Israeli withdrawal with Moratinos over phone
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul- Gheit Tuesday conferred over the telephone with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos on the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the steps that should be taken to complete the pullout, extend the Palestinian Authority's control over the entire Strip and resume peace talks. Egypt-Spain, Politics, 9/8/2005 - Abu Zeid: Protcol enhances irrigation upgrades
A protocol to enhance the renovation of barrages, dams and general irrigation equipment was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and the Arab Industrialization Organization (AIC). Egypt, Economics, 9/8/2005 - Nazif opens renovation project of Ibn Tulun mosque
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Monday night opened the Ibn Tulun Mosque together with Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni following a four-year long renovation project at a cost of LE 12 million. Egypt, Local, 9/8/2005 - Al chief and presidential elections in Egypt Regional-Egypt, Politics, 9/8/2005
- Siniora to meet Mubarak Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 9/8/2005
- Egypt-Cyprus cooperation in oil, natural gas
Egypt and Cyprus signed on Tuesday a joint cooperation protocol between the two countries in the domain of prospection for oil and natural gas as well as exchanging expertise. Egypt-Cyprus, Economics, 9/8/2005 - Mubarak orders military airlift to Americans stricken by Hurricane Katrina Egypt-USA, Local, 9/8/2005
- Mubarak faces two rivals in elections
The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 77 years old, seeks to assume a fifth term of office of 6 years period in the elections to be held today, following a constitutional amendment to permit multiple candidates instead of the referendum over one candidate chosen by the parliament as used to happen in the past. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2005 - Supervising elections conflict in Egypt
Hours before the launching of the first multi candidate presidential elections in Egypt, the administrative judiciary court said that judges, alienated by the presidential elections committee from supervising the voting operations, had the right to supervise. Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2005 - Irrigation Minister: Egypt can obtain additional quota of Nile water
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mahmoud Abu- Zeid said Monday that Egypt could obtain an additional quota of the Nile River water for its development projects. Egypt-Ethiopia, Economics, 9/7/2005 - Fahmi: Egyptian-Chinese Company to prospect for oil
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi said that the establishment of the Egyptian-Chinese company to operate inside and outside Egypt copes with the new Petroleum agreements signed by the Petroleum Sector with Foreign companies, 38 in number. Egypt-China, Economics, 9/7/2005 - Egypt denies Mubarak intends to visit Israel Egypt-Israel, Politics, 9/7/2005
- Business Week: Egypt's Minister Of Modernization a man on the move
Business Week reported about his business skills in pushing reforms thru, and that executives say he is always available to troubleshoot. "In the past, it took almost literally three years to meet a Minister," says Tarek Kabil, chairman of Pepsi-Cola Egypt. "I can meet him today if I have any issue." Egypt, Economics, 9/6/2005 - Israeli sources expect Mubarak's visit to Tel Aviv shortly
Israeli sources expected that the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will shortly visit Israel before the end of the current year. Egypt-Israel, Politics, 9/6/2005 - Al-Jazeera: Scores killed in theatre fire in Egypt
Scores of Egyptians were killed or injured in a fire that erupted during a theatrical performance in a cultural center in Bani Sweif city, in the center of Egypt. Egypt, Local, 9/6/2005 - Elections committee defies an Egypt court
The Egyptian Presidential Elections Committee which oversees the elections rejected to abide by the decision of "administrative district's court", on the right of the civil society organizations to participate in monitoring the election process, and ruled out the candidacy of Wahid al-Aqsari. Egypt, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Abul-Gheit: Egypt to host conference on national reconciliation in Somalia Egypt-Somalia, Politics, 9/5/2005
- Call to boycott the Egyptian elections
Six non-governmental Egyptian organizations called for boycotting the presidential elections or voting for any candidate other than President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, Politics, 9/5/2005 - Egypt: Priority for defending human dignity
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul -Gheit Sunday opened the annual International Program on Humanitarian Studies. Egypt, Politics, 9/5/2005 - $4.5 billion surplus in balance of payment
Egyptian economy achieved for the first time a surplus of $4.5 billion in the balance of payment in the fiscal year 2004/2005. Egypt, Economics, 9/5/2005 - Nazif: Egypt enters new stage of integrated health care
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif expressed the government keenness to provide medical care for all Egyptians. Egypt, Economics, 9/5/2005 - Al-Ahram: Nabil Fahmi: New measures for consolidating Egypt-US relations
"The new coming weeks are to witness measures for consolidating further bilateral relations between Egypt and the United States including the free trade zones establishment and boosting the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) agreement," Egypt ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmi said. Egypt-USA, Politics, 9/5/2005 - LE 30 billion national project for drinking water and drainge
Egypt's Ministries of International Cooperation and Urban Communities signed Sunday a cooperation protocol with Czech Republic. Egypt, Economics, 9/5/2005 - Bright star 2005 maneouvers start
Bright Star 2005 manoeuvres kicked off with the participation of 12 countries, chief of the Egyptian armed forces training authority Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mokhtar said Sunday. Egypt-USA, Military, 9/5/2005