Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 8/23/1999
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of August 23, 1999
- Pope of Vatican to Iraq on December Iraq-Vatican, Politics, 8/28/1999
- Tareq Aziz does not attend Italian event
A London-based daily quoted well-informed Italian sources as saying that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz declined to come to the Italian capital on Friday to take part in a seminar organised by one of the rightist Italian parties. Iraq, Politics, 8/28/1999 - Iraqi speaker visits Pakistan Iraq-Pakistan, Politics, 8/27/1999
- Kuwait agrees to attend meeting chaired by Iraq
A Kuwaiti minister will take part in the 112nd session of the ministerial council of the Arab League next September 12-13 in Cairo under the Iraqi presidency, said Thursday Kuwaiti foreign minister Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 8/27/1999 - US - Israeli objection to pope's visit to Iraq
The Patriarch of Babel for the Catholic Keldans, Raphael Bedawid, said on Thursday that the Americans and Israelis are trying relentlessly to prevent the visit of Pope John Paul II to Iraq, scheduled for the beginning of December. Iraq-Israel-Vatican, Politics, 8/27/1999 - Increasing deaths in Iraq as a result of the embargo
A statement released by the Iraqi Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 10,047 Iraqis including 7,297 children under five died during July because of diseases such as diarrhea, breathing problems and malnutrition. Iraq, Health, 8/26/1999 - Fair for Moroccan industries in Iraq
A fair of Moroccan industries lasting until mid-September is currently established in the Baghdad International Fair. Morocco-Iraq, Business, 8/25/1999 - Iraq calls on the UN to halt US, British raids
Iraq has stated that it will continue to confront the US and British raids which on Monday claimed the lives of two persons and wounded a third. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/25/1999 - Syrian measures to stop smuggling through borders with Iraq
Iraqi opposition sources told a London-based daily in Damascus that the Syrian government has recently taken "strong measures to prevent smuggling on the Syrian-Iraqi borders" which were opened in 1997. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 8/25/1999 - UN chief calls for raising Iraqi oil exports value
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday submitted a proposal to the UN Security Council providing for raising the value of allowed Iraqi oil exports by US $1 billion in the context of the oil-for-food program. Iraq-UN, Politics, 8/25/1999 - Iranian-Iraqi negotiations on exchanging corpses will resume in September
The chairman of the Iraqi side in the Iraqi-Iranian committee for prisoners and missing, Fahmi al-Qeise, has announced that Iraqi-Iranian negotiations on exchanging bodies of soldiers who were killed during the war between the two countries will be resumed in September. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/25/1999 - Soccer diplomacy between Iraq and the US
The Iraqi Football Union said it received an invitation from its American counterpart to participate in soccer matches in the U.S.A. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/24/1999 - Arab-Americans criticize blocking of investigation on impact of sanctions on Iraq
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) criticized the State Department's decision to deny permission for a delegation of congressional aides to visit Iraq on a fact-finding mission. Iraq-USA, Politics, 8/24/1999 - Egyptian - Iraqi economic communications
Adnan El-Hamidawi, head of the Iraqi industrial union stated that there are continuous communications and relations between the Egyptian Businessmen's Association under the chairmanship of Said El-Taweel, to activate investment and commercial relations among the investors in both countries. Iraq-Egypt, Economics, 8/23/1999 - Al-Sahaf and the AL council's presidency Iraq, Politics, 8/23/1999
- Iraq defuses bombs
The Iraqi News Agency said on Sunday that the Iraqi civil defense forces defused some 63 "grape" bombs dropped by US and British planes against an electricity generation station in Iraq. Iraq-USA, Tourism, 8/23/1999 - Austria and Iraqi officials
A high-ranking Austrian official told a London-based daily on Saturday that Iraqi Vice President Izzat Ibrahim might be the last Iraqi official to be hosted by Austria. Iraq-Austria, Politics, 8/23/1999