Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 7/7/1997
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of July 7, 1997
- Beirut undecided about Iraq
Lebanon has excluded Iraqi athletes from the Pan Arab Games which open in Beirut on July 5, sources close to the games said on July 8. Lebanon-Iraq, Politics, 7/11/1997 - Soldiers clearing mines in Kfar Falous shelled by SLA
Soldiers clearing mines from the road between Ain el Miir and Kfar Falous came under fire from South Lebanon Army units, security sources said. Lebanon, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Firefighters put out Sidon blaze
Fire broke out in an abandoned lot in Sidon's al-Barred district on July 9 and threatened surrounding houses and a nearby gas station before firemen finally put it out. Lebanon, Local, 7/10/1997 - Municipal elections are postponed until 1999
Parliament on July 9 voted to postponed the municipal elections for the second time in two months. They will now take place as late as the end of April 1999. Lebanon, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Lebanese Mufti meetings
Al Azhar University President Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashem yesterday held a meeting with Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Mohamed Rashid Qabany on measures of implementing an accord signed last week in Beirut, for cooperation between Al Azhar and Beirut Islamic University. Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 7/9/1997 - Hizbullah kills Israeli soldier in south Lebanon
An Israeli soldier was killed in fighting with pro-Iranian Hizbullah guerrillas in south Lebanon yesterday, Israeli-backed militia sources said. Lebanon, Local, 7/9/1997 - Security forces abused power during hunger revolution
Two human rights watchdog groups on July 8 denounced what they describe as "security forces" violations of human rights and their failure to abide by regulations in force during a wave of arrests they carried out against Lebanese civilians last week in Baalbek." Lebanon, Politics, 7/9/1997 - Lebanon's Mufti arrives in Egypt on a 10-day visit
The Grand Mufti of Lebanon, Mohammed Rashid Qabani, arrived in Cairo last night for a 10-day official visit during which he will be received by President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 7/8/1997 - Israelis claim shells fired by Hizbullah fell over the border
Israel on July 4 lodged a complaint with the international committee monitoring the cease-fire in the South after mortar shells fired by the resistance impacted just inside the Israeli border. Israel-Lebanon, Local, 7/8/1997 - Al Azahar University offers scholarships to Lebanon
Dr. Ahmed Omer Hashem, the president of Al Azahar university, said that the accord recently signed between Al Azahar University and Beirut University was about to further scientific and cultural cooperation between the two institutions. Lebanon, Culture, 7/7/1997 - Muslims urged to guard values
Muslims are urged to be on guard against Western misinterpretation of Islamic causes, principles and values, said an eminent Lebanese religious clergyman yesterday. Lebanon, Religion, 7/7/1997 - 5,000 mass in Baalbek for hunger rally
Up to 5,000 residents of the Bekaa and many from Beirut's southern suburbs converged on Baalbek in the early morning to lend support to Toufaili's call for the government to redress the socioeconomic plight of the region's population. Lebanon, Politics, 7/7/1997 - Israeli soldier killed, two civilians wounded in South Lebanon
Israeli warplanes attacked Lebanese areas in Southern Lebanon on July 6, after an Israeli soldier was killed and two Lebanese villagers were wounded in fighting, security officials said. Lebanon, Politics, 7/7/1997