Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 10/20/1997
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of October 20, 1997
- Israeli warplanes attack guerrilla bases after two soldiers wounded
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, meanwhile, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack on the edge of the security zone Friday Lebanon, Military, 10/25/1997 - Security sweep in Hermel
Infantry and army forces joined together for a predawn security sweep yesterday in Hermel, Bekaa, with the interference of the army's helicopters for the first time since 1974. The operation came a day before the major civil disobedience rally called for by breakaway leader Sheikh Sobhi Toufeili. Lebanon, Politics, 10/25/1997 - Lebanese citizens banned from entering Qatar?
Diplomats at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday denied receiving official word on measures reportedly taken by Qatari officials banning Lebanese passport holders from entering Qatar. Lebanon, Politics, 10/24/1997 - Murr: no early presidential elections
The declaration came after his meeting with president Elias Hrawi in Baabda, following a one-day trip to Damascus where he met with the vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam and several Syrian officials. Lebanon, Politics, 10/24/1997 - Lebanese public debt decreases by about 75 billion liras
The Lebanese actual public debt decreased by about 75 billion liras ($48 million). Lebanon, Economics, 10/24/1997 - No unilateral Israeli pullout in Lebanon
Yitzhak Mordechai, Israel's defense minister, yesterday ruled out withdrawing Israeli troops unilaterally from the south Lebanon occupation area. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 10/24/1997 - Berri - Hariri meeting
Alternatives were proposed concerning the religious distribution of the administrative positions. Lebanon, Politics, 10/24/1997 - Begging prohibited in Mount Lebanon
The decision was taken in order to "safeguard Lebanon's image as a civilized country and in order to put a limit on some groups which have made begging a profession they take advantage of through uncivilized ways and means." Lebanon, Local, 10/24/1997 - Labor group to stage warning strike
A statement issued by the group demanded immediate steps be taken by the government towards improving living conditions and tending to the economic crisis "which threatens to have dangerous repercussions on more than one level." Lebanon, Economics, 10/24/1997 - Harel: Israel cannot fight against guerrillas
"We have to put all the responsibility on what is happening on our northern border onto the government of Lebanon. Israel cannot fight against guerrillas, but it can confront states and governments. By being in south Lebanon, we remove the responsibility from the government of Lebanon," MK Yahuda Harel said. Lebanon, Analysis, 10/23/1997 - Reactions to Hrawi's call for early election
President Elias Hrawi is ready to drop the call he made for early presidential elections, reported former Prime Minister Saeb Salam after his meeting with Hrawi in Baabda yesterday. Lebanon, Politics, 10/23/1997 - Israeli air raids on guerrilla bases after two soldiers wounded
Within 20 minutes, Israeli jets fired at least six air-to-surface missiles at positions of the Hizbullah group on a mountainous area in Iqlim al-Tuffah, or Apple Province, an area facing an Israeli-occupied enclave in southern Lebanon, the sources said. Lebanon, Military, 10/23/1997 - Hariri in Kuwait
Hariri communicated president Hrawi's salute to the Kuwaiti crown prince and invited him to visit Lebanon. The crown prince affirmed Kuwait's support of the Lebanese case. Lebanon-Kuwait, Politics, 10/23/1997 - Second Palestinian dies after gun attack
The two brothers have been selling vegetables in a Beirut market since arriving in Lebanon. Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 10/23/1997 - Chamoun murderer Geagea to be questioned about Karami assassination
Geagea, who headed the banned Lebanese Forces Militia, is already serving two life sentences for the 1990 killing of Christian leader Dany Chamoun and the attempted murder of Interior Minister Michel Murr. Lebanon, Judicial, 10/23/1997 - Hrawi desires to step down and have early elections
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said during an interview with Tele Liban, yesterday, that there was no reason in the change of the election schedule and that it wouldn't be wise to raise this issue now. Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997 - Hizbullah in no hurry to swap Israeli remains for detainees
Hizbullah deputy Mohammed Raeed claimed that the group was not in a hurry to exchange prisoners detained in Israeli jails. Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997 - Che Guevara's son supports Lebanese struggle against Israeli occupation
The son of legendary revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara has brought his father's revolutionary spirit to Lebanon, expressing during a week-long visit to the country his support for its struggle against Israeli occupation. Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997 - Fire destroys ancient trees in private nature reserve
Environmentalists were particularly concerned over the loss of juniper trees aged 400-to 500 years and found only in Lebanon and Turkey. Lebanon, Local, 10/22/1997 - Akkar MP attacks the Troika system
Akkar MP Issam Fares on October 21 launched a scathing attack on the troika system of government, calling it a clear breach of political democracy and the traditional role of the parliament and the council of ministers . Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997 - AL cheif returns home from Lebanon Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997
- Reelection of parliament's committee members
In a twenty-minute meeting, the parliament reelected the same members to its 13 parliamentary committees, yesterday at the Nijmeh Square. Lebanon, Politics, 10/22/1997 - Developments in the South
Two Israelis, at least, were injured during a confrontation with the Resistance army in Ali-Taher and Bear-Kilab in the South, yesterday. Lebanon, Military, 10/22/1997 - Israel hits Naameh again
Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian guerrilla bases near Beirut on Monday, the second such attack in three days, security sources said. Lebanon, Military, 10/21/1997 - Palestinian brothers killed in Beirut
Unidentified gunmen armed with silencer-equipped pistols shot and killed a relative of Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal on Monday and wounded his brother when the two stopped at a Beirut intersection. Lebanon, Local, 10/21/1997 - Many Lebanese still in Israeli jails
Israeli occupation authorities are still detaining a large number of Lebanese citizens in their jails despite of the expiration of some of the detainees' sentences and lack of a trial for others. Lebanon, Politics, 10/21/1997 - Egyptian-Italian cooperation
Discussions focused on means of boosting the economic, trade, and technical relations between the two countries and their mutual cooperation with the some other regions of the world, especially the Balkan region. Lebanon, Politics, 10/21/1997 - Lebanese honor Terry Fox spirit with 7-kilometer run
About 4,000 Lebanese and foreigners turned up Sunday for the race through Beirut to honor Canadian Terry Fox whose 5,373-kilometer marathon in 1980-81 on one leg raised awareness of cancer worldwide. Lebanon, Culture, 10/21/1997 - Hariri in Armenia
The discussions resulted in the signature of a Lebanese-Armenian agreement of friendship and cooperation, and the project of a common Lebanese-Armenian bank. Lebanon, Politics, 10/21/1997 - Israeli soldier killed, two wounded in south Lebanon
Hizbullah guerrillas attacked Israeli troops in south Lebanon Saturday, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding two others Lebanon, Military, 10/20/1997 - Pleasant surprises Lebanon, Short Essay, 10/20/1997
- Abu Nidal relative killed Lebanon, Politics, 10/20/1997
- National museum to open on November 25
The national museum closed its doors in 1975, and was heavily damaged during the civil war. Lebanon, Culture, 10/20/1997 - More lawsuits against Al Diyar
The general prosecutor at the appellate court in Beirut, Abdallah Bitar, filed a second lawsuit against the publisher and editor in chief of Al Diyar and its director. Lebanon, Judicial, 10/20/1997 - Baalbek public park reopens with Japanese help
Efforts to revive the Baalbek area were given a boost as the Raas al Ain park was inaugurated by the Japanese ambassador to Lebanon. Lebanon, Economics, 10/20/1997 - Che Guevara's Son in Lebanon
Guevara told his supporters that, "We understand your feelings because we have had the same experience." Lebanon, Local, 10/20/1997 - Hariri in Damascus yesterday and Armenia today
The discussion will center around the ways to develop the political and economical cooperation between the two countries. Lebanon, Politics, 10/20/1997 - Film festival opens in Beirut
Lebanon's first film festival opened Saturday in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut, a place which once witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the civil war and a symbol of Lebanon's destruction and revival. Lebanon, Culture, 10/20/1997