Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 7/16/2001
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of July 16, 2001
- Morocco's education minister meet Lebanese president Lebanon-Morocco, Education, 7/21/2001
- Al-Hariri in Paris to discuss aid
The Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri will pay a visit to France by the end of this week following an absence of 4 months. Lebanon-France, Politics, 7/21/2001 - Princess Lalla Meryem expounds her activities and priorities in interview with Lebanese media
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, sister of King Mohammed VI, said in an interview with two Lebanese papers, her priorities as chairwoman of the National Observatory of Children rights are multiple and part of a strategy to improve children living conditions. Morocco-Lebanon, Culture, 7/21/2001 - Israel continued military moves in South Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Friday continued moves of its military vehicles in the areas of the Lebanese occupied Shebaa farms. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/21/2001 - Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem winds visit to Lebanon Lebanon-Morocco, Politics, 7/20/2001
- Two electricity grid agreements between Syria and Lebanon
Syria and Lebanon on Thursday signed two agreements on electricity grids between the two states. Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 7/20/2001 - Lebanese prime minister to head for France Lebanon-France, Politics, 7/20/2001
- Israeli military moves in Shebaa farms
The Shebaa occupied farms in South Lebanon on Thursday witnessed military moves carried out by the Israeli forces under an intensive sorties by the Israeli warplanes and helicopters in the airspace of the area. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2001 - UN agency to grant Lebanon $3.4 mln for clean energy
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Thursday announced to provide Lebanon with a $3.4 million grant to finance a new initiative aimed at increasing energy efficiency and environmental protection in the country. Lebanon, Environment, 7/20/2001 - Israeli raids over south Lebanon
The Israeli warplanes on Tuesday renewed its explanatory raids at 12:20 p.m. ( Lebanon's local time ) over the occupied Lebanese Shebaa farms and carried out provocative raids over the line drawn by the UN between the hills of Kafer Shouba and Burket al-Naqqar. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/18/2001 - Lebanon's Lahoud Meets Princess Lalla Meryem Lebanon-Morocco, Politics, 7/18/2001
- The UN, Israel and Hizbullah and the video tape
The spokesman for the UN Fred Ekhard announced that the UN has formed teams composed of six persons to investigate the way in which the question of the video tape was run, showing persons suspected to be member in the Lebanese Hizbullah party. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/18/2001 - Israeli military source and the Hizbullah party
An Israeli military source said that four members of the Hizbullah party on Sunday approached to a distance of two meters from the border strip in Raas al-Naqoura and pictured an Israeli military position in the area by video cameras. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/17/2001 - Princess Lalla Meryem Flies to Lebanon
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem left Morocco this Monday for a four-day official visit to Lebanon at the invitation of Andree Lahoud, spouse of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. Lebanon-Morocco, Culture, 7/16/2001 - On the redeployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon
The United Arab Emirates UAE daily al-Khaleij quoted an official Syrian source as saying that the redeployment process carried out by the Syrian forces working in Lebanon is a second phase and is expected to be completed by the beginning of August ( next month). Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 7/16/2001 - India, Israel and Lebanon
India on Sunday said that it is waiting for a report from its correspondent in Tel Aviv before taking any measures concerning the Israeli claims that the Indian soldiers working within UNIFIL in south Lebanon had helped Hizbullah in kidnapping three Israeli soldiers in October 2000. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/16/2001 - Parliamentary cooperation between Lebanon, Yemen
The speaker of the Yemeni Parliament Abdullah al-Ahmar and his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri on Saturday in Sanaa signed an agreement aims at revitalizing cooperation between the two states parliamentarians and the exchange of expertise. Yemen-Lebanon, Politics, 7/16/2001