Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 10/20/1997
Weekly Edition, Local - 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 - Khartoum seeking chemical weapons
The French strategic bulletin reported that Khartoum's government is currently trying to get access to chemical weapons. Sudan, Military, 10/25/1997 - New warships join Egyptian naval forces
At the beginning of next year, Egypt is to receive a number of warships of the Perry class. Egypt received the first two units of this type last January. Egypt, Military, 10/25/1997 - Wedding of a warrior's grandson
It wasn't like any other wedding ceremony but a first class national rally. Last Sunday, Palestinians from all parts of the country poured into the town of Ya'bad, near Jenin on the West Bank, to attend the wedding ceremony of Ahmad Al Qassam, the grandson of Arab warrior and revolutionary Izziddin Al Qassam. Regional, Culture, 10/25/1997 - Palestinian protesters, Israeli soldiers clash in Bethlehem Palestine, Local, 10/25/1997
- Mishal threatens attacks Palestine, Military, 10/25/1997
- 60 people detained and flogged in Sudan
Sudanese citizens in Al Gadid-Al Thawra threw stones at the governor of Khartoum and Minister of Interior Bakri Hassan Salih, who were compelled to flee from the area. Sudan, Local, 10/25/1997 - US fails to further choke Iraq as latter calls on Saudis' help
The US and Britain pushed for but failed to win the support required for new sanctions, so a watered down version was adopted, threatening to prevent travel of some Iraqi officials. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Judicial, 10/24/1997 - Sudan to enforce army conscription
The campaign kicked off on Sunday when road blocks were up in at least three states to catch men who hadn't performed compulsory service. Sudan, Military, 10/24/1997 - Electrified border between Iraq and Kuwait
"More than 94 miles of border barbed wire has been electrified. This a measure to stop infiltration," Kuwait Interior Ministry spokesman Colonel Badr Saleh said. Kuwait-Iraq, Military, 10/24/1997 - 125 American fighting planes in Bright Star training
The main phase of the Bright Star Military Training '97 will start tomorrow in which 210 Egyptian fighter planes will participate in addition to 125 US fighter planes, 21 French, 10 Italian, and 6 British planes. Egypt, Military, 10/24/1997 - A festival to celebrate end of Sphinx restoration
The final phase of restoration which have started 10 years ago are being finished in which modern technology was used to restore the statue to its previous condition when it was built by the Pharaohs. Egypt, History, 10/24/1997 - Gulf War Syndrome Gulf Region, International, 10/24/1997
- Kurd fighting resumes Iraq, Military, 10/24/1997
- Fruitful US Egyptian cooperation
Dr. Youssef Wali lauded US-Egyptian relations in the field of agriculture, especially in the field of transferring the modern technologies to the Egyptian agriculture. Egypt, Agriculture, 10/24/1997 - Egypt to host Interpol conference
Brigadier Serageddin Al Roubi, chief of Egypt's Interpol and main Egyptian delegate to the event, said the decision was the "most esteemed international recognition to the Egyptian police and security." Egypt, Local, 10/24/1997 - 1000 heart operations at Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
The center has conducted 1000 heart operations, including two heart transplant operations, 518 heart operations for children, 137 operations for changing the heart valves. Saudi Arabia, Medicine, 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 - Action needed not talk says Palestinians to US
Abdul Rahman called on the US Administration to translate its announced positions on Jewish settlements into action. Meanwhile, reforms are expected to address cases of corruption and misuse of power that the PNA had lately admitted they exist within its rank and file. Palestine-Israel, International, 10/23/1997 - 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 - Kahalani: We will intervene will full force
Israeli Police Minister Avigdor Kahalani said he will give instructions to his forces to destroy the building that Islamic Waqf intends to build near the Dung Gate in the Al Aqsa Mosque plaza. Palestine-Israel, Religion, 10/23/1997 - New raid on homosexuals in Qatar
Twenty Filipinos suspected of engaging in homosecual acts have been recently deported from Qatar, according to the Filipino Embassy in Doha. Qatar, Culture, 10/23/1997 - Oman: a global pacesetter in human development
The Sultanate of Oman has been singled out as "a global pace-settler in human development" in the 1997 human development report published by the United Nations Development Program. Oman, Culture, 10/23/1997 - Masri: I will not go to Mena summit
Masri said that Israeli settlement activities are still going on and said that the conference in Doha has slim chances of success because political issues are more important and need to be addressed before any talk on economic cooperation. Palestine, Local, 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 - Freighter sinks en route to Lebanon
Zakaria, which was on its way from Greece to Lebanon carrying chemicals used for making ceramics, had sustained a crack while in a Greek port. Syria, Local, 10/23/1997 - Chinese exhibition in Dara'a Syria, Culture, 10/23/1997
- Religious leaders unite for bishop's funeral Egypt, People, 10/23/1997
- Buffer zone in Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Military, 10/23/1997
- Yemen diesel price hikes Yemen, Local, 10/23/1997
- Masharqa confers with Russian Orientalist
Talks dealt with relations existing between the scientific institutions of the two countries. Syria, Science, 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 - Jordan allows Christian students to get religious lessons
The Jordanian Ministry of Education will start giving its Christian students Christian religious lessons as of November. Jordan, Education, 10/22/1997 - Trial for an Iraqi who illegally acquired $12 million in Sudan
Iraqi businessman Abdel Latif Hassan Mahdy, known as Sakr Quraish, acquired this money with the help of seven Sudanese who were also referred to trial. Sudan, Judicial, 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 - Egypt opposes coupes D¹Etate in Africa
The Egyptian Ambassador clarified that this decision applies to the recent developments in Brazzaville, as Egypt will freeze its relations with the regime that usurped power. Egypt, International, 10/22/1997 - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey to meet in Islamic Summit
The meetings will discuss the difficult circumstances faced by the Islamic Conference Organization (ICO) and the attempts to make it play a more active role.The invitation was sent by the Moroccan Monarch King Hassan II as he is the head of the current Islamic summit. Regional, Religion, 10/22/1997 - Danish artist to exhibit at French embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Culture, 10/22/1997
- Kuwait praises Egyptian writer
Sheikh Sabah, whose remarks were made on his behalf by Abdul Mohsen Qattan, a Kuwaiti intellectual, said Kuwait appreciated Al Din when he was the chief editor of the Kuwait-based Al Arabi magazine. Kuwait, People, 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 - Father burns daughter
A farmer in Qena upper Egypt to burning his unmarried 17-year-old daughter to death after finding out she was three months pregnant, a police source said. Egypt, Local, 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 - 12 hours leave for murderer of Arab workers
Ami Popper, the Israeli right wing activist who shot dead 7 Arab workers and injured ten others on 20 May 1990, was accorded a 12 hour leave from his prison, where he is serving seven life sentences for his crime. Palestine, Local, 10/21/1997 - New 4 tombs in Giza, Egypt
Egypt will open to tourists next month four tombs that lay under a mound of sand near the Great pyramids of Giza for 4,600 years until they were discovered in the 1930s. Egypt, History, 10/21/1997 - Hamas detainees suspend their hunger strike Palestine, Local, 10/21/1997
- 3,000 divorce cases
Changing times coupled with an increase in daily life problems had impacted on relationships. Saudi Arabia, Culture, 10/21/1997 - Nuha's exhibition
Syrian woman artist Nuha Al Khatib recently held an exhibition in Hama city in which she displayed 70 works embossed on glass. Syria, Culture, 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 - Gulf Agricultural cooperation called for
The meeting will discuss a number of issues including recommendations about the agricultural policies: quarantine, fish-wealth protection system and a proposed plan for the rationalisation of usage of water Gulf Region, Agriculture, 10/21/1997 - KOTC appeal set for November 24
Legal sources said that the date was set after the public prosecution filed an appeal objecting to the ruling of the Court of Appeals. The case involves four persons: two Kuwaitis, a Jordanian and a Briton. Kuwait, Judicial, 10/21/1997 - National symposium on food canning opens Syria, Agriculture, 10/21/1997
- Iraq census reaches 22 million
The census put the female population at 11,077,219 outnumbering the male population of 10,940,764. Iraq, Local, 10/21/1997 - Worker commits suicide over medical report
A worker in Giza committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in his bedroom ceiling after doctors had told him that his medical condition was a hopeless case. Egypt, Local, 10/21/1997 - Conscripted students' mothers demonstrate
Hassan Abdul Rahman, the NIF government's minister of defense, said that the student conscription policy will continue and no one, whatever his position, will be granted special favors. Sudan, Military, 10/21/1997 - Egypt requests that Britain not host terrorists
Egypt called on Britain anew not to let the terrorists use its territories in an illegal way under the cover of political asylum. Egypt, International, 10/21/1997 - Arafat to fight corruption
The Palestine National Authority is about to carry out a number of measures that are aimed at minimizing governmental expenditures and imposed more control of governmental and ministerial actions, Palestinian sources said Sunday. Palestine, Local, 10/20/1997 - 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 - Algerian ceasefire broken by AIS
Reports from Algeria say 10 AIS guerrillas shot and killed a government militiaman at Tayelmane in Al Ansar zone of Jijel, 150 miles east of Algeris last Monday--13 days after the AIS declared a unilateral ceasfire. Algeria, Military, 10/20/1997 - Storms and rain cause major damage
"I called the Israeli police and municipality emergency section all day but none of them came to help," said Yihya Mohammed Jalajel, the Palestinian resident of Jerusalem whose house was among hundreds of sites damaged, either totally or partially, due to the stormy weather throughout Saturday. Palestine, Local, 10/20/1997 - Saudi Arabia tracks down illegal residents
The Saudi Foreign Ministry confirmed that the deadline is not going to be extended and that it is going to track down all illegal residents in the toughest campaign implemented Saudi Arabia, Local, 10/20/1997 - Pleasant surprises Lebanon, Short Essay, 10/20/1997
- Huge fire put out, 2 injured
Two Kuwaiti firemen were injured as they attempted to extinguish a huge fire which roared into life in a warehouse storing garments. Kuwait, Local, 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 - Syria controls gas flare
Syria had to call in international experts to help control a potentially disastrous gas flare at a newly discovered natural gas field. Syria, Local, 10/20/1997 - Sanaa teachers strike
Teachers at Sanaa's public went on strike yesterday to protest against, a spate of attacks on staff by students, a union official said. Yemen, Education, 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 - Bodybuilding team to Poland
The executive Bureau of the General Sports Federation has agreed to allow the bodybuilding federation to take part in the world championships. Syria, Sports, 10/20/1997 - Women's table-tennis team competes in Lebanon
The executive bureau of the GSF has agreed to let the national women's table-tennis team take part in an international tournament in Lebanon. Syria, Sports, 10/20/1997 - Fundraising race for cancer research
More than 1400 Syrian citizens and foreigners living in Damascus also took part in the 17th "Terry Fox " annual fundraising race for cancer-disease researches. Syria, Local, 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