Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 12/1/1997
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of December 1, 1997
- Algerian army finds important Armed Islamic Group documents
Algerian Armed forces that managed to enter the mountain village of Al Marakishia, upon searching the caves used by armed Islamic militants found important documents and leaflets that bear the seal of the Armed Islamic Group. Algeria, Military, 12/6/1997 - New finds in the Euphrates archaeological sites
Jamous said that the finds at the site represent a revolution in the world of knowledge and history as some viewed them as the first attempt to document signs and symbols. Syria, History, 12/6/1997 - Mother of four: I am healthy and ready to donate my kidney
She took everybody by surprise. A little notice she published in the local newspaper of As-Sinnara in Nazareth some two weeks ago, shocked many people. Ranya Zughby had expressed her willingness to donate one of her kidneys for transplant. Palestine, Local, 12/6/1997 - Geagea's trial in Karami case opens
Geagea has already received three death sentences since he was arrested in April 1994, but all were commuted to life imprisonment. Lebanon, Judicial, 12/6/1997 - Art used in Moroccan psychological therapy
Work on the Art Complex, which is to be used for the treatment of the adolescents who suffer from psychological problems, has been finished. Morocco, Health, 12/6/1997 - Arafat - Albright - Netanyahu Palestine-Israel, International, 12/6/1997
- Turkish military action Iraq-Turkey, Military, 12/6/1997
- Three civilians killed in south Lebanon
Three civilians were killed and another wounded on Friday in roadside bomb explosions on the edge of an Israeli-occupied zone in south Lebanon. Lebanon, Military, 12/6/1997 - Racism blamed for sacking
Two Arab girls that worked in a chocolate shop in Tel Aviv said they were fired from their job because of their Arab identity. Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/6/1997 - Moratinos pledges substantial European Middle East peace role
The European Union EU Middle East special envoy Miguel Moratinos said the EU will play a more active role in the region 's peace process when Britain assumes the EU presidency. Regional, International, 12/6/1997 - Hrawi contacted Gaddafi
The Lebanese President showed his country's interest in opening Libyan markets to Lebanese agricultural products. Gaddafi stressed Libya 's readiness to support Lebanon and open Libya 's markets for Lebanese agricultural harvests. Lebanon-Libya, Agriculture, 12/6/1997 - Kohl urges Netanyahu to join peace track
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has expressed great concern over the stalemate in the peace process. Israel, International, 12/6/1997 - Syrian - Lebanese cultural ties highlighted
Lebanese Culture and Higher Education Minister Fawzi Hbaish on Friday discussed with rector of Damascus university means of boosting cultural ties between the two countries. Lebanon-Syria, Education, 12/6/1997 - France appeals to Netanyahu to deal with Arafat
"The deep friendship I feel for the state of Israel....obliges me to reveal my concerns about the policy conducted today by Israel's leaders," Jospin said. Palestine-Israel, International, 12/6/1997 - Sudanese women whipped and fined
The Sudanese authorities carried out sentences of whipping and fines against 37 women who had protested against the government's decision to move students who are performing obligatory military service to military camps in South to fight against the rebels. Sudan, Local, 12/6/1997 - 200,000 AIDS cases reported in Arab states
The regional office for the International Family Planning Federation stated that some 200,000 persons in the Arab world carry HIV, the virus which triggers AIDS Regional, Medicine, 12/5/1997 - Badr Shaker Assayab: a pioneer of free verse
Love is a recurrent theme in Assayab's poems. He portrayed his love for his birthplace Jaikour, for woman and his country Iraq in many poems including "The Waste Land," "A City Without Rain" and "The Song of the Rain." Iraq, Literature, 12/5/1997 - South Lebanon conflict continues Lebanon, Military, 12/5/1997
- Luxor Egypt, Local, 12/5/1997
- Christmas in Jordan Jordan, Culture, 12/5/1997
- Efforts to end child labor in Syria
National program officer for UNICEF in Damascus, Ms. Siham Dillo, said Syria does not suffer from the problem of child labor as in other countries Syria, Culture, 12/5/1997 - Damascus UN workshop on screw-worm eradication
The Syrian ministry of agriculture in collaboration with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is organizing a regional workshop on the screw-worm fly to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus 6-10 December. Syria, Agriculture, 12/5/1997 - Inter-Arab agricultural exports are booming
Lebanon signed several agreements and contracts providing for the exchange of agricultural produce with Arab states, according to Lebanese Agriculture Minister Shawki Fakhouri. Lebanon, Agriculture, 12/5/1997 - Egypt, Britain, security contacts
Egypt's interior minister and Britain's home office are holding constant contacts over security cooperation, an official at the British embassy in Cairo said yesterday. Egypt, International, 12/5/1997 - Sheikh Shamseddine's bodyguards and gunmen
Sheikh Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine, head of the Higher Shiite Muslim Council, was praying at a mosque in a Beirut southern suburb Thursday, when his bodyguards spotted "suspicious movements" some 50 meters away in surrounding woods. Lebanon, Local, 12/5/1997 - Heated debate or Netanyahu's credibility
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations could not agree to back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his public dispute with the US administration over the future of the Middle East peace process. Israel, International, 12/5/1997 - Egyptian court sentences 2 terrorists to death
A Cairo court yesterday sentenced two terrorists to death for shooting and killing a policeman and seriously wounding three others four years ago. Egypt, Local, 12/5/1997 - Iran - Saudi security cooperation
The Islamic Republic of Iran strenuously follows the policy of broadening relations with Persian Gulf states in all fields, Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani told his Saudi counterpart, Prince Sultan. Saudi Arabia-Iran, Military, 12/5/1997 - More bloodshed in Algeria
29 villagers were killed in the southwestern Algerian province of Saida on Saturday night Algeria, Military, 12/5/1997 - Egypt will seek extradition of Islamic militants
Egyptian security has begun to prepare reports on the Islamic militants who live abroad in preparation for diplomatic and political moves to win the deportation of those Islamic militants from their host countries. Egypt, International, 12/4/1997 - How the Mossad almost started a war between Syria and Israel
A war could have broken out between Syria and Israel in the summer of last year because elements within the Israeli Mossad were behind false information and assessment that had been relayed to the Israeli government Regional, Military, 12/4/1997 - Resistance acts continue in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said the shelling covered the woods of al-Qatrani area in the central sector. The sources continued the Israeli helicopters mopped up with machine-guns the woods and districts surrounding Kafr Houneh and Midon towns in Western Bekaa. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/4/1997 - Historic Al-Shatibi, with immortal educational views
Abu Ishak Bin Musa Al-Shatibi lived in the city of Granada, Andalusia in the fourteenth century A.D. He received his education at the hands of a number of Andalusian philosophers and intellectuals and wrote several books of great importance. Regional, History, 12/4/1997 - Military cooperation between Morocco and China
The heir to the Moroccan throne, Prince Sidi Mohamed, met with Chinese military officials in the Military Command Headquarters in Rabat. Morocco, Military, 12/4/1997 - Sudanese president: peace by force in the Nuba
He called on those who are armed to return to their homeland, addressing this call to the leader of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Sudan in the Nuba Mountains, Youssef Kowa. Sudan, Military, 12/4/1997 - Land mine treaty Regional, Military, 12/4/1997
- Kuwait - US miltary exercises Kuwait, Military, 12/4/1997
- Terrorists killed by Algerian forces Algeria, Military, 12/4/1997
- Israeli racism against Palestinian Christians
"Israeli occupation authorities treat Christians with racism and seek to forbid them from practicing their religious rituals," said the representative of the Latin Patriarch in Occupied Jerusalem, Giasento Paul Markozo. Israel, Religion, 12/4/1997 - A training course by Kuwaiti Planning Institute
The Arab Planning Institute on December 6 opens a training program on evaluating, planning and following up the implementation of agricultural projects in the southern agricultural region in Syria. Regional, Agriculture, 12/4/1997 - Damascus hosts Arab writers conference
In tandem with the conference, a symposium titled "The Literature of the Arab Child Among Education, Information and Informatics" is being held. The national and pan-Arab identity in children's writings and the hazards of globalization will also be tabled. Regional, Culture, 12/4/1997 - Breaking News: Emergency meeting between Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar yields positive results
ArabicNews.com has obtained exclusive information, that prior to the meeting, President Mubarak had told King Fahd, that he would not meet with Qatar's Emir, unless there was a formal apology by the Emir Regional, Breaking News, 12/3/1997 - Guerrillas wound three Israeli soldiers
Despite last week's violence and recent Israeli threats to bomb public utilities and infrastructure in the Lebanese capital Beirut, U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones said he did not believe the region was headed towards a major confrontation. Lebanon, Military, 12/3/1997 - Iraqi crisis disturbs black gold markets
The US initiated efforts a long time ago to depend more on Venezuelan oil within its strategy to vary its sources of oil. But soon the US discovered that this strategy was not feasible as it is difficult to ignore the Gulf oil, especially that from Saudi Arabia. Gulf Region, Analysis, 12/3/1997 - Victims of occupation need psychiatric treatment
The Palestinian society needs not only medical aid but also psychiatric treatment Palestine-Israel, Medicine, 12/3/1997 - Teachers stage warning strike
Thousands of public and private school teachers staged a one-day warning strike Wednesday to press their long-standing demands for better pay and work conditions. Lebanon, Education, 12/3/1997 - Availability of fresh water sources in the Lebanese marine environment
A Lebanese paper to the eighth International Symposium on Remote Sensing Applications said that an airborne infrared thermal survey was carried out along the coast of Lebanon to detect differential temperature anomalies. Lebanon, Science, 12/3/1997 - Disco bombing trial Libya, International, 12/3/1997
- Heritage conference on Lebanon
The International conference on Lebanon's heritage will open this month in Beirut with the aim of creating proper conditions to preserve Lebanon's legacy and heritage. Lebanon, Culture, 12/3/1997 - Strike-struck Israel paralyzed
Israeli minister of finance, Ya'acov Ne'man, who said workers in Israel were bombs that “explode and don’t only tick.” Israel, Local, 12/3/1997 - Book review: Syrian theater in 100 years
Syrian playwrite and dramatist Firhan Bulbol's new book, "Syria's Theater in One Hundred Years" deals with the history of the Syrian theater in particular, and the Arab theater in general. Syria, Book Review, 12/3/1997 - Middle East newspaper case about to end
The dispute between the two sons of the Egyptian President, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, and the Saudi Company for Marketing and Research is approaching its end. Egypt, Local, 12/3/1997 - High-ranking Egyptian police officials referred for trial
ArabicNews.com has learned that six high-ranking Egyptian police officials referred for trial for negligence in the Luxor terrorist attack Egypt, Local, 12/2/1997 - Two pro-Israeli militiamen wounded
Two pro-Israeli militiamen were wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Israel's South Lebanon occupation zone, a militia security source said. Lebanon, Military, 12/2/1997 - Refugees' commissariat implements program to settle Sudanese families
The refugee's commissariat affiliated to the United Nations is arranging a broad program to settle Sudanese families currently living in Cairo, in Canada, Australia, and a number of the European countries. Sudan-Egypt, International, 12/2/1997 - How a dog was saved
It is amazing when both the Palestinian and Israeli sides face a real negotiations crisis and can still get together and agree not on political issues but on the need to kill a dog. Palestine, People, 12/2/1997 - Primitive but beautiful
Plastic artist Nazir Ismael's fifty seven paintings are on view at the Salib Muqaddas gallery in Damascus deal with different issues, but all of them bear one soul and one heart. Syria, Culture, 12/2/1997 - Investigation continues into MEA deal
Investigations continued Tuesday in what has come to be known as the Middle East Airlines scandal, after Prosecutor-General Adnan Addoum seized records of recent company board meetings. Lebanon, Judicial, 12/2/1997 - Academic accord signed with Yerevan University
The agreements provide for exchanging academics and researchers, joint research ventures, information teaching, advanced technologies curricula and publications. Syria, Education, 12/2/1997 - British nurse serving time for murder in Saudi Arabia gets married
In the Greater Court of Dammam in Saudi Arabia, Lucille McLauchlan, one of the two British nurses who were found guilty of murdering their Australian coworker got married. Saudi Arabia, Local, 12/2/1997 - Kaaba washing Saudi Arabia, Religion, 12/2/1997
- International Symposium on remote sensing opened today
The 8th international symposium on remote sensing applications on land use and its impact on environment opened today in Damascus Regional-Syria, Science, 12/2/1997 - Bahrain amnesty ended Bahrain, Local, 12/2/1997
- Iran - Saudi military ties Saudi Arabia-Iran, Military, 12/2/1997
- Palestine UN privileges Palestine, International, 12/2/1997
- Continued Israeli aggressions against Lebanon
Lebanese resistance on Saturday killed three Israeli-allied militiamen and injured five Israeli soldiers in bomb attacks in south Lebanon, security sources said. Lebanon, Military, 12/1/1997 - Arab girls' flat torched again in less than 2 months
Had we been Jewish and the assailants Arab suspects, the police would have immediately acted differently and more efficiently Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/1/1997 - Mrs. Mubarak carries out integrated plan to protect biological diversity in Egypt
Susan Mubarak mentioned that one of the important projects in this concern is setting up the National Gene Bank to preserve the genetic sources of the animals Egypt, Science, 12/1/1997 - Minister promises shipment of toxic waste barrels
Two barrels containing industrial waste from Canada were shipped to Lebanon during the civil war days. Two other containers from Belgium were shipped here in October 1996 and have been at Beirut harbor since then. Lebanon, Local, 12/1/1997 - Saudi prince invests in three new fields
The Prince invested 1,500 million Saudi Riyals in buying 5% of the shares of the News Corp. which is the biggest media group in the world Saudi Arabia, People, 12/1/1997 - Algeria unrest Algeria, Military, 12/1/1997
- Egypt, Israel Regional, Military, 12/1/1997
- Farrakhan in Middle East Regional, International, 12/1/1997
- Arafat: no Parkinson's Palestine, Health, 12/1/1997
- Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/1/1997
- A call for setting Arab and Islamic departments in Africa
The participants' recommendations included setting up Islamic and Arab studies departments in the African countries that would be branches of the Al Qaraweoun University. Morocco, Education, 12/1/1997 - IESCO conference in Saudi Arabia draws 44 countries
The Emir of Riyadh, Prince Soliman Bin Abdel Aziz, will inaugurate the 6th conference of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (IESCO) Regional, Education, 12/1/1997