Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 12/15/1997
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of December 15, 1997
- Egyptian startegy towards the Sudan
This US-Israel strategy prompted Egypt to put the unstable situation in both Iraq and Sudan on the top of its diplomatic agenda after a long history of criticism between the three governments. Egypt-Sudan, Analysis, 12/20/1997 - Bomb kills 3 in Algeria
The 3 men, members of one of the anti-terrorist militias known as "patriots" were killed on Friday when they were entering a building in Ouled Allel. Algeria, Military, 12/20/1997 - Qatar receives fighter jets Qatar, Military, 12/20/1997
- Population growth examined at conference
Sponsored by the Cairo Demographic Center, the three-day conference focuses on a number of studies on population growth and its effects on economic and social development. Regional, Science, 12/20/1997 - Death sentence for 19, imprisonment for 14
The Algerians were charged with organizing terrorist groups in the areas of Aqaba and Bab Al Lewa'a in the Algerian capital Algiers in addition to masterminding many terrorist activities. Algeria, Judicial, 12/20/1997 - Stray bullet wound kills wife
A female in Asyut died in hospital yesterday after being accidentally shot with her husband's rifle, police source said. Egypt, Local, 12/20/1997 - Lockerbie lawyer's daughter disappears
Nomil accused an Egyptian lawyer who is a friend of his of kidnapping Rehab and did not rule out the involvement of the US Central Intelligence Agency in the case Egypt-Libya, Local, 12/19/1997 - The Libyan suspect in berlin explosion accuses two italians
Mesbah added that Verina Shana took the fake bomb from East Berlin to West Berlin and that she was not aware that the bomb she was carrying was fake Libya, International, 12/19/1997 - Yemeni lawyers withdraw from defending vandalism suspects
The two lawyers said that the prosecutor did not allow them to meet with the defendants and that the procedures fall short of many of the international criteria for trials. Yemen, Judicial, 12/19/1997 - Self determination: another defeat to Israel at the UN
The United Nations General Assembly last night issued a historic resolution voicing the hope the Palestinian people will be given the right to self-determination. Palestine-Israel, International, 12/19/1997 - UN envoy meets with Libyan officials and Meguid
The director of the UN Mission in Europe, Vlademir Petroveskey, arrived in Libya last Saturday to collect information Libya, International, 12/19/1997 - Police crack down on terrorist group
Egypt's state security authority stated that they killing two leading terrorists and arresting 11 fugitive terrorists in separate crackdowns Egypt, Local, 12/19/1997 - Egyptian security after Luxor attack suspects
Intensive search operations started in Luxor and El-Dare El-Bahari temple to find the belongings of the 6 terrorists who were killed after a November 17 attack on a temple in Luxor. Egypt, Local, 12/19/1997 - Student groups condemn violence in Moroccan universities
student Mohamed Al Magrouzy who had been reported dead earlier is alive and participated in a press conference to refute these stories Morocco, Education, 12/19/1997 - Palestine urged to compensate those killed behind bars
The organization called on the Palestinian Legislative Council to address the question and to pass regulations that maintain the dignity of Palestinian prisoners and to monitor the measure taken by the authorities behind bars Palestine, Local, 12/19/1997 - US intellectual stresses Syria's adherence to peace
On the absence of the US as an honest broker in the ME peace process, Dr. Mosleh said despite President Clinton' s commitment to the peace process, he is hesitant to challenge the Jewish Lobby inside the US congress and in Washington Syria, International, 12/19/1997 - Kfar Falous crossing in South Lebanon reopened
For the first time in 12 years, Kfar Falous crossing linking Jezzine, which is held by Lahd's militia elements, to Sidon in south Lebanon, was reopened today. Lebanon, Local, 12/19/1997 - UNSC -Iraq Iraq, International, 12/19/1997
- No progress in Albright-Netanyahu Paris summit
The three-hour Paris meeting held between Israeli Premier Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has failed to reach any progress. Israel-Palestine, International, 12/19/1997 - Chinese foreign minister starts regional tour
China's Foreign Minister left Peking on Thursday to begin a ten-day tour in the Middle East to discuss means to reactivate the Middle East peace process. Regional, International, 12/19/1997 - Escalated Israeli aggressions against South Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli artillery bombarded the outskirts of al-Nabatieh al-Fuka, Kafr Tabneit, al-Zahrani river course and several towns and villages adjacent to the occupied part of South Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/19/1997 - Israel still holding Gaza airport equipment
The director of the Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority, Brigadier Fayez Zedan, said that Israel is preventing needed equipment sent for the Gaza airport from entering through Asdor port in Israel Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/19/1997 - American consulate in Beirut to be reopened
The consulate, which was closed down in 1984, would initially provide services only for American citizens in Lebanon, including passport renewals, birth certificates and other documentation. Lebanon, International, 12/18/1997 - Background for talks in Paris and London
The Palestinian cabinet communique strongly attacked Israel's so-called map of security interests and insisted that the Jordan River and the Jordan Valley are an integral part of the Palestinian borders Palestine-Israel, International, 12/18/1997 - Israel and Turkey vow to boost ties
Israel and Turkey pledged to deepen what Israel called their "strategic cooperation" despite strong criticism raised at a meeting of Islamic countries in Iran. Israel-Turkey, Military, 12/18/1997 - Saudi diplomat found Murdered in Kazakhatan
A Saudi diplomat identified as Ahmed Ouad Al-Sawy has been murdered in his apartment in Khazakhan having been stabbed 13 times. Saudi Arabia, People, 12/18/1997 - SLA militiaman killed, two guerrillas wounded in south
A South Lebanon Army militiaman was killed and another wounded Thursday when guerrillas set off a roadside bomb near their patrol in south Lebanon, security sources said. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/18/1997 - Farrakhan meets Al-Azhar Imam in Cairo
He went on to say that Islam is the religion of tolerance which does not discriminate between blacks and the whites Egypt, Religion, 12/18/1997 - Israeli army officers change cellular phones to avoid Hizbullah
Israeli Northern Front leadership learnt in 1996 that Hizbullah is exerting great efforts to eavesdrop on cellular phones to learn about the movements and plans of the Israeli army in south Lebanon. Israel-Lebanon, Military, 12/18/1997 - Terrorists kill 5 in Algeria
No one claimed responsibility for the killing, the latest in a series of massacres of civilians in Blida province. Algeria, Military, 12/18/1997 - France supports US - Middle East peace initiatives
The assistant for the French Foreign Ministry's spokesman said that his country supports the US initiatives to revive the peace process and noted the integration between the US and European efforts in this respect. Regional, International, 12/18/1997 - A new chairman for the Arab Artists Union
Dr. Fawzi Fahmi was unanimously elected as chairman of the Arab artists Union following the death of the former chairman, Saad Edin Wahbah who passed away last month. Regional, People, 12/18/1997 - Belarus, Syria exchange products
Syrian officials said that two million of Syria's annual production of over 4 million tons of wheat will be exported, while the other two million tons are consumed locally. Syria, Agriculture, 12/18/1997 - Arab writers conference opens today in Damascus Regional, Culture, 12/18/1997
- Butler briefs Security Council Iraq, International, 12/18/1997
- Qatar trial Qatar, Judicial, 12/18/1997
- Bahrain celebrates its National Day Bahrain, Local, 12/18/1997
- Gil pleads innocent Israel, Judicial, 12/18/1997
- Conflict continues in south Lebanon
Lebanese resistance reported the death of Salim Ahmad Gharib, 21, in the line of duty. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/18/1997 - Aziz optimistic about resolving UN inspection problem
After meeting with UN chief weapons inspector Richard Butler, Iraq's deputy PM Tariq Aziz announced that progress had been made in agreeing on a "new method" of evaluating sites Iraq, International, 12/17/1997 - Yemen carrying out new security plan in January
The Yemeni Minister of Interior refuted what has been said by an organization calling itself the Yemeni Jihad Movement, after the movement threatened to answer violently if fundamentalists the Yemeni authorities arrested are not released. Yemen, Local, 12/17/1997 - Security forces thwart revival of terrorists' activities
The security forces arrested 10 leaders of the organization in the city of Tanta the capital of the Gharbia province. Egypt, Local, 12/17/1997 - A woman's Identity torn between two places
Last year, Maha's father died in Britain and she had to fly to London leaving her five-month-old infant back at home with relatives "because I could not prove she was my daughter Palestine-Israel, Local, 12/17/1997 - The Mass-destruction Weapons Disarmament Committee in the Arab League Holds its Meetings In Cairo
this treaty is the first Arab proposal which includes all types of weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, chemical, and biological -- in the region Regional, Military, 12/17/1997 - Committee to follow up on Kekhya's disappearance
Mansour Kekhya disappeared in December 1993 after his participation in the trustees council's meetings of the Arabian Organization for Human Rights. Regional, Judicial, 12/17/1997 - Farrakhan in Cairo Egypt, International, 12/17/1997
- US jet fighters to Jordan
King Hussein of Jordan, who attended the delivery celebration said that the arrival of the jets is evidence of the developed relations between Jordan and the US in recent years. Jordan, Military, 12/17/1997 - South Lebanon areas bombarded
Lebanese security forces said that Israeli artillery shelled the towns of Toulin and Qantara in the central sector and that the shelling was accompanied by heavy machine gun fire from Israeli troops. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/17/1997 - Lebanese lawyers stop attending trial sessions for three days
A great number of the members of the Lebanese parliament and many dignitaries criticized the arrest of supporters of General Michel Aoun, 33 of whom had been referred to the public prosecutor. Lebanon, Local, 12/17/1997 - Sudden development in the Egyptian laws over renting agrarian lands
The Earth Human Rights Center appealed against applying the articles of the act retroactively as the constitution stipulated the consent of two thirds of the parliament members for such retroactive application. Egypt, Agriculture, 12/17/1997 - Arabs seek medical equality
An appeal to the Israeli High Court demanded that the Israeli Ministry of Health open up medical centers in a number of unrecognized Arab villages in the Naqab desert. Israel, Medicine, 12/17/1997 - Three-way summit being contemplated
The scope of the Israeli withdrawal in the second stage will not be less than 10 percent, Israeli sources said, and noted that Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made such a commitment to the US a week ago Palestine-Israel, International, 12/16/1997 - Egyptian security arrests wanted terrorist
The Egyptian security forces arrested a terrorist who had been sentenced by the Higher State Security Court for 15 years in prison for breaking into jewelry shops in Cairo. Egypt, Local, 12/16/1997 - Iraq wants to judge a UN guard
Iraqi officials asked the UN to surrender a Danish guard who fled Iraq after he was charged in a traffic accident resulted in the death of an Iraqi citizen. Iraq, Local, 12/16/1997 - Egyptian security investigations into Luxor attack
Egyptian security bodies continued their interrogations of some of the students at the University of Asyut who are suspected of belonging to the Gamaa Islamiya. Egypt, Local, 12/16/1997 - Prosecution orders release of 30 demonstrators detainees
Prosecutor-General Adnan Addoum has ordered the release of 30 people, mostly Lebanese students, who were arrested Sunday during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to ban a television interview with exiled leader Gen. Michel Aoun. Lebanon, Local, 12/16/1997 - Israel prevents Farrakhan from visiting al-Aqsa
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, currently visiting Jordan, has called upon the Islamic nation and the world to support the Palestinian people against Israeli intransigence. Israel, International, 12/16/1997 - Kuwaiti population numbers 2.175 million
The number of the Kuwaiti citizens reached about 753,000 which represents 34.6% of the total population. Kuwait, Culture, 12/16/1997 - US - Anthrax Iraq, Military, 12/16/1997
- Saudi - Egypt naval drills
The drills, code named "Morjan 3," were part of an annual exercise program meant to boost military cooperation between the two countries. Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Military, 12/16/1997 - Kuwait - US military maneuvers Kuwait, Military, 12/16/1997
- UAE - Oman United Arab Emirates-Oman, Education, 12/16/1997
- Mecca - Iraq - Libya Saudi Arabia, Religion, 12/16/1997
- Arab League for amicable solution to the Lockerbie crisis
Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid said Tuesday that the Arab league is making intensive contacts with several countries concerned to settle the Lockerbie crisis. Libya, International, 12/16/1997 - Continued Israeli aggressions against Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that Israeli military positions at Kawkaba hill bombarded the Litani riverbed and Qlaya, Zlaya, al-Jabour Abu Rashid, and Dhahr villages with mortar guns. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/16/1997 - UN to begin maritime border patrols
The U.N. will begin maritime patrols between Iraq and Kuwait in 1998, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced during his three day visit to Kuwait. Kuwait-Iraq, Military, 12/16/1997 - Amnesty International denounces Israeli detention policy
Canadian children from 200 schools to launch a solidarity campaign with the Lebanese children detained at al Khiam jail Israel, International, 12/15/1997 - Turkish general staff chairman arrives in Cairo today
Talks between the two sides will address enhancing the military relationship between the two countries. The Turkish general will also meet with high military officials in Egypt and visit Egyptian military establishments. Egypt, Military, 12/15/1997 - Qabbani recovered from sickness, gratitude message to Syrians
Qabbani, who was admitted to a hospital in London two months ago after a heart attack was the preoccupation of his poetry-lovers across the Arab world. Regional, Culture, 12/15/1997 - UAE plane crash United Arab Emirates, Local, 12/15/1997
- Mid-Sha'ban night celebrated in Syria
This event changed the prayers Keblah (direction) from al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, uniting all Moslems in their direction towards Mecca aiming at making the Moslems meet on right and truth. Syria, Religion, 12/15/1997 - Five killed, 15 injured in traffic accident
The accident occurred on the Dahr al-Baidar road in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley during light rain. A truck skidded and collided with a tourist bus before overrunning five other cars, said a police official. Lebanon, Local, 12/15/1997 - MEA chairman quits temporarily
The chairman of Middle East Airlines, Lebanon's national flag carrier, has temporarily relinquished his duties until investigations into a scandal involving the illegal leasing by MEA officials of three Airbuses are completed. Lebanon, Local, 12/15/1997 - Security Services Chief Rajoub suffers a setback
Rajoub's name was among those speculated by foreign diplomats as a possible successor to President Yasser Arafat, but the latest setback, along with criticism voiced against his operation by Palestinian leaders have made such a development near impossible. Palestine, Local, 12/15/1997