Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 12/28/1998
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of December 28, 1998
- Morocco determined to go ahead in reforming its judiciary-administrative apparatus
Morocco is determined to go ahead in its reforms of the judiciary and administrative apparatuses to enable them to become efficient tools contributing to the socio-economic development of the country. Morocco, Judicial, 1/2/1999 - A lecture on German Kaiser's visit to Syria in 1898
Damascene people have recently commemorated the centenary of the visit paid by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Damascus in 1898. At the invitation of the Damascus Friends Society, Dr. George Jabbour made a lecture at the German Cultural Center on the same day Wilhelm II made his speech which was known at the time as the Damascus Declaration. Syria-Regional-Germany, History, 1/2/1999 - Eighteen persons injured in shanty-town fire
A Fire broke out Friday evening at a Casablanca shanty-town injuring 18 people including three fire-fighters. Morocco, Local, 1/2/1999 - Competitors of Dakar Rally-99 arrive in Morocco
Competitors of the rally of Dakar-99 arrived Friday in Rabat coming from Grenada, Southern Spain, wherein the bad weather forced organizers to replace the 115 kms first timed stage with a five kms stage held as the prologue. Regional, Sports, 1/2/1999 - Dutch national arrested in Morocco possessing 17 kg of cannabis Morocco-Denmark, Local, 1/2/1999
- More Israelis killed, wounded in south Lebanon
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday bombarded the villages and towns in the western and central sectors of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said Israeli artillery positioned in Muhaibib and Ballat shelled the towns of Kafra, Yater, Zebqin, and al-Boutom mountainous areas, and Majdal Zoun in the western sector. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/31/1998 - Lt. Gen. Tawfiq Nizameddine dies in Damascus
Lt. Gen. Tawfiq Nizameddine, founder and former commander of the Syrian Army died on Monday in Damascus. Present at the funeral ceremony were a number of Syrian officials, citizens and delegations from his birthplace, al-Qamshli, in the northern part of Syria. Syria, People, 12/31/1998 - Informatics program in Homs Syria, Education, 12/31/1998
- Iraqi no-fly zones see a second clash as Iraq assert it downed a US plane
A US Pentagon spokesman said today that a second clash this week took place in the US-enforced Iraq no-fly zones, with today's conflict taking place in the southern zone. Iraq-USA, Military, 12/30/1998 - Hostages killed in Yemen during attempt to free them
A Yemeni official has said that three western hostages held in Yemen, two Britons and one American, were killed and another 13 hostages were freed when Yemeni security forces attacked the place where the hostages were being held. Two of the kidnappers were also killed, the official said. Yemen, Local, 12/30/1998 - King Hussein announces full recovery
King Hussein of Jordan on Tuesday announced that he has left the Mayo Clinic hospital in the United States after he has fully recovered from cancer and completed six stages of chemotherapy, which he started in July 14. Jordan, People, 12/30/1998 - Israel continues attacks in south Lebanon targeting mountainous routes
Israeli occupied forces on Tuesday renewed their attacks on areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon and its western Bekaa. The attacks were accompanied by intensive machine-gun fire targeting mountainous routes which link al-Tuffah district to the occupied strip of south Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/30/1998 - 43 members of Islamic Group held in custody in Egypt
The State Security Court in Egypt on Monday decided to hold in custody some 43 members of the armed extremist Islamic Group (Gamaa al-Islamiyah) for 15 days under charges of being members in an unlicensed group and planning to topple the government. Egypt, Judicial, 12/30/1998 - A trip into the heart of ancient civilizations
Syria is regarded by historians as the very heart of the Arab Islamic world. It witnessed Arab Islamic civilizations that flourished through successive ages. Fruitful interaction had been carried out between them producing remarkable, distinctive civilizations. Syria, History, 12/30/1998 - Moroccan stand gets 1st prize in Saudi charity fair Morocco, Culture, 12/30/1998
- Four people reported missing in shipwreck Morocco, Local, 12/30/1998
- King Hassan chairs religious ceremony marking 39th anniversary of late king Mohammed V Morocco, Local, 12/30/1998
- Syria needs US $11.6 million for pesticides Syria, Agriculture, 12/30/1998
- Some 27 persons to be tried in Khartoum over explosions Sudan, Judicial, 12/30/1998
- SLA troops withdraw from Jezzine-area positions Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/29/1998
- Morocco launches program to save livestock from dry winter
Morocco launched last week a program, worth 196 million dh ($21.3 million), to save its livestock, an official at the agriculture ministry said. Morocco, Agriculture, 12/29/1998 - 163 soldiers freed as another sign of Sudanese seriousness about liberties
Sudanese Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Suleiman issued a decision that dropped the remainder of sentences for 163 soldiers. Sudan, Judicial, 12/29/1998 - Yemeni tribe clans explode main oil pipelines
It was announced in Sanaa on Monday than Yemeni tribal clans exploded the main oil pipeline in Yemen. So far the volume of damage and the effect of the explosion on production have not been determined. Yemen, Local, 12/29/1998 - Group of illegal immigrants arrested in Spain
Eleven north Africans trying to enter Europe illegally were arrested in the port of the southern Spanish town of Algesiras, the Spanish news agency EFE reported. Morocco-Algeria-Spain, Local, 12/29/1998 - Some 64% of Moroccan Jews want to return to Morocco Morocco, Local, 12/29/1998
- Moroccans are largest foreign community in italy Morocco, Local, 12/29/1998
- King Faisal international prize to be announced in one week
The King Faisel international prize in the fields of serving Islam, Islamic studies, Arab literature, medicine, and science will be announced on the coming Tuesday in a celebration in Riyadh. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 12/29/1998 - Israel demolishes Lebanese house, continues attacking civilians
Israeli occupation troops and its allied South Lebanon Army militia demolished a house on Sunday night in Arnoun town in the occupied part of south Lebanon under the pretext that it stored foodstuffs, weapons and explosives. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/29/1998 - Some 200 Iraqi civilians wounded in US-British air strikes Iraq, Local, 12/28/1998
- April Understanding committee meets on civilian attacks
The April Understanding Monitoring Committee has condemned the killings perpetrated by Israeli warplanes in Jenta town in the central Bekaa, which resulted in the death of seven members of a Lebanese family (a woman and her six kids). Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/28/1998 - Israel continues attacks on Lebanon
Caution and tensions have prevailed in southern Lebanese areas with continued intensive sorties at low altitude by Israeli war planes over south Lebanon areas. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/28/1998 - Four Syrians killed in Lebanon building collapse
Four Syrians were killed and one Lebanese was wounded on Saturday night in a building collapse in al-Sharaani suburb in the al-Qubbeh area of Tripoli. Lebanon-Syria, Local, 12/28/1998 - Morocco Builds $ 4 Mln Sea Sports Center Morocco, Sports, 12/28/1998
- Reducing value of Algerian dinar by 5.8% 12/28/1998
- Cholera a threat in Iraq Iraq, Health, 12/28/1998
- 80 countries to participate in Cairo International Book Fair Egypt-Regional, Culture, 12/28/1998
- Qatar issues pardon on the occasion of Ramadan Qatar, Judicial, 12/28/1998
- Israel develops missiles against Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian weapons Regional-Israel, Military, 12/28/1998