Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 6/26/2000
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of June 26, 2000
- King Mohammed meets Gabonese army chief of staff Morocco-Gabon, Military, 7/1/2000
- Mohammed V foundation takes measures for handicapped expatriates Morocco, Culture, 7/1/2000
- Morocco, Korea sign cultural and scientific exchange program Morocco-South Korea, Science, 7/1/2000
- Morocco picked as member of Geneva forum 2000 steering committee
Morocco will be sitting in the Geneva forum 2000 steering committee, together with Canada, Denmark and Switzerland, to follow up recommendations of the international conference held to assess implementations of the Copenhagen social summit decisions. Regional, Culture, 7/1/2000 - 2006 world cup bid: Morocco's last presentation wednesday
Morocco will be having a last chance to defend its candidacy to host the 2006 world soccer cup finals next Friday before the executive committee of the International Football association "FIFA" in Zurich. Morocco, Sports, 7/1/2000 - 75.9% of Moroccan seas declared fit for bathing
A percentage of 75.9 % of Moroccan seas were declared fit for bathing in the 1999-2000 year against 74.1% last year, the equipment ministry announced in a press conference. Morocco, Environment, 7/1/2000 - Arab states basketball championships in Algeria Regional, Sports, 7/1/2000
- Egyptian health ministry: Radioactive material is from imported equipement
A report issued by the preventive medical research team in the Egyptian health ministry revealed that the radioactive material which caused the events of Meet Halfa village in Egypt is a piece equipment imported under the license No 104 in December 8 1999 and was released last February the 1st and has Iridium 192 as the active material. Egypt, Local, 7/1/2000 - Moroccan athletes win rome's 3,000 m steeple chase and the women's 400 m hurdles
Moroccan athletes Nezha Bidouane and Brahim Boulami won on Friday the Rome's Golden Gala Meet respectively in the women's 300 m hurdles and the men's 400 m hurdles. Morocco, Sports, 7/1/2000 - King Mohammed chairs graduation ceremony at armed forces academy Morocco, Military, 6/29/2000
- Gabonese Army Chief of Staff in Morocco Morocco-Gabon, Military, 6/29/2000
- Bikar wins LE. 100,000 worth Mubarak Award for Arts Egypt, Culture, 6/29/2000
- Iraqi farmers wounded in a Gulf war missile explosion
Some 15 Iraqi peasants were wounded in the province of al-Anbar when a missiles from the remains of the Gulf war of 1991 went off. Iraq, Local, 6/29/2000 - Radioactive material is imported without knowledge of Egyptian atomic power organization Egypt, Local, 6/29/2000
- First Lady Mubarak suggests initiative to new development model
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak today proposed a new mechanism to turn the small-scale project sector into an engine to a new development model. Egypt, Culture, 6/28/2000 - Peace corps volunteers to expand fight against AIDS in africa, elsewhere
US Peace Corps volunteers will expand the fight against AIDS in Africa, where the epidemic now kills 10 times more people annually than does war. Regional, Health, 6/28/2000 - Mubarak attends Republican Guard day
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Monday attended the ceremony held on the occasion of the Republican Guard Day. Egypt, Military, 6/28/2000 - Finding a radioactive material in an Egyptian village
The Egyptian government found radioactive material inside the house of a farmer in the village Meet Halfa, 15 kilometers north Cairo, due to which the farmer and eldest child were killed while members of the family had skin eruption. Egypt, Health, 6/28/2000 - Mubarak attends Republican Guard Day
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak Monday attended the ceremony held on the occasion of the Republican Guard Day. Egypt, Military, 6/27/2000 - US delegation of Saint Jude children hospital on visit to Morocco
A delegation of US Saint Jude Children Research Hospital is currently in Morocco to examine with Moroccan officials a new program for training of medical and paramedical staff of pediatric oncology units of Rabat and Casablanca children hospitals. Morocco, Health, 6/27/2000 - American students to visit Morocco's north-western region
hirty students from North American universities (United States and Canada) will be on a study visit to the region of Gharb, Chrarda, Beni Hssen (northwestern Morocco) starting July 2. Morocco-USA, Education, 6/27/2000 - Morocco and FAO sign technical assistance agreement in handicraft
The agreement comprises two actions: a $ 189,00 technical cooperation program, totally financed by the FAO consisting of assessing the sector in two chambers out of Morocco's 24 handicraft chambers. The second action, to be financed by Morocco, consists in implementing measures recommended after the diagnosis. Morocco, Agriculture, 6/27/2000 - 10 years imprisonment for three parliamentarians Egypt, Judicial, 6/26/2000
- One person wounded in warehouses fire in Manama
Defense forces in Bahrain on Sunday announced that one person was seriously wounded and that 18 warehouses were destroyed when fire erupted in one of Manama's markets. Bahrain, Local, 6/26/2000