Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 10/9/2000
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of October 9, 2000
- Ministers call for exhaust pipes pollution control
City planning, housing and environment minister Mohamed El Yazghi called for the enforcement of control on exhaust-pipes pollution. Morocco, Environment, 10/14/2000 - Resuming the study in the Bank and Gaza strip Palestine, Education, 10/14/2000
- Moroccan drug dealer arrested Morocco, Local, 10/14/2000
- Princess Lalla Amina Launches 3rd Regional Special Olympics
Princess Lalla Amina, chairwoman of the Moroccan "Special Olympics," launched in Rabat Thursday at the Prince Moulay Abdallah Sports Complex the 3d special Olympiads of the Middle-East and North-Africa. Morocco, Culture, 10/13/2000 - Royal call on 14th national immunization days
Morocco's King Mohammed VI called Moroccans to massively respond to the 14th National Immunization Days to open Oct. 14 with a target of 2,8 million children under five and a million of women at reproductive age. Morocco, Health, 10/13/2000 - Morocco's Bahia Mouhtassine crowned African tennis champion Morocco, Sports, 10/13/2000
- 25 persons killed in violence works in Algeria
Algerian newspapers published yesterday that 25 persons at least were killed by Islamists among whom are a mother and 5 children were slayed. Algeria, Local, 10/12/2000 - Arab book exhibition opens in Damascus Regional, Culture, 10/12/2000
- Man arrested for robbing bank to pay for heart surgery
A 23-year old man, suffering from a heart disease, was arrested as he was trying to break into a bank in Casablanca to pay for a heart surgery he had to undergo. Morocco, Local, 10/12/2000 - Moroccan irrigation project gets 22 million french loan
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the national office for agriculture promotion in the Gharb region in central Morocco (ORMVAG) signed Wednesday an agreement under which an irrigation project gets a French 22 million USD loan. Morocco-France, Agriculture, 10/12/2000 - Moroccans called to donate one-day salary for Palestinians
The Moroccan association of support to the struggle of the Palestinian people (AMSLP) has called on Moroccans to donate a one-day salary to back Palestinians against the Israeli occupation. Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 10/11/2000 - Morocco hosts international women basketball tournament Regional, Sports, 10/11/2000
- Environmental management in the Arab states conference
The Moroccan capital city of Rabat will be playing host October 19-21 to the first Arab annual environment conference on "Environment-management in the Arab world: challenges and prospects." Regional, Environment, 10/11/2000 - French FR3 tv crew questioned free to travel
The Errachidia prosecutor issued orders to hand back passports to French television FR3 crew members and open a new complementary investigation of the case. Morocco, Local, 10/11/2000 - Moroccan red crescent donates Palestinian peer two ambulances Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 10/10/2000
- Moroccan - German economic, cultural days focus on environment Morocco-Germany, Environment, 10/10/2000
- United Arab Emirates population exceeds 3 million
Population of the United Arab Emirates UAE has in this year exceeded 3 million and the number is expected to reach 3,479,449 by the year 2005, according to statistics at the UAE ministry of statistics. United Arab Emirates, Local, 10/10/2000 - Group of 53 Moroccans arrested on illegal migration attempt
Spanish authorities arrested on Monday night in the Spanish southern town of Tarifa 53 Moroccans on board a small boat. Morocco-Spain, Local, 10/10/2000 - Solitary kayak expedition for human rights stops in Tangiers
A solitary expedition in Kayak by US Denis Jones in support of human rights stopped Sunday off Tangiers as a big swell capsized the small boat. Morocco, Local, 10/10/2000 - Symbolic sit-in in memory of former detainees
The Truth and Justice Forum, a non-government association formed by victims of human rights abuses, staged over the weekend a symbolic sit-in in front of Tazmammart jail "to pay tribute to the memory of former detainees." Morocco, Culture, 10/9/2000