Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 11/20/2000
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of November 20, 2000
- Goethe Institute for boosting cultural ties with Syrian partners
On the Institute 's busy artistic activities Mr. Luley said that in the last three weeks we had a sculpture exhibition by a German artist Tina Sackrmann. He added that what was very interesting for the Syrian public that in her sculptures the artist used materials she had collected in Syria during a previous visit in 1999 including woods and stones, noting that her works also reflected the experience she had in Syria during her last visit, showing her creativity. Syria-Germany, Culture, 11/20/2000 - ACSAD 's 19th session for boosting inter-Arab agricultural projects
Meetings of the 19th session of the executive council of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands "ACSAD" were held in Damascus on November 14 through 16. It was attended by ACSAD 's director general Dr. Hassan Saoud and delegations representing Libya, Jordan, Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Yemen. Regional, Agriculture, 11/20/2000 - Kuwait stands against the idea of Russian Gulf security system
A high ranking Kuwaiti official on Saturday said that the idea of the Gulf "security system" with the participation of Iraq and Iran, said to be promoted by Russia is " born dead." Kuwait-Gulf-Russia, Military, 11/20/2000 - Saudi helicopter crashes, crew members killed
An official source at the Saudi ministry of defense and aviation said that at 3.30 a.m., at dawn, Sunday one of the Saudi Royal air force plane fell down at al-Qasim airport because of the bad weather conditions. Saudi Arabia, Local, 11/20/2000 - Death penalty for a Sudanese killer
A Yemeni court on Sunday sentenced to death a Sudanese who was an employee at the faculty of medicine in Sanaa who was convicted of killing two women students. Sudan, Local, 11/20/2000 - Vengeful camel chops off master's feet
In a rare episode in Sudan, an offended camel took revenge on its owner by chopping off his feet as he slept, says the Panafrican news agency "PANA." Sudan, Local, 11/20/2000 - The discovery of a cemetry dating back to the ancient Egyptian era
A mission of archeologists from the Czech Republic discovered, at Abu Seir in Giza governorate,a graveyard including first statues engraved in limestone and dates back to the ancient Pharaonic dynasties. Egypt, History, 11/20/2000