Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 2/12/2001
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of February 12, 2001
- Premier Youssoufi meets Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia
Morocco's Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi met in Rabat Friday Saudi Prince Talal Ibn Abdelaziz, president of the Arab Gulf Program for Backing to UN Development Agencies and of the Arab Chilhood and Development Council. Morocco, Local, 2/17/2001 - Football: Morocco's Cuelho convokes team for world cup qualifier Morocco, Sports, 2/17/2001
- World hails Mubarak's poverty-combat efforts
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Chairman Fawzi Hamad Sultan on Friday hailed President Hosni Mubarak's efforts in the field of eliminating poverty. Egypt, Culture, 2/17/2001 - Bar association elections start today
More than 86,700 lawyers will flock to their main premises and branches in Egypt Saturday to elect a head and 24 council members for the Egyptian Bar Association. Egypt, Local, 2/17/2001 - Meningitis claims 16 lives in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Vice Minister of Health Ministry Lamisso Hayisso has called on the nationals to be on full alert against an outbreak of meningitis which has claimed at least 16 lives since January in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia, the Capital newspaper reported on Saturday. Regional, Health, 2/17/2001 - Morocco calls for social-dimensioned globalization
The Moroccan strategy targets people living under the poverty line and people with limited income, she said, voicing hope that international community will enforce fair commercial rules and new financial control mechanisms to avert economic and financial crises at world scale. Morocco, Culture, 2/17/2001 - Yemenis involved in a Mosque attack arrested
The Yemeni minister of the Interior Hussein Arab said on Friday that five Yemenis were arrested suspected to be involved in the attack against a mosque in Yemen, resulted in killing four persons. Yemen, Local, 2/17/2001 - Morocco ratifies convention on child labor Morocco, Culture, 2/16/2001
- King Mohammed calls for more efforts to protect childhood
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called for more efforts at international, Arab and national levels to shield childhood and protect children against all the dangers looming on them and urged childhood activists in the Arab world to make rational and realistic recommendations likely to help devise national and Arab strategies to promote the Arab childhood. Morocco, Culture, 2/16/2001 - Arab regional civil society forum on childhood opens in rabat
The Arab Regional Civil Society Forum on Childhood opened proceedings in Rabat Thursday under the chairmanship of Prince Moulay Rachid who was accompanied by Princess Lalla Meriem, chairwoman of the Moroccan national observatory of child right. Regional, Culture, 2/16/2001 - Prince Talal donates ISESCO $ 500,000
President of the Arab Gulf Program for supporting UN Development Organizations, Prince Talal Ibn Abdelaziz, donated US$ 500,000 as a contribution to the construction of the permanent headquarters of the Rabat-based Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO). Regional, Culture, 2/16/2001 - ISESCO, Arab Gulf Program sign cooperation agreement
The Rabat-based Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and the Arab Gulf Program for supporting UN Development Organizations signed here Thursday a cooperation agreement. Regional, Culture, 2/16/2001 - Arab regional civil society forum on childhood convenes in Rabat
The Arab Regional Civil Society Forum on Childhood is convening in Rabat this February 15-19 to examine a set of issues related to childhood in the Arab world. The problem of homeless children, some 10 million in the Arab world, will top the agenda of the five-day encounter. Regional, Culture, 2/15/2001 - Seminar on Role of Media in Struggle Against STD/AIDS in Rabat
Rabat is playing host to a seminar on the role of media in struggle against sexually transmissible diseases, human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS. Regional, Health, 2/15/2001 - Football: Morocco wins UAE tournament Morocco-United Arab Emirates, Sports, 2/15/2001
- Saudi Arabia set to receive 2.5 million pilgrims
Saudi Arabia is set to receive an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims from all over the world for this Haj season Saudi Arabia, Religion, 2/15/2001 - 41 nations attend first Islamic fair in Saudi Arabia
Some 41 countries, including Morocco, have confirmed their participation at the first International Islamic Trade Fair, due March 18-23 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, Religion, 2/15/2001 - Millions of Sudanese face food and water shortages
The World Food Program warned on Tuesday that millions of Sudanese face acute hunger due to continuing civil war and worsening drought. Sudan, Local, 2/15/2001 - Yemen denies its two ministers to had been attacked
The Yemeni ministry of the Interior on Monday denied high ranking Yemeni officials including the minister of supply and commerce Abdul Aziz al-Kamim to have been exposed to fire shells in the west of Yemen. Yemen, Local, 2/14/2001 - Egyptian judiciary bans the issuance of an Egyptian - Israeli friendship society
The Egyptian judiciary has ratified a decision for the ministry of social affairs states to ban the declaration of an Israeli- Egyptian friendship society. Egypt-Israel, Local, 2/14/2001 - Kuwaiti book fair in Morocco Morocco-Kuwait, Culture, 2/14/2001
- Islamic capitals conference opened
In his speech, Ebeid spoke of some requirements pertaining to refurbishment of Islamic capitals and cities, noting inhabitants of Islamic cities are on the rise, a matter that imposes continued planning for current and new areas. Regional, Religion, 2/14/2001 - Morocco denies contaminated blood imports from Britain
Morocco on Tuesday denied the importation of contaminated blood from Britain. Morocco-UK, Health, 2/14/2001 - Tennis: Morocco's Alami, arazi cruise to second round in Chile's open Morocco, Sports, 2/14/2001
- Egyptian international center for restoring citadel monuments
Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on establishing the first Egyptian international center for restoring and maintaining monuments and archeological sites in Egypt and Middle East in collaboration with the Italian government. Egypt, History, 2/14/2001 - Football: Morocco Ranks 28th on FIFA Standing
Morocco is ranking 28th on the monthly standings of world teams published by the World football governing body FIFA. Morocco, Sports, 2/14/2001 - Senegalese first lady in Morocco
Senegalese first lady Viviane Wade is currently on a visit to Morocco to take part in the regional forum on child protection held this February 15-19 in Rabat. Morocco-Senegal, Culture, 2/14/2001 - Oman, Iran hold talks Oman-Iran, Education, 2/13/2001
- Some 27 persons, Islamic leader killed in Algiers
An armed group on Saturday evening killed 27 Algerian citizens in one of the poor areas near Deyar al-Shams in al-Berwateyah city in al-Medya province, some 100 kilometers to the south of Algiers. These include 11 children age between 6 months- 14 year old and 12 women. Algeria, Local, 2/13/2001 - Yemeni officials ambushed by a tribe
An official Yemen delegation including several Yemeni officials including one minister and one governor were exposed to a fire in West Yemen in an ambush implanted by one of the Yemeni tribes. Yemen, Local, 2/13/2001 - International conference of human rights movement focus on Palestinian issues
The Third International Conference of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab World is held in Rabat February 10-12 to discuss the "Future of Palestinian Refugees under the Current Settlement Process." Regional, Culture, 2/12/2001 - Yemeni President gets a message from President Bush Yemen-USA, Local, 2/12/2001
- The washing of al-Kaaba Saudi Arabia, Religion, 2/12/2001
- Fresh archeological find in Alexandria
The Egyptian -French mission under Alexandria Antiquities Director Adli Rushdie unearthed a rare white marble statue of Septimius Severus, Roman emperor from 193 until 211 AD, in Mahatet El-raml, Alexandria. Egypt, History, 2/12/2001