Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 5/14/2001
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of May 14, 2001
- Fund raising telethon breaks record
An exciting 5-hour TV telethon, aired Friday night by the second Moroccan TV channel 2M, broke all records of sums to raise for building a center for the treatment of heart-disease-stricken children. More than 26 million dirhams ($ 2.3 million) were donated. Morocco, Culture, 5/19/2001 - Prince Moulay Rachid obtains phd in law Morocco, People, 5/19/2001
- Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak talks about African child's hopes on may 28
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak opens the first African Child Summit meetings on May 28th in Cairo. Summits agenda discusses African child's issues raised as of endorsing international agreements on child rights in 1990. Regional, Culture, 5/19/2001 - 19 Iraqi Detained by Indonesian Immigration
Immigration authorities in two separate towns in the Indonesian Riau province have detained 19 Iraqis for illegal entry, Indonesian news agency ANTARA reported. Iraq, Local, 5/19/2001 - Ancient tomb unearthed in Bahariya Oases Egypt, History, 5/19/2001
- Rapist jailed for five years Morocco, Local, 5/19/2001
- Cairo to host pan-african forum on future of children
Cairo is to host a Pan-African Forum on the Future of Children from 28 to 31 May following President Hosni Mubarak's ratification on Thursday of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Regional, Culture, 5/19/2001 - Saudi Arabia: illegal activities behind recent explosions in the Kingdom
The Saudi deputy minister of the Interior prince Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz has announced that settling disputes between persons involved in illegal activities in Saudi Arabia were behind the series of explosions that targeted foreign residents in the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia, Local, 5/18/2001 - A leadership workshop for women in social service organizations
Under the Sponsorship of Baria Qoudsi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, the US embassy in Damascus on May 17 inaugurated a " leadership Workshop for Women in Social Service Organizations" held at Burj al-Fardous Hotel in Damascus. Syria, Culture, 5/18/2001 - Two tons of chira seized Morocco, Local, 5/18/2001
- Accord on food security, environment signed by UN agency, African regional group
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced Thursday an agreement with a regional African group designed to promote food security, rural development, environmental protection and desert encroachment control through assessments of natural resources. Regional, Agriculture, 5/18/2001 - Chairmen of Cultural Centers and Islamic Associations in Latin America Meet in Buenos Aires
Means of protecting the Islamic cultural identity of the children of Muslim communities, ways of presenting the Islamic culture in the media and redressing the image of Islam and Muslims in the local media are also on the agenda. Regional, Religion, 5/18/2001 - Zahret al-Mada'en Social Center in al-Hajar al-Aswad
In a statement to Arabic news, the head of delegation of the European Commission Marc Pierini focused on two points. The first is that the cooperation between Syrian NGO's Zahret al-Mada'en and the EU 's NGO ( MOVIMONDO) has been established and that these sides want to work together with great confidence. Syria, Culture, 5/17/2001 - Cavities affect 9 out of 10 adult Moroccans
Nine out of 10 adult Moroccans are affected by cavities and two out of every three 12-year-old children suffer from toothache, according to a recent epidemiological study. Morocco, Health, 5/17/2001 - Women in Oman won the right to drive cabs Oman, Culture, 5/17/2001
- The first museum for ancient currencies in Yemen
Yemen is intending to found the first specialized archaeological museum in ancient coins dealt with since the age of the state of Sabaa and Hemmyar before the Islamic conquest until the present time. Yemen, Local, 5/16/2001 - Egyptian Fatwa bans miss beauty parties Egypt, Religion, 5/16/2001
- M. Abdul-Moaty: creative beauty
The Alexandria atelier show-halls now embrace pretty formations created by painter-artist Mostafa Abdul-Moaty. The beautiful paintings reflect the intellectual and artistic attitudes of the sixties when Egypt experienced political and cultural reactions that had been represented in creations that attracted the world at large. Egypt, People, 5/16/2001 - Lahham: my visit to the US is religious one
The patriarch of Antoich, Alexandria, Jerusalem and the Whole East for the Greek- Catholic Church Gregorius III Lahham has stressed that his visit to the US is a religious one, in the first place despite the fact he did not rule out to meet with American officials if such dates are arranged. Syria, Religion, 5/15/2001 - Trial for those convicted in transmitting AIDS in Libyan children
The Libyan judiciary has resumed on Sunday trial sessions of those who are convicted in the crime of intentionally transmitting the AIDS virus through contaminated blood. Libya, Health, 5/15/2001 - Immunity lifted from two members of the Jordanian parliament Jordan, Local, 5/14/2001
- Aleppo 's 3rd international women art festival
Under the patronage of the Syrian minister of Culture Maha Qanout, Le Pont Gallery in partnership with the Embassy of Canada and Aleppo City Council- the Directorate of the Old city, the 3rd International " Women's Art festival" dedicated to ICRC campaign " women and war" was held in Aleppo On may 1st to 10, 2001. Syria, Local, 5/14/2001 - Sudan, ICRC contacts over plane shooting incident
The International Committee of the red Cross said that it is making contacts with the Sudanese government and with the rebel movement to unveil the opening-fire incident against the relief plane since several days. Sudan, Local, 5/14/2001 - Egyptian archaeologists defend Cleopatra's beauty
It seems that a group of British archaeologists are convinced that Cleopatra VII, one of the most beautiful queens of Egypt as she was known for her ravishing beauty, was actually ugly, fat and short. Egypt, History, 5/14/2001 - US NGO Offers Morocco 10,000 Books
Sabre Foundation, a US-based non governmental organization, has offered Morocco 10,000 books to be used as reference material in youth centers and universities, a US embassy press release said in Rabat. Morocco-USA, Local, 5/14/2001 - Mediterranean arts forum kicks off in Chefchaouen Regional-Morocco, Local, 5/14/2001