Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 5/21/2001
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of May 21, 2001
- Children parliament questions government on childhood, justice and education
Children members of parliament played an adult game on Friday when they held an oral question time with members of the government, asking them about their administration actions to improve the situation of children. Morocco, Culture, 5/26/2001 - The US and the Bahraini princess
The Bahraini princess Mariam al-Khaleifa who fled from her country with an American man was offered a permanent stay in the US after she argued that she will be exposed to repression if she returns back to her country. Bahrain-USA, Local, 5/26/2001 - A fire at Damascus Adra's prison
A fire erupted on late night Thursday in one of the pavilions of Adra prison near Damascus. Syria, Local, 5/26/2001 - Mrs. Mubarak inaugurates African child forum
African children, in areas of dispute, become refugees. According to UNRWA reports, more than 65 percent of 300,000 refugees are children who have no hope of returning to their homes in the near future. Regional, Culture, 5/26/2001 - Almost 7 percent of Moroccans aged over 20 suffer from diabetes
Some 1.5 million Moroccans, accounting for 6.6% of people aged over 20, are suffering from diabetes, said health minister, Thami El Khyari on Thursday. Morocco, Health, 5/26/2001 - South Korea's LG firm to sponsor youth football tournament in Morocco Morocco, Sports, 5/26/2001
- British delegation undertake fund-raising visit to Morocco for Volubilis archeological site
A delegation of outstanding British figures will be visiting next June 8 Fez, in a fund-raising operation to support excavations and preservation works in the Volubilis archeological site, some 200 km northeast of Rabat. Morocco-UK, Local, 5/26/2001 - A Palestinian officer killed in Ein al-Helweh camp Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 5/25/2001
- May 25, the great victory of the Lebanese resistance in south Lebanon
How was the Lebanese national resistance born ? In a hot day of August 1982, before the departure of the Palestinian forces from Lebanon, very few leading figures of the Palestinian resistance and the Lebanese national movement studied prevailing conditions and agreed to form moving fighting groups to chase the Israeli army Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/25/2001 - Moroccan-Kuwaiti health cooperation probed Morocco-Kuwait, Health, 5/25/2001
- Casablanca hosts in June Maghreban Medical Congress Maghreb, Health, 5/25/2001
- Morocco hosts world aerobics and fitness championship Morocco-Regional, Sports, 5/25/2001
- Moroccan scouts stage march of solidarity with Palestinian children in June
Moroccan scouts will stage next June 24 in Rabat a march for peace and in support of the Palestinian children. Morocco-Palestine, Culture, 5/25/2001 - Israel downs a Lebanese training plane, the pilot is killed
The question of downing a Lebanese civilian plane to the south of the Palestinian city of Haifa on Thursday raised more than one question mark, but clearly revealed the state of tension Israel witnesses on the borders with Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Local, 5/25/2001 - World Health Organization, Swiss drug company team up to fight Malaria
In a joint effort to provide essential medicines at affordable prices, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Swiss pharmaceutical company on Thursday signed an agreement in Geneva aimed at providing developing countries with a new treatment for malaria at cost. Regional, Health, 5/25/2001 - Treaty banning world's worst pesticides opens for signature
Efforts to protect the environment and safeguard human health took a major step forward Wednesday as a new treaty banning the world's most dangerous pesticides was opened for signature at a United Nations-sponsored meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. Regional, Environment, 5/25/2001 - Higher council for education and culture in the west holds first meeting in Paris
The council was established by the Strategy for the Islamic Cultural Action in the West, endorsed by the Islamic Summit Conference at its ninth session held in Doha in November 200. Regional, Culture, 5/25/2001 - Two UN agencies team up to halt spread of AIDS among women and girls
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) signed on Thursday a cooperation agreement in a move to address the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls. Regional, Health, 5/25/2001 - Arab meeting on environment winds up
The executive board of the council of Arab environment ministers wound up its 26th meeting that discussed several environment issues. Regional, Environment, 5/25/2001 - Moroccan prisons overcrowded, report
The non-governmental independent association set up in 1999 to monitor inmates rights to dignity, human treatment, protection, training and integration in life after release, also deplores poor quality of living conditions, airing, meals and hygiene in prison kitchens. Morocco, Culture, 5/24/2001 - Arab, African States Called to Grant Priority to Children
The conference of Arab and African finance ministers, convened in Marrakesh May 21-23, has called on Arab and African states to grant priority to childhood when devising their budgets. Regional, Culture, 5/24/2001 - Resurrecting the muses
To capture the spirit of the ancient library of Alexandria and translate it into the context of the 21st century is the challenge facing Ismail Serag Eddin, General Manager of the New Library and Ex-Vice President of the World Bank. Egypt, Culture, 5/24/2001 - Mrs. Mubarak declares starting Zeinhom development
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak chairwoman of Egyptian Red Crescent attended on Wednesday the charity bazaar held by the Red Crescent at one of the hotels to mark the start of Zeinhom slums development's stage and to raise funds necessary for this stage amounted to eight million Egyptian pounds. Egypt, Local, 5/24/2001 - Expert says Africa most vulnerable to rising earth temperatures
Sub-Saharan Africa would be most affected by the negative impact of the earth's surface temperature warming on agricultural production, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Robert Watson has said. Regional, Environment, 5/24/2001 - Morocco to refurbish several Mosques in Senegal
Morocco will conduct construction and refurbishment works in several mosques in Senegal, Morocco's minister of habous (Islamic endowments) and Islamic affairs, Abdelkbir Alaoui Mdaghri, announced on Wednesday. Morocco-Senegal, Religion, 5/24/2001 - Tlass visits Moscow Syria-Russia, Military, 5/23/2001
- Islamic cultural centers in Latin America wind up meeting in Buenos Aires
The heads of Latin America Islamic cultural centers and associations recommended, at the closing of their first meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the setting up of a regional Waqf (Islamic endowments) foundation and a body to gather all associations in Latin America. Regional, Religion, 5/23/2001 - UN health agency's governing body ends session with call for a global AIDS fund
The governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO), which ended its annual session in Geneva Tuesday, urged for the establishment of a global fund on HIV/AIDS and health and called for collaboration with the private sector in providing antiretroviral therapy and other medicines for the pandemic. Regional, Health, 5/23/2001 - Euro-Mediterranean Virtual University Projected for 2002
A Euro-Mediterranean virtual university will be set up at the beginning of 2002, announced in Rabat Tuesday chairman of the Mediterranean network of engineers' schools, Philippe Zanin. Regional, Education, 5/23/2001 - Arab meeting on environment held in Rabat
The meeting is discussing a set of issues related to the projected Arab free trade area, trade and environment as well as the impact of the Abu Dhabi declaration on Arab action in the field of environment. Regional, Environment, 5/23/2001 - Algerian Sharia students assassinated Algeria, Local, 5/22/2001
- King Mohammed receives UNICEF director general
She said that throughout the world, 110 million children, including 70 million girls, do not attend school and that even if problems differ from a continent to another, children are generally affected by AIDS, malnutrition, violence and sexual exploitation. Morocco, Culture, 5/22/2001 - Official expounds Morocco's agriculture policy at world forum
Morocco, which is located in an arid weather region, has granted a particular importance to cover its population food needs, by promoting agriculture development and lasting exploitation of its natural resources, said Morocco's minister of agriculture, rural development, water and forests, Ismail Alaoui. Morocco, Agriculture, 5/22/2001 - 'Read for your kids' Mrs. Mubarak's new call
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak's told early Childhood Education Forum that Egypt has achieved much in early childhood education and care field. Children's first decade has realized its targets of medical and social care. Egypt, Education, 5/22/2001 - Alexandria library, a true successor of its ancient manestuke
For the new Alexandria library to deserve being regarded as a successor to its ancient namesake, Mohamed Sid-Ahmed believes given conditions must be met Egypt, Education, 5/22/2001 - Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak praises the development of intellectual education schools
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, who chairs the Integrated Care Society, Sunday inspected the School for children of special needs at Old Cairo to see on the spot the progress made in developing schools of such kinds and to evaluate the experiment one year after it was started. Egypt, Education, 5/22/2001 - President of Mauritius island calls for world mobilization against AIDS
President of Mauritius Island, Cassam Uteem, on Monday called on UN member states to fight aids in Africa and to set up an anti-aids fund. Regional, Health, 5/22/2001 - Sudanese efforts to fill food gap Sudan, Agriculture, 5/22/2001
- Arab-African ministers of finance meet in Marrakesh to prepare for world child summit
The Moroccan city of Marrakesh hosts May 21-23 a conference of Arab and African finance ministers to prepare for the World Child Summit, due next September 19-21 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Regional, Culture, 5/21/2001 - UNESCO proclaims Marrakesh square masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity
The famous Marrakesh square "Jamaa El Fna," a world of story-tellers, musicians and other mountebanks was proclaimed on Friday part of the 19 cultural spaces and forms of expressions labeled as "masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity." Morocco, Culture, 5/21/2001 - Zimbabwean Woman Gives Birth to Child in Casablanca-Montreal Flight Morocco, Local, 5/21/2001
- Morocco picked as chairman of the world former resisters federation's African commission Morocco, Local, 5/21/2001
- Remains of ancient Greek ambassadors found in Alexandria cemetry
Two French researchers from the University of Leon conducted a study, the first of its kind , on the remains of a man and a lady that were kept in ceramic pots hidden at eastern Alexandria cemetery in Al Hadra district. The pots, unearthed l30 years ago, contain the remains of Greek ambassadors in Alexandria during the Ptolemaic age. Egypt, History, 5/21/2001