Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 6/11/2001
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of June 11, 2001
- Sea life protection body set up Morocco, Environment, 6/16/2001
- Football: Morocco's Raja Club in Saudi tournament Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Sports, 6/16/2001
- Desert encroachment jeopardizes 280,000 hectares of palm groves, minister Morocco, Environment, 6/16/2001
- Unified vision to solve Arab child's problems
The Arab high-level conference on childhood due to be held under Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak early July aims at crystallizing a unified vision on Arab children so as to propose a vision at the special session of the UN General Assembly in September. Regional, Culture, 6/16/2001 - American University to open in Tangiers Morocco-USA, Education, 6/16/2001
- OAU stresses need of doubling commitment to protection of African children
Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Secretary General Salem Ahmed Salem stressed the necessity of doubling the commitment to the protection of African children and exerting utmost efforts to eradicate violations of children's rights and any abuses against them. Regional, Culture, 6/16/2001 - Egypt challenges US findings on Flight 990 crash
Egypt has challenged preliminary findings of a US investigation that found no mechanical cause for the 1999 crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, a source with knowledge of the probe said. Egypt-USA, Local, 6/16/2001 - Egypt opposes U.S. allegations on EgyptAir crash
Captain Mohsen Al-Meseiry, Chief of the Egyptian Investigation Committee on the crash of EgyptAir plane off the U.S. coasts, will deliver the Egyptian reply to the draft-report of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the accident. Egypt, Local, 6/16/2001 - Cleopatra stuns the world
The British capital, London, is still talking about Queen Cleopatra. She raised controversy after so long years of history over her special beauty in the symposium held at the side-line of Cleopatra exhibition, entitiled: 'From History to Legend'. A great number of scientists and archeologists, from all over the world, who are interested in that Ptolemic Queen, took part in the event. Egypt, History, 6/16/2001 - Beijing willing to cooperate with Alexandria library
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Yang Wen Chang has voiced China's interest in securing a large presence at the Alexandria Library in due proportion with the depth of the Chinese civilisation, considering the library's status as an institution showcasing the different world cultures. Egypt-China, Local, 6/16/2001 - Most operations at Rabat child hospital made by video-surgery
Some 70 percent of operations are currently made by video-surgery at the Rabat child hospital, said Fouad Attaybi, a child surgeon. Morocco, Health, 6/16/2001 - Mubarak attends Mediamen Day celebrations, opens new projects
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday evening attended Egyptian media celebration of the 18th Media Day, which was held by the Ministry of Information at Media Production City at the Sixth of October City. Egypt, Local, 6/15/2001 - Prince Moulay Rachid attends marriage of Libyan leader's son
Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid, younger brother of King Mohammed VI, on Thursday paid a short visit to Tripoli where he attended the marriage ceremony of the Libyan leaders' son Saadi Mouammar Kadhafi. Libya-Morocco, Local, 6/15/2001 - UN to host international media encounter on question of palestine
Prominent journalists and Middle East experts, including senior officials and lawmakers from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, will gather in Paris this June 18-19 at an international media encounter on the question of Palestine, the UN announced Wednesday. Palestine-Regional, Local, 6/15/2001 - New Omrah regime guarantees pilgrims' rights, Saudi official
The new regime regulating the Omrah (minor pilgrimage) set forth by Saudi authorities will guarantee to pilgrims the right to get the services for which they pay, said Saudi pilgrimage minister, Iyad Ben Amine Madani. Saudi Arabia-Regional, Local, 6/15/2001 - Princess Lalla Meryem confers with U.N. officials Morocco, Local, 6/14/2001
- Football: UAE to Host World U-20 Cup United Arab Emirates, Sports, 6/14/2001
- Morocco wants to reform university scholarships system
Morocco said it intends to reform its higher education scholarships system, which grew inefficient in view of the growing number of university students. Morocco, Education, 6/14/2001 - Goethe Institute director: Personal contacts between peoples of different cultural pivotal for inter- cultural bridges
"The German Goethe Cultural Center is one of the oldest foreign institutes in Damascus. It was founded in 1959," said the director general of the German Goethe Institute in Damascus Mr. Bgorn Luley in a statement to Arabic News. Syria-Germany, Culture, 6/13/2001 - Arab journalists union condemns the aggression on Ahmad Ali Qatar, Local, 6/13/2001
- Head of UN child summit preparatory committee hails Morocco's exemplary action
Morocco's action in favor of the cause of children was hailed as "exemplary" by head of the Preparatory Committee for the UN extraordinary general assembly on children, Partricia Durrant. Morocco, Culture, 6/13/2001 - Egyptian investigators on Boeing crash head for New York
Egypt's investigators, into the Egyptian Boeing airliner's crash off the American coast in 1999, left Cairo for New York Tuesday morning to hand over to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Wednesday Egypt's final report on the American crash blueprint, Mohsen Meseiri, head of the official investigation committee, said before departure. Egypt-USA, Local, 6/13/2001 - Arab children conference in Cairo prepared
The most importanttopic the committee is how to reach a unified Arab stand towards the final document of UN General Assembly and laying down a scheme for a program of action in the field of Arab children from June 2001/02. Regional, Culture, 6/13/2001 - Efforts to cut maternal deaths falter in developing countries
Death associated with pregnancy and childbirth - a peril that has been virtually eliminated in developed countries - still affects over 500,000 women in the developed world, according to a new study released today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). Regional, Health, 6/13/2001 - African group at UN adheres to recommendations of Marrakesh conference of first ladies
The African group at the United Nations adhered to recommendations adopted by a series of preparatory meetings of the UN extraordinary general assembly on children, mainly the Marrakesh summit of African First Ladies (April 20-21). Regional, Culture, 6/13/2001 - Moroccan judge elected to war crimes court for ex-Yugoslavia
Morocco's Mohamed El Habib Fassi Fihri was among the 27 judges elected by the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Morocco, Local, 6/13/2001 - Princess Lalla Meryem stresses children's rights to dignity
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, chairwoman of the Moroccan observatory of children rights on Monday stressed children's right to live in dignity and the need to shield them against any discrimination. Morocco, Culture, 6/12/2001 - Princess Lalla Meryem visits UNICEF, UNDP in New York
Princess Lalla Meryem and the UNDP general manager surveyed cooperation ties between Morocco and the UNDP and stressed the need to further develop this cooperation at a time Morocco has embarked on an ambitious program to reduce social gaps and disparities, especially between rural and urban areas. Morocco, Culture, 6/12/2001 - Hashish plantation in Lebanon grows
The British daily al-Guardian issued on Monday said that a crises has hit the people of the Lebanese al-Bekaa district when the al-Hashish and other drug plants, used to offer Lebanese farmers almost $ 500 million was abrogated. Lebanon, Local, 6/12/2001 - An international smuggling networking arrested in Algeria
The Algerian national security forces have recently arrested in Ein Qazzam area in the Far southern part of Algeria some 52 persons including 37 Pakistani, 11 Algerians, one from Nigeria, one from Gambia and two from Nigeria who work within the framework of an international network, specialized in counterfeiting, smuggling of persons and illegal migration of Pakistani people to Spain through Algeria a and then Morocco. Algeria, Local, 6/12/2001 - One armed man, security men killed in Algeria
The Algerian security forces on Saturday evening killed one gunman and arrested other two in the " Bashar al-Jadid " quarters in Bashar province, situated 1,000 Km to the Southern west of the Capital Algiers. Algeria, Local, 6/12/2001 - Attackers of Qatari daily chief editor released
The Qatari security on Saturday released the three men who attacked the chief editor of the Qatari daily al-Watan Ahmad Ali and this was made after reaching an " amicable settlement," according to sources close to Ali. Qatar, Local, 6/11/2001 - Mrs. Mubarak to chair Arab conference on children Regional, Culture, 6/11/2001
- Moroccan MPs in parliamentary meeting on agriculture in Korea Morocco-South Korea, Agriculture, 6/11/2001
- Mrs Mubarak will attend the inauguration of the a Reading for All festival Egypt, Local, 6/11/2001
- Thunder bolts in Yemen Yemen, Local, 6/11/2001