Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 9/16/2002
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of September 16, 2002
- King Mohammedmed receives marrakesh film festival jury, hosts dinner in honor of participants
The king also received US filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who was accompanied by his spouse, the festival president, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, the vice-president of the festival foundation, Andre Azoulay, the members of the foundation managing board and several other participants in the second Marrakesh International Film festival. Morocco, Local, 9/21/2002 - Scorsese: I regret not being able to come to Morocco, my favorite destination
Speaking on the theme of the encounter, "Taxi Driver" director stressed the "imminent role" of cinema people, whose "power," he said, consists of being "able to deal with crucial social-economic and political" issues with great "influence on the public opinion." Morocco, Local, 9/21/2002 - Israel kills four Palestinians, destroys government premises, economic firms
The Palestinian army officer Muhammad Ismael Hamouda was shot to death on Friday as the Israeli army soldiers opened fire at him inside the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/21/2002 - Washington asks Amman to freeze assets of 25 companies, persons
The specialized Jordanian authorities submitted the names of 25 persons and companies to the banknote commission and the international and banking establishments, as the US had asked to freeze their transferred and non- transferred assets over suspession of these establishments and persons in financing terrorism. Jordan-USA, Local, 9/21/2002 - EC to offer 104 million euros for improving technical, higher education
"The European Commission approved a financial package of 104 million euros within the 2002/2003 plan to improve trade and technical and higher education in Egypt," the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Fayza Abul Naga, said. Egypt-European Union, Education, 9/21/2002 - Manama to host Arab poets and writers Regional-Bahrain, Culture, 9/21/2002
- Five Israelis killed, 63 wounded in Palestinian attack
One of the Hamas leaders in Gaza Ismael Henya said that Israel is "the last and first side responsible for the continued martyrdom operations." He added in an interview with al-Jazeera TV in Qatar that "Today ( yesterday)'s operation is an introduction for a series of coming operations that are in retaliation to crimes against the Palestinian people." Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/20/2002 - Families of south Lebanon militia members returned from Israel
An Israeli military source said that several families of members of the South Lebanon Army militia on Wednesday crossed al-Naqoura point between Israel and Lebanon in order to return back to Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Local, 9/20/2002 - Indian military delegation visits Israel
A source in Israel said that a high ranking delegation at the Indian ministry of defense, currently visiting Israel met on Wednesday with the Israeli defense minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer and will be meeting with the Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Yaloun. Israel-India, Military, 9/20/2002 - Washington expelled 250 Egyptians since October 11 incidents
A naval source at Cairo's airport said on Wednesday that statistics confirmed that the US has expelled 250 Egyptians since the September 11, 2001 attacks against the US because of their violations of the immigration laws. Egypt-USA, Local, 9/20/2002 - Francis F. Coppola receives gold star distinction at Marrakesh film festival
Leading American film director, Francis Ford Coppola, received on Wednesday "the Golden star" at the fanciful opening ceremony of the 2nd Marrakesh film festival which opened on Wednesday in this central Moroccan city. Morocco-Regional, Local, 9/20/2002 - Mrs Mubarak calls for continued activities of reading for all festival Egypt, Education, 9/19/2002
- Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/19/2002
- Palestinian suicide operation, three settlers killed, continued Israeli demolishing of Palestinian houses
The Israeli radio said Wednesday that one Palestinian detonated an explosive before the due time as he saw the Israeli forces approaching him, while eye witnesses said that the executor of the operation was killed after detonating the explosive. The witnesses said "we saw an Israeli military car hit by the explosion and wounded persons." Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/19/2002 - Israel fires at UN officials in Gaza strip
United Nations officials travelling in the Gaza Strip were forced to take cover yesterday when Israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the direction of a delegation headed by the senior UN relief official in the region. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/19/2002 - 213 Israelis refuse to serve in Israeli army
The patition which was signed by some 213 Israeli Jews aging between 15 to 19 year old added "we refuse to be soldiers in an occupation army." Israel, Local, 9/19/2002 - School of archaeology to open next month
The first international school offering training courses in archaeology is opening next month, announced Mohamed Abdul Maqsoud, director of Lower Egypt and Sinai Antiquities. Egypt, Education, 9/19/2002 - French minister of interior for set up of Muslim theology institute
French minister of the interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, voiced support for the creation of an institute of Islamic theology, mainly to train imams. Regional-France, Religion, 9/19/2002 - Nine industrial workshops, 6 Palestinian houses destroyed in a new Israeli breaking Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/18/2002
- Sultan of Brunei tour Damascus old markets Syria-Brunei, Local, 9/18/2002
- UAE aid to the Palestinians, the Afghans
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent society will shortly send foodstuffs and medical aids to the Palestinian and Afghani peoples in the framework of a relief campaign carried out by the society, said Ms. Sanaa Darwish al-Kutubi, the secretary general of the UAE Red Crescent United Arab Emirates-Palestine, Culture, 9/18/2002 - Foreign experts start training Palestinian police in Arieha
A source close to the Palestinian security department said that foreign army officers started on Monday training members from the Palestinian security police in Areiha in the West Bank. Palestine, Local, 9/18/2002 - Three Egyptian sailors arrested for throwing Moroccans out of boat
Three Egyptian sailors, member of a Georgian-registered ship, were arrested last week end in eastern Spain for charges of throwing two Moroccan illegal passengers in the sea. Morocco-Egypt, Local, 9/18/2002 - Al-Kurdi shot in Ein al-helweh camp
Hussan Gheko, better known as Abu baker al-Kurdi, who is from Abdullah al-Sharidi group; which split from al-Ansar group was found killed in one of the allies of al-Mensheyah quarters in Ein al-Helweh camp for the Palestinians. Lebanon, Local, 9/18/2002 - Algeria: 25 military men, killed, wounded in an ambush
The Algerian dailies on Monday said that three military men were killed and other 22 wounded on Sunday in an ambush implanted by an armed Islamic group in Skikda region ( 510 Km to the east of the capital Algiers ). Algeria, Local, 9/18/2002 - Israel kill one Palestinian, foreigners show solidarity to Palestinians
The Palestinian Khalil Ibrahim al-Khazouqi (22 year old) was shot on when the Israeli soldiers opened fire on him while he was inside a car inonits way between the two check points of Abu Haul in Deir al-Balah and al-Matahain ( the mills ) in Khan Younis and prevented the ambulance from arriving to the site to take the body of the killed Palestinian to his family. Palestine-Israel, Military, 9/17/2002 - Yemenis interrogated in New York
American official sources announced on Monday that the five Yemenis who are carrying the American nationality and who were arrested on Friday in Buffalo, New York, under the charge of forming a cell for al-Qaida organization were investigated several weeks before the attacks of September 11, 2001. Yemen-USA, Local, 9/17/2002 - Assafir: Lebanon completes preparations for the Franchophonic summit
The Lebanese minister of culture Ghassan Salamah has stressed Lebanon's preparedness to host the Franchophonic summit during October, noting that the preparations are complete. Lebanon-Regional, Local, 9/16/2002 - Grand Prix Final: Morocco's Hicham El Gurrouj wins 1.500m Morocco, Sports, 9/16/2002
- Russian doping expert says training in mountain might have affected Boulami's epo test
Russian doping expert, Nicolai Dourmanov, said an athlete training in high altitude might test positive to the EPO analysis, and added that for the case of Morocco's Boulami, the steeplechase world record holder, additional data are needed before saying he actually consumed EPO. Morocco, Sports, 9/16/2002