Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 2/17/2003
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of February 17, 2003
- The coming Arab summit; are Arab leaders listening to their citizens demands
But what has an Arab summit to say that is new about these issues? Merely repeat past statements? What for? It is better if the Arab summit did not issue any single statement about Iraq, or Palestine Regional, Analysis, 2/22/2003 - Ebeid to open regional office in Cairo Egypt-European Union, Local, 2/22/2003
- Trial of Al-Qaeda Operatives: Three Saudis Sentenced to ten Years
Three Saudi nationals, members of a dormant cell of Al Qaeda, were sentenced on Friday to ten years in jail each by the Casablanca court of appeal. Morocco, Local, 2/22/2003 - Israeli army opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators in Nablus, UNHCR: Israeli practices unjustified
the UNHCR commissioner Serjio Vieirra De Millo denounced Israel's use of the military force against Palestinian civilians. In a statement by the UNHCR, De Millo said the use of military force against civilians is not justified. He expressed his great concern over the killing of 28 Palestinians in Gaza within the few past days. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/22/2003 - Five tons of drugs seized in Meknes Morocco, Local, 2/22/2003
- Morocco moves to elaborate children rights code, official
Morocco's State Secretary of family, solidarity and social action, Yasmina Baddou, said her department is probing the elaboration of a children rights code taking into account conditions of children in Morocco. Morocco, Culture, 2/21/2003 - A state of alert in Israel, Two Palestinians were killed; 40 detainees, Israel breaks into Nablus, Toulkarem camp
Israel has announced utmost state of alert in the lines of its forces of fears of Palestinian operations following the killings it had committed in recent days that claimed the lives of more that 26 Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/21/2003 - Syrian - British seminar on Latin Typography, Arabic calligraphy and challenges facing modernization
In collaboration of the British Council in Damascus and the Faculty of Fine Arts and Damascus University a seminar was held on February 17 and 18 at the Damascus fine arts faculty under the title "Type as image." Renowned British designer Paul Khera participated with Syrian designers in running the seminar which was on the sideline of an exhibition held on February 2nd through 18 on contemporary illustration from London. Syria, Education, 2/21/2003 - Arab body expresses concern at arrest of Arab professor by FBI
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) expressed serious concerns regarding the arrest this Thursday of Prof. Sami Al-Arian by FBI agents in Tampa, Flordia. Regional-USA, Local, 2/21/2003 - One Lebanese sentenced to death in absentia over collaborating with Israel
The Lebanese permanent military committee yesterday sentenced to death in absentia Hassan Awadah who joined the lines of the Israeli army and took part in the operations killing Lebanese resistance men, directly. Lebanon-Israel, Local, 2/21/2003 - Protest by relatives rioters in Bahrain
Some 50 persons demonstrated on Wednesday with the majority of them women of the families of the Bahraini youths who were sentenced over acts of riots in Bahrain for the new year celebration and gathered in front of the ministry of Justice in Manama in protest of these sentences. Bahrain, Local, 2/21/2003 - Morocco issues new coinages Morocco, Local, 2/21/2003
- One armed Saudi kills a British in al-Riyadh
The Saudi TV said that a British citizen, resident in Saudi Arabia was killed by bullets in Riyadh yesterday and the attacker was arrested. Saudi Arabia-UK, Local, 2/21/2003 - Third international music contest in Morocco next march
The third edition of the international music contest will be held next March in Casablanca, with the participation of seven pianists from Germany, Poland, Japan, Russia, Yugoslavia, Romania and Italy. Morocco-Regional, Local, 2/21/2003 - Mrs. Mubarak a guiding light for the handicapped
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak has played and continues to play a role in raising the standards of services provided to children with special needs in Egypt, chairman of the Irish Non-Governmental Organization, St. Michael's House said. Egypt, Culture, 2/20/2003 - Israel escalate operations against Palestinians, 13 killed in Gaza, Nablus
The Israeli occupation forces yesterday continued its military operations in the West Bank following the invasion of Gaza on Tuesday that resulted in killing 11 Palestinians. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/20/2003 - Tomb No. 11 at Qorna yields wooden sarcophagus Egypt, Local, 2/20/2003
- Maximum sentence requested for suspected members of dormant al-Qaeda cell
The public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Casablanca on Tuesday requested maximum sentence for suspected members of a dormant cell of the Al-Qaeda network. Morocco, Local, 2/20/2003 - German court convicts Moroccan El Motassaddeq for involvement in 9/11 attacks
A Hamburg court on Wednesday sentenced Moroccan Mounir El Motassadek, to 15 years in jail for aiding in the 9/11 terror attacks against the US. Morocco-Germany, Local, 2/20/2003 - French expert praises morocco's efforts in fighting AIDS
Director of French public interests body "ESTHER," Ms. Anne Petit-Girard praised Morocco's "convincing results" in fighting AIDS and sexually transmissible diseases. Morocco-France, Health, 2/20/2003 - Mofaz threatens more escalation against the Palestinians; One killed, two houses demolished
The Palestinian youths Muhammad al-Murr from Yata town was killed yesterday after the Israeli forces besieged his house and opened fire at him. Another Palestinian house was demolished in Rafah under the pretext that the Israeli forces found weapons in it, while the Israeli soldiers broke into the city and arrested 18 Palestinian under the charge of resisting occupation. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/19/2003 - Israeli forces continue aggressions against South Lebanon
The Israeli forces positioned in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa farms yesterday bombarded the towns of Kafer Shouba, Burket al-Naqqar and Bawabat Hassan. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/19/2003 - UNICEF and partners to immunize Iraqi children against polio and measles
In the shadow of ongoing international debate over a potential conflict in Iraq, health workers are expected to fan out across the country to immunize more than 4 million Iraqi youngsters against polio, the lead United Nations agency for children announced today. Iraq, Health, 2/19/2003 - Liberation daily: one nurse for every 1426 Moroccans, survey
Morocco has a nurse for every 1426 persons, according to a study by the National Union of Public Health on Paramedical Personnel, published Monday. Morocco, Health, 2/19/2003 - L'Opinion daily: After 16 years in captivity, Moroccan serviceman escapes Polisario jail (daily)
A Moroccan soldier, captured by the Polisario in 1987, managed to escape the separatists' jails in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) in January after 16 years of captivity, L'Opinion daily reported on Tuesday. Morocco-Algeria, Local, 2/19/2003 - Bahraini court sentenced riot makers
A court in Bahrain has sentenced for a period of two years four persons after they were convicted of taking part in acts of riots took place in the New Year celebration in the downtown of the capital Manama. Bahrain, Local, 2/18/2003 - 2836 Palestinians killed, 43,468 wounded, since the al-Aqsa Intifada
The Palestinian minister of health Ahmad al-Sheibi has stressed that the total number of Palestinians who were killed by the Israeli forces since the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada tolled 2836, including 544 children, under the age of 18, while the number of wounded tolled 43,468. Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/18/2003 - Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Military, 2/18/2003
- Mubarak: Culture requires freedom for authors Egypt, Culture, 2/17/2003
- Eight Palestinians killed, Teiser Khaled was arrested, Mofaz threatens more oppression
Six Palestinians were killed at least belonging to the Palestinian national resistance movement, Hamas, and other three wounded, two of them in critical health conditions when a car loaded with explosives went off near them in a farm in Gaza yesterday Palestine-Israel, Military, 2/17/2003 - Moroccan first female pharmacist receives French president's distinction
Morocco's first female pharmacist, Fawzia Fassi-Fihri-Benarfa, received in Paris a prestigious distinction awarded by French president, Jacques Chirac. Morocco-France, Local, 2/17/2003 - Suzanne Mubarak, to receive order of honor from Berlin free Egypt, Local, 2/17/2003
- Iraq gives up presidency of disarmament conference Iraq, Local, 2/17/2003