Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 7/28/2003
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of July 28, 2003
- King Mohammed promotes Lalla Meryem to major-colonel Morocco, Local, 8/1/2003
- Three American soldiers killed in Iraq
Three American soldiers were killed and other 8 were at least wounded in new attacks launched by the Iraqi resistance during the 24 past hours. Iraq-USA, Military, 8/1/2003 - Israeli troops impose curfew on jaba’, thrust into Jenin and Nablus Palestine-Israel, Military, 8/1/2003
- Yemen: arresting 6 members of Hatat group
Yemeni security sources announced that the authorities were able to arrest 6 Islamist members which carried out an attack against a military medical caravan in July. Yemen, Local, 8/1/2003 - Moroccan fountain embellishes central Chicago
Three Moroccan craftsmen are currently building a typically Moroccan fountain in a park in central Chicago. Morocco-USA, Local, 8/1/2003 - Sudan: heavy flooding in Kassala governorate
Heavy rains and flash floods in and around Kassala city in eastern Sudan have caused four deaths, destroyed 680 houses, left 3,000 people homeless and displaced an unknown number of persons Sudan, Local, 8/1/2003 - Justice key to development, Minister Bouzoubaa
Justice plays a crucial role in development, the consolidation of the rule of law and the reinforcement of social equity, Morocco's justice minister, Mohamed Bouzoubaa, said Tuesday in a meeting with cadres of the body of magistrates in the appeal court of Tangier. Morocco, Judicial, 7/31/2003 - Throne day, an occasion to reaffirm attachment to democratic and social project Morocco, Local, 7/31/2003
- Syrian- Lebanese military talks
Syria’s Defense Minister, Lt. Gen. Mustafa Tlass, met in Damascus yesterday Lebanese Chief of General Staff Ramzi Abu Hamza and an accompanying delegation. Syria-Lebanon, Military, 7/31/2003 - King Fahd receives the credentials of new Syrian ambassador Syria-Saudi Arabia, Local, 7/31/2003
- Kuwait: body of the Lebanese woman prisoner buried
A funeral was held yesterday in Kuwait for burying the body of the Lebanese woman Daad Omar Anis al-Hariri ( born April 4, 1957 ) who was recognized yesterday in a mass grave near al-Samawa area ( 200 Km to the south of Baghdad) in the presence of friends and relatives. Kuwait-Lebanon, Local, 7/31/2003 - Saddam eulogizes his two sons, vows revenge; occupation forces arrest 12 of Saddam associates
The toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday eulogized his two sons Ode and Qusai and his grandson Mustafa considering them "the guests of the almighty god.. where paradise.. is." He vowed to revenge for their death. Iraq-USA, Military, 7/30/2003 - Extremists get 3 to 5 year sentences Morocco, Local, 7/30/2003
- Mrs. Mubarak assigns National Council for Women with assisting Arab women organization
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak Chairperson of the National Council for Women asked the council to assist the Arab women organization in its first steps. This will be through setting up the guidelines and regulations so it can work in a correct and legal framework after choosing Cairo as its premises. Regional, Culture, 7/29/2003 - Eight persons killed in armed clash in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's ministry of the interior has announced the killing of six men equipped by guns and mortars and two Saudi security men in a fire exchange. Saudi Arabia, Local, 7/29/2003 - Mandari was never an advisor to Late King Hassan II, French Lawyer Morocco-France, Local, 7/29/2003
- Tennis: Morocco's Al-Aynaoui 20th on ATP race Morocco, Sports, 7/29/2003
- Princess Lalla Hasna chairs signing ceremony of conventions on rehabilitation of exotic gardens
Morocco's Princess Lalla Hasna, chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection, chaired here on Sunday the signing of two partnership conventions on the rehabilitation of the exotic gardens in Bouknadel (near Sale). Morocco, Environment, 7/29/2003 - One Bahriani arrested in Saudi Arabia
An official at the Bahraini foreign ministry said yesterday that the Saudi authorities arrested a Bahraini citizen while he was crossing to Saudi Arabia through a bridge linking the two states. Bahrain-Saudi Arabia, Local, 7/28/2003