Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 1/26/2004
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of January 26, 2004
- House unanimously adopts draft regulating high court and parliamentary immunity lifting
The Moroccan House of Representatives (parliament lower chamber) on Thursday adopted unanimously draft law 63/00 regulating the High Court which will be competent in trying government members. Morocco, Judicial, 1/31/2004 - Children need care, not violence; Syria's experience
There is a growing concern about increase in violence against children in the schools, at home and in the community. This problem is faced by the many countries whether developed or developing, and Syria is not an exception to this. Syria, Culture, 1/31/2004 - Seven killed in Riyadh, al-Qaida threatens more attacks
Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that the number of killed persons in Riyadh confrontation between the security forces and wanted men increased to seven, six of them are security men, while a threat said to be by al-Qaida organization in the Arab Peninsula vowed to continue its battle with the Saudi authorities. Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/31/2004 - Three Palestinians killed, Hamas plans to kidnap Palestinians
Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, founder of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, said that capturing Israeli soldiers and exchanging them with Palestinian detainees is the only solution for solving the question of the detainees, because "Israel only understands the language of force." Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/31/2004 - Extension of UNIFIL mission in south Lebanon
The UN Security Council in New York yesterday unanimously extended for other 6 months expire on July 31st, the mission of the UN Interim forces working in South Lebanon UNIFIL. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/31/2004 - Anti-AIDS NGOs unite in network Morocco, Health, 1/31/2004
- Med partners prepare training programs on rules of origin Regional-European Union, Local, 1/31/2004
- Security council unanimously agrees on three-month extension of UN mission in sahara Morocco, Local, 1/31/2004
- Morocco bans import from bird flu-infected countries Morocco, Local, 1/31/2004
- Euro-mediterranean forum dedicated to tourism in Syria Syria-European Union, Local, 1/30/2004
- Seven get temporary release in case of drug lord Erramach
The Special court of Justice agreed Wednesday to the temporary release of seven defendants prosecuted part of the case of drug lord, Mounir Erramach, in which high officials are being sued. Morocco, Judicial, 1/30/2004 - Five Saudi Arabian security men were killed, one suspected detained
Five Saudi Arabian security men were killed, and a father for one wanted, in a security case during an inspection operation on Thursday, at his house in Riyadh while the activist and other suspected persons were detained, according to the Saudi ministry of the Interior. Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/30/2004 - One killed, 11 wounded in two attacks at the Iraqi civil defense
One member in the Iraqi civil defense forces was killed and another one wounded yesterday in an attack by anti- tanks weapons in al-Muradeyah village, 83 Km to the south of the city of Karkouk. Iraq-USA, Military, 1/30/2004 - Resistance vow continued confrontation; al-Aqsa group claims Jerusalem operation
The secretary of Fatah in the West Bank, Hussein al-Sheikh, said that "the criminal series " of the occupation forces constitutes a fertile land for the resistance operations, noting in a statement the Gaza massacre and the continued operations of demolishing and continued building the wall of separation. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/30/2004 - Chicago-week to be celebrated in Casablanca
Over a hundred scientific, cultural and artistic figures from Chicago will visit Morocco next March 7-13 to mark the Chicago-week in Casablanca part of a twinning agreement signed between the two metropolises in 1982. Morocco-USA, Local, 1/30/2004 - Yemen: One man wanted by the American arrested
The ruling People's General Congress party in Yemen announced quoting a security source that the Yemeni authorities detained Jaber al- Banaa, the Yemeni who carries the American nationality, which the US accused him of terrorism and allotted a reward of 5 million dollars for those who give information leading to his detention. Yemen-USA, Local, 1/30/2004 - Canadian Chief Justice lauds Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak's efforts to support women Egypt, Local, 1/29/2004
- One Iraqi killed in an explosion in Baghdad
The American army said that one Iraqi was killed and several persons wounded yesterday morning in an attack by a booby trapped car, in what seems to be in front of a hotel in the downtown of Baghdad. An America military spokesman said he does not have information that the explosion is made by a " suicide attacker." Iraq-UN, Military, 1/29/2004 - One day before the exchange of prisoners, Israeli planes fly over Tyre in south Lebanon
Israeli planes flew over south Lebanon yesterday, one day before the set date to exchange prisoners between Israel and Hizbullah at a German mediation. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/29/2004 - Wolf calls for summit between Sharon and Qurei'; resistance condemn al-Zeitoun quarters massacre
Concerning the conditions of the massacre, Palestinian medical sources said that medical test proved that five of the 8 Palestinians were killed by bullets fired from a very near distance in the head and the neck. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/29/2004 - World's first bowling alley discovered
The Italian team excavating at Madi city in Fayyoum has unearthed an open structure dating back to the Ptolemaic age. Egypt, Local, 1/29/2004 - Medicine museum at Al-Sakakini Palace to open soon
Al-Sakakini Pasha Palace, one of the most beautiful palaces in Cairo, is currently undergoing restoration and will open its doors to the public soon. Egypt, Local, 1/29/2004 - Damascus sees off Abdul Rahman Munif Syria, Local, 1/28/2004
- Hours after three American soldiers are killed, two Iraqis working for CNN killed
Two workers in the US TV network CNN were killed and a third was wounded in an ambush implanted against them at the outskirts of the capital Baghdad. Iraq-USA, Military, 1/28/2004 - Occupation forces vow to protect UN mission; Three American soldiers killed in an explosion to the west of Baghdad
The American occupation forces said that three US soldiers were killed in an explosion which shook al-Khaledyeah area to the west of Baghdad. The explosion which targeted an American military vehicle also resulted in wounding three Iraqi civilians. Iraq-USA, Military, 1/28/2004 - Occupation forces release 10 Jordanians held in Iraq
The Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Mausher, said yesterday that ten Jordanians detained by the American occupation forces in Iraq will return on Thursday to Amman after they were released from Um Qaser camp, in southern Iraq. Iraq-USA, Local, 1/28/2004 - Three Algerian security members and two Islamists killed
Three security men and two gunmen were killed on Monday and Tuesday in Algeria in acts of violence attributed to armed Islamic group in an attack by the Algerian army against Islamists. Algeria, Local, 1/28/2004 - Creation of Amazigh culture institute not meant to contain moroccan amazigh culture, institution rector
The creation of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM), in October 2001, was not designed to contain the Moroccan Amazigh culture but came to fulfil the Amazigh cultural movement aspirations, said IRAM rector, Ahmed Boukous. Morocco, Culture, 1/27/2004 - Mauritania bans skate and shark fishing
Mauritania has definitively stopped fishing activities of skates and sharks, two fish species that are coveted by the profitable international market of fins. Mauritania, Environment, 1/27/2004 - 12 - floor building collapsed in Cairo
News reports in Cairo said that the body of one member of the civil defense forces was taken from under the ruins of a building that collapsed in Naser city quarters, to the East of Cairo, as a result of an explosion inside it. Egypt, Local, 1/27/2004 - French team wins Marrakesh kart-racing context
French team "Vacances Dire" won on Sunday the 6th edition of the Marrakesh kart racing contest in which 132 pilots from Morocco, France and Italy took part. Morocco-France, Local, 1/27/2004 - French army general for leading UNIFIL in South Lebanon Lebanon-Israel, Military, 1/27/2004
- Two Iraqis killed in Karkouk and one American soldier in Tikrit; One American helicopter crashed in al-Musil
Witnesses in al-Musil city to the north of Iraq said that one American helicopter crashed yesterday evening in the city. Iraqi police men and American soldiers said that one helicopter crashed after it collided with an electricity column. The occupants fell in the water of the Tigris. Iraq-USA, Military, 1/26/2004 - Two Palestinians killed; Palestinian legislative council: the government did not attain security to citizens
The Palestinian legislative council held the government of the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei' responsible for the failure to attaining security to the Palestinian citizen. A matter which pushed the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to give his instructions to the minister of the Interior and to the security departments to form operations room "immediately" in order to control internal security in the Palestinian territories. Palestine-Israel, Military, 1/26/2004 - Abdul Rahman Munif, Giant of the Arab narrative dies at 71
It seems that heavy losses at the Arab cultural scene have been greatly increased with the loss of one of its most prominent figures. Just recently the renowned Moroccan writer Muhammad Shukri died and on Saturday, January 24. Morocco-Regional, People, 1/26/2004 - Syrian Culture Minister meets with Goethe Institute head in Damascus Syria-Germany, Local, 1/26/2004
- al-Youm: Three Yemenis were killed in a land mine explosion
Three Yemenis were killed in a land mine explosion near the port of Aden, in the southern part of the country, which was declared recently as an area free of land mines. Yemen, Local, 1/26/2004