Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 5/31/2004
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of May 31, 2004
- Morocco aspires to reach 1 million beneficiaries of literacy campaign per year
Morocco ambitions to reach an annual one million beneficiaries of the literacy campaign, and school 200,000 children per year, said, here Wednesday, Moroccan Secretary of State in charge of literacy and informal education. Morocco, Education, 6/5/2004 - Morocco's Laalou sets world's season best in 800 m
Moroccan athlete, Amine Laalou, on Wednesday set the world's season best of the Milan Grand Prix, part of the IAAF fixtures. Morocco, Sports, 6/5/2004 - Foreign department made efforts for women wearing headscarves to obtain visas in French Consulates
Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, said his department has made "important efforts" for visas to be delivered to women wearing headscarves by French consulates. Morocco-France, Local, 6/5/2004 - One Saudi attacks Americans in Riyadh, gunmen killed in al-Taif
Western diplomats and witnesses said that one Saudi opened fire yesterday morning at a group of Americans in front of a residential complex to the south of the Saudi capital Riyadh but could not know more details and whether the incident results in vitims or not. Saudi Arabia, Local, 6/3/2004 - Exciting find beneath the sea at Alexandria
A team from the Alexandrian Studies Centre has recently found pieces of rose granite that rep- resent the lower part of the famous statue of Isis found four years ago underwater in the vicinity of the Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria. Egypt, Local, 6/3/2004 - Zaqzouq: Islamic call enjoys state support
Minister of Awkaf and Head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq said that the Islamic call enjoys constant support by the government and the President. Egypt, Religion, 6/3/2004 - Kom AL Deka stone causes controversy
The recent uncovering of semi- circular stone steps at the eastern side of the archaeological site of Kom AI Deka in Alexandria has caused controversy among arcaeologists. Egypt, Local, 6/3/2004 - Several hostages killed in a breaking in operation in al-Khubar
News reports quoted a Saudi Arabian security sources as saying that the armed men who are suspected on being members in al-Qaida organization killed several hostages after the Saudi security forces broke into the building where they were holding some 50 foreign hostages in al-Khubar city. Saudi Arabia, Local, 6/1/2004 - Five Americans, four Iraqis were killed, clashes in al-Najaf
Clashed were renewed Sunday in al-Najaf city between fighters belonging to the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader and the American occupation forces despite the truce proposed by al-Sader. Iraq-USA, Military, 6/1/2004 - An international conference on water in Jordan
Deliberations of the international conference for water was opened yesterday at the " Dead Sea " resort, 30 Km to the south of Amman with the participation of 1500 water experts and officials from 30 countries. The event was held in the course of the efforts to maintain deteriorating water wealth and develop water resources. Regional, Local, 6/1/2004 - Neolithic Era skeleton discovered near Rabat
A skeleton dating back to the Neolithic era (6,000 years BC), has been recently discovered in the Skhirat-Temara region, outskirts of Rabat. Morocco, Local, 6/1/2004 - Some 22 persons killed in the attacks of al-Khubar, three gunmen fled Saudi Arabia, Local, 6/1/2004