Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 2/7/2005
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of February 7, 2005
- Continued clashes in various parts of Iraq
Attacks and explosions in various parts in Iraq continued on Wednesday during the past hours, the last of which was the announcement made by the American army in a statement that one of its soldiers was killed in an armed attack at an American vehicle in Musil to the north of Iraq. Iraq, Military, 2/10/2005 - New kidnapping in Iraq
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a senior official in the Iraqi ministry of the interior in al-Doura area to the south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. Maj. Gen. Riyadh Kate' Elewi was kidnapped as he was heading to his office in the operations room at the ministry of the interior. Iraq, Local, 2/10/2005 - WB approves US$ 80 million loan to support Morocco's Basic Education Reform
The World Bank's Board of Directors approved on Tuesday a US$ 80 million loan to support a Basic Education Reform Support Program, also known as PARSEM, in Morocco. Morocco, Education, 2/10/2005 - Moroccan justice says terrorist suspects extradited by Syria wanted in Morocco
The general prosecutor at the Rabat court of appeal said the two Moroccan nationals extradited by Syria were actually wanted in Morocco. Morocco-Syria, Local, 2/10/2005 - Tuesday's killing in Iraq toll 21 victims
the Muslim Scholars Commission said on Tuesday that the American forces broke into the house of Sheikh Najam Naser, one of its members and the official of its branch in al-Dajil area Iraq, Military, 2/9/2005 - King Mohammed VI dedicates vocational training center at Ait Melloul prison
Morocco's King Mohammed VI dedicated on Tuesday a vocational training center which will provide training to the inmates of the prison of Ait Melloul, South-West Morocco. Morocco, Local, 2/9/2005 - Four Egyptian hostages released, promises to release Italian journalist
The Egyptian embassy in Baghdad said that the four Egyptian telecommunication engineers who were kidnapped on Sunday in Baghdad were released. Iraq, Local, 2/8/2005 - Bloody day in Iraq, 30 were killed on Monday
Number of persons killed in the two suicide attacks which targeted the Iraqi police in Musil and Baqouba increased to 30 and scores of injured. Al-Jihad al- Qaida organization in Mesopotamia which is led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the two attacks. Iraq, Military, 2/8/2005 - King Mohammed launches construction of handicapped children center in Agadir
Morocco's King Mohammed VI launched this Monday construction works of a center for handicapped children in the southern Atlantic city of Agadir. Morocco, Local, 2/8/2005 - Syria will import Golan apple to help Golanis
Syria has decided to buy 10,000 tons of the Syrian Golan's apple, "due to the difficult economic circumstances of Syrian citizens in the occupied Golan heights and disability to market their products," an official source at the Foreign Ministry toild SANA on Monday. Syria, Local, 2/8/2005 - Morocco volleyball junior team wins Porto international tournament Morocco, Sports, 2/8/2005
- Four Egyptian engineers kidnapped in Baghdad
A spokesman for "Iraqana" ( our Iraq) company for telecommunications said that four Egyptian engineers from Orascom company were kidnapped on Sunday by unidentified gunmen. Iraq, Local, 2/7/2005 - Algerian forces kill four gunmen
Algerian press sources disclosed that the army and police forces killed four persons suspected to be members in al-Salafeyah Wal Jihad groups, which is suspected to have links to al-Qaida organization. Algeria, Local, 2/7/2005 - Italian judge turns down decision to expel Moroccan suspected of terrorism
An Italian judge turned down on Friday the expulsion decision against a Moroccan national, Mohamed Daki, whose presence in the Italian territory was considered by the interior minister as "a serious threat to public order and a danger for the state security." Morocco-Italy, Local, 2/7/2005