Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 5/2/2005
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of May 2, 2005
- 58 persons killed in suicide attack south of Baghdad
Unidentified gunmen assassinated the civil defense commander in al-Mahmoudeyah Col. Mirza Hamzeh and his brother in an attack on the highway between the city and Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 5/7/2005 - Six Jordanians kidnapped, Australia given 72 hours to withdraw from Iraq
An armed group in Iraq calling itself "al-Baraa Bin Malik groups" announced it holds 6 Jordanians working for the Jordanian Abu Jaafar al-Mansour company. Iraq-Australia, Local, 5/7/2005 - Former victim of Polisario torture dies
Zafati Mohamed Yahdih Ould Faraji, who was tortured for 16 years in Polisario prisons before his return to Morocco, died Tuesday at the age of 67. Morocco, Local, 5/7/2005 - Webster dictionary slammed for 'false allegations against Moslems'
The Rabat-based Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has criticized the new edition of Webster dictionary for its "false allegations against Arabs and Moslems who were depicted in a very abject way." Regional, Religion, 5/7/2005 - Fairouz Temple receives visitors late this year
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is to inaugurate late this year the temple of Fairouz in Sinai for visitors after the restoration works that worth L.E. 10 million. Egypt, Local, 5/7/2005 - Morocco's Miloud Ait Hammi reaches African Boxing championship final Morocco, Sports, 5/7/2005
- Chinese Na Li breezes through Princesse Lalla Meryem Tennis Grand Prix quarter finals
Chinese Na Li breezed through the quarter finals of the 5th edition of Princesse Lalla Meryem Tennis Grand Prix after downing Serb Montenegro's Jelena Dokic. Morocco-Regional, Sports, 5/7/2005 - Essaouira samples classical music's tunes
The public and visitors of the Atlantic city of Essaouira sample classical music's tunes as a hundred musicians from various countries are giving concerts at the 5th Alizes Spring Festival of Essaouira held May 5-8. Morocco, Culture, 5/7/2005 - Harley Davidson Rally roars through Morocco
Participants in the 12th edition of Harley Davidson Rally arrived, in Tangier Thursday at the last leg of their African tour through Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal. Morocco, Local, 5/7/2005 - Four simultaneous attacks kill 22 Iraqis
Iraqi police sources said that 22 Iraqis including several members of the army and the police were killed and other 23 were injured in the most recent series of attacks including two attacks by a booby trapped car targeted a headquarters for the Iraqi army in the downtown of Baghdad. Iraq, Military, 5/6/2005 - Over 400,000 people enrolled in anti-illiteracy programs
462,000 people are enrolled in anti-illiteracy programs, said Thursday secretary of State in charge of Literacy and Informal Education, Anis Birou. Morocco, Education, 5/6/2005 - Thursday's insurgent attacks in Iraq kill 42 persons Iraq, Military, 5/6/2005
- Spain's Llagostera Vives at Princesse Lalla Meryem Tennis GP quarter finals
Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives reached, here Wednesday, the quarter finals of the Princesse Lalla Meryem 5th Tennis Grand Prix. Morocco, Sports, 5/6/2005 - The History of Zaafarana Palace
The Zaafaran Palace (Saffron Palace), which lies on the campus of Ain Shams, University, maintains a rich history having witnessed several significant incidents that shaped modern Egypt. The palace hosted the signing of the Egyptian-British pact of 1936 and the first meeting of the Arab League. Egypt, History, 5/6/2005 - US warns its citizens in Egypt over threats
the Egyptian security forces continue investigations on the two attacks of Abdul Menem Riad square near the Museum and "Lady Eisha" area and still persist on the assumption they are linked to al-Azhar quarters bombardment in April. Egypt-USA, Local, 5/5/2005 - Jews' life in Morocco, best example of tolerance, Jewish leader
The head of the Israelite communities council in Morocco believes that the Moroccan experience in religion coexistence is an example that denies any supposed irremediable hostility between Arabs and Jews. Morocco, Culture, 5/5/2005 - Spanish NGOs denounce expulsion of minors without guarantees
Expulsion from Spain of illegal minor immigrants without guarantees is against the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and against the Spanish law itself, vented in Rabat Wednesday representatives of Spanish NGOs. Morocco-Spain, Local, 5/5/2005 - Author of death threat against Moroccan employee arrested
The police arrested on Tuesday the author of letters threatening of death a Moroccan employee in Belgium for wearing the scarf at workplace. Morocco-Belgium, Local, 5/5/2005 - Cemetery from Romanian Age unearthed near Damascus Syria, Local, 5/5/2005
- Comprehensive reform to the education system in Qatar
The government of Qatar launched a comprehensive initiative to reform the educational system under the title "education for a new phase" with the objective to cope with successive developments in this field at the world level. Qatar, Education, 5/4/2005 - Law professor discusses judicial review power of supreme court
The U.S. Supreme Court established the principle of judicial review -- the power to determine the constitutionality of legislative acts -- in one of its earliest rulings. A distinguished legal scholar discusses the Court's application of judicial review Regional-USA, Judicial, 5/4/2005 - On the two missed American warplanes Iraq-USA, Military, 5/4/2005
- Nazif discuses establishing Sino-Egyptian University in Egypt
Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif conferred yesterday with Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Wu Sike on a project for establishing a Sino- Egyptian university in Egypt teaching the highest technologies in the field of industry. Egypt-China, Education, 5/4/2005 - Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in Morocco to shoot 'Babel'
Cinema icon Brad Pitt, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal will be starring together in Babel, a drama directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and currently shot in Ouarzazate. Morocco, Local, 5/4/2005 - Asthma affects over 2 million in Morocco
Two to three million individuals, chiefly children between 11 and 14 years old, suffer from asthma in Morocco, said Fatima Dehbi, paediatrician and head of the Socio-cultural Complex Ibn Al Khattab. Morocco, Health, 5/4/2005 - Morocco's Merouane Chemmakh wanted by several European teams
Moroccan international and FC Bordeaux striker, Marouane Chemmakh is wanted by Olympique de Marseille, Ajax Amsterdam and Inter de Milan, said, here Tuesday, the French Sports newspapers "L'Equipe." Morocco, Sports, 5/4/2005 - Awad Tag Eddin: Egypt succeeds in eradicating Malaria Egypt, Health, 5/4/2005
- German technical training course for textile, ready-made clothes workers Egypt-Germany, Local, 5/4/2005
- 23 Iraqis killed in Monday's confrontations
Some 23 Iraqis were killed and others were injured in attacks in nine booby trapped cars, four of which were in the capital Baghdad on Monday with one of them targeting a senior official at the Iraqi ministry of the interior. However, he survived the attack. Iraq, Military, 5/3/2005 - Two American planes disappeared in Iraq
The American army said it lost contacts with two jet fighters of FA -18 Hornet type while flying in the Iraqi airspace. Iraq-USA, Military, 5/3/2005 - Economic and political reforms in Arab homeland:conference
Syria's Minister of Higher Education Hani Murtada said Monday that the Conference of the 'Political and Economic Reforms in the Arab Homeland' is an expression of the Syrian leadership's openness to dialogue and reform. Syria, Education, 5/3/2005