Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 7/12/1999
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of July 12, 1999
- Gaddafi and Bin Ali seek to activate Arab Maghreb Union
Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gaddafi and Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali yesterday stated their desire to activate the Arab Maghreb Union so it can respond to the hopes of the Maghreb region's people. Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 7/17/1999 - Libyan leader in Tunis on sudden visit
Libyan Leader Muammer Qaddafi arrived on Thursday in Tunis on an unannounced visit from Algiers, where he took part in the 35th Summit Conference of the Organization of African Unity. Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 7/16/1999 - Gaddafi to visit Tunisia after Algeria Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 7/16/1999
- African loan for Tunis worth $70 million
The African Development Bank agreed to grant Tunisia a loan of $70 million to support the agricultural private sector in Tunisia. Tunisia, Economics, 7/16/1999 - Tunis: German company invests 100 million marks Tunisia-Germany, Economics, 7/16/1999
- Bin Ali confers with Arafat Tunisia-Palestine, Politics, 7/15/1999
- Tunisian activists put in prison
The criminal court in Tunis on Wednesday sentenced a human rights activist, lawyer Radia Nasrawi (45), to six months in prison, and another 17 activists were sentenced to prison terms of between 15 months and four years. Tunisia, Politics, 7/15/1999 - Mubarak meets Tunisian President Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 7/14/1999
- Libyan- Tunisian economic cooperation
Tunisian Industry Minister Al-Munsif Abdullah on Monday in Tunis received the secretary of the people's committee for economy, planning and trade in Libya, Abdul Hafeez al-Zaleiti. Tunisia-Libya, Politics, 7/13/1999 - Tunisia upbeat on promising future of Maghreb
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia said his country aspires with optimism to a promising future of the Arab Maghreb region. Tunisia-Maghreb, Politics, 7/12/1999 - Speaker of Tunisian Parliament ends visit to Rabat
The speaker of the Tunisian chamber of representatives, Fouad Mebazza, wound up on Sunday a four-day official visit to Morocco, during which he was received by King Hassan II. Tunisia-Morocco, Politics, 7/12/1999