Libya
March 2, 2003
A Cairo court has dismissed and rejected the divorce case of Marwa Ibrahim Shaheen against her husband Egyptian singer Hakim and ruled in his favor
February 23, 2003
Agreements to finance agricultural projects in Sahelian and Saharan countries were signed between Libya and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, totaling more than $21 million.
The Saudi Supreme Economic Council (SEC) has approved a plan to increase economic openness in the Kingdom in order to boost foreign investment. Primary among the sectors slated for liberalization are
February 19, 2003
Libyan President Col. Moamer Kadhafi held a phone conversation Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi about Tripoli's proposals to help
A pro-reform journalist who has criticized Iran's leadership, Mohsen Sazegara, was arrested on Tuesday by police, his son told the student news agency
February 16, 2003
Jordan’s King Abdullah II received on Sunday a telephone call from Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, according to QNA news agency. A statement issued
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani on Sunday received a phone call from Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi. According to QNA news agency, deve
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani has received a verbal message from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, dealing with latest development
February 13, 2003
Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan President Moamer Kadhafi held a phone conversation on the Iraq crisis Wednesday, Berlusconi's offi
Israel’s Metalink has been informed that a member of its board of directors and a principal shareholder, Uzi Rozenberg, has acquired additional 500,000 shares of the company's stock outside the open m
February 9, 2003
Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has signed a $30 million agreement to build Libya’s eight cement factory. OCI has been awarded the subcontract for the supply of steel structures and inst
Environment ministers from across the world, attending the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya, unanimously endorsed a desk report on the environmental
February 6, 2003
Libya’s President Col. Moamer Kadhafi arrived in Eritrea on Wednesday where he met President Isaias Afeworki at the beginning of a four-day official v
The flotation of Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) shares, strong annual profits from some of Saudi Arabia's major companies and the willingness of investors to put their money into the Saudi Stoc
February 4, 2003
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered on Tuesday to mediate between U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to try to halt th