TAREK ATIA'S
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Sunday
September 26, 2004

The latest victims
The biggest story at the moment involves the Egyptians who were kidnapped from their mobile phone company office in Baghdad. It became clear, as more details emerged, that they worked for Orascom-owned Iraqna. A company spokesman in Baghdad also spoke to the press about the crisis.

Getting realistic about reform
The Washington Post sums up the just-concluded NDP conference: "It should come as no surprise that we did not deal with the issue" of term limits, Gamal Mubarak told reporters Thursday, explaining that it was not a priority. "We should not reduce talk of reform to only narrow issues. We are not thinking of changing the constitution."

The conference's economic reform moves got slightly better press. The announcement that state-run companies could be run by foreigners emerged, as did reports that companies in Dubai were happy about the potential tax cuts.

Other coverage included VOA providing a harsh prognosis of the political aspects of the conference, and AFP doing an all around piece on the education sector's reform potential...

Meanwhile, at the UN
The race  for a security council seat heats up... Plus, a photo of Foreign Minister Abul-Gheit speaking at the General Assembly, and more on this issue from AFP.

Gaza stop and go
Arafat security advisor in Cairo and BBC does a roundup of the current status of the Gaza plan.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security officers did not make it to Egypt for training.

 

Get this
Korean drama popular in Egypt.

 

Big business
Will Egypt join OPEC?

Indian tea makers very excited about prospect of lower import duties...

Egypt, meanwhile, is anticipating much more tourism from an outward looking China...

Major hacking
Symantec says Middle East and Egypt are sources of many Internet threats.

 

Web posted by Tarek Atia Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:30 CAIRO

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