Paris Forum: BUSH BRIT TRIP DOGGED BY AL QAEDA FEARS
IT should be a dream to make a state visit to America's best ally and sleep at Buckingham Palace - but President Bush's trip to Britain next week threatens to be a nightmare, haunted by fears of al Qaeda attacks. Bush is getting an honor that his dad didn't get, nor Bill Clinton, since Buckingham Palace bills it as the "first" state visit by a U.S. president. Ronald Reagan came close in 1982, but didn't sleep at the...
Paris Forum: Panafrican News Agency (PANA) Daily Newswire:
Paris hosts forum on investments in Mauritania
Paris, France (PANA) - Investment opportunities in Mauritania will be the focus of a three-day forum that opens here next Tuesday, organisers said Friday.The Mauritanian economic affairs ministry will present the fishery, tourism, mines, oil and other sectors to participants at the Paris forum, according to the organisers. The talks, initiated in concert with the French-Arab Chamber of Trade, will highlight the main indicators and potential of the Mauritanian economy.Nouakchott...
Paris Forum: MARITIME CALENDAR
MARCH Marine Transport of Hazardous Goods. March 4-5. Washington. U.S. Department of Transportation's chemical advisory committee discusses issues relating to marine transport of hazardous materials in bulk. Contact: Cmdr. Kevin S. Cook (202) 267-1217 or fax (202) 267-4570. Transporte International '98. March 4-6. San Antonio. Kingsley Group and Canac sponsor eighth annual conference on the Americas. Contact: (210) 545-0103.American Association of Port...
Paris Forum: Aid to Africa to be more results-based, oriented: workshop
International aid to Africa is set to be more results-based and results-orientated and this was the consensus reached on Thursday at the second African regional workshop on coordination and harmonization of development assistance.World Bank Vice President James Adams told participants of the workshop that business as usual would not be taken as the base for further progress and that focus would be shifted to results-based options and conceptions that would help sustainable development on...
Paris Forum: TRANSPORTATON CALENDAR
DECEMBER Canada, Mexico and Nafta. Dec. 15-16, St. Louis. Seminars sponsored by Global Training Center Inc. Contact: Jennie, (800) 860-5030. Delaware River Port Authority. Dec. 17. Camden, N.J. DRPA committees and Port Authority Transit Corp. meet, followed by regular DRPA and Patco port meetings. Contact: (609) 968-2249 or (215) 218-3750, or fax (609) 968-2216.Propeller Club of Los Angeles-Long Beach. Dec. 17. Long Beach, Calif. The Rev. James Whitcomb Brougher, pastor of First...