Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 1999
Plans for Pope John Paul to visit Iraq are on hold for the moment, the Vatican’s foreign minister said on Monday. Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran told Vatican Radio that preparations for the trip, were in "a pause for reflection."
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 1999
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein congratulated Pope John-Paul II on Friday on the 21st anniversary of the start of his pontificate, amidst rumors that the Pope’s visit to Iraq, planned for December, could be postponed until next year.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 1999
A group calling itself ’An elite of Iraqi thinkers and intellectuals’ criticized the visit of Pope John Paul II to Iraq because the statements made are not in accordance with Islam.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
A Catholic bishop warned in a speech before the College of Cardinals and in the presence of Pope John Paul II, against what he called the threats of an new Islamic invasion of Europe. At the same time, he expressed his confidence that the ultimate victory will be achieved by Christians.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 1999
Egypt’s state prosecutor called yesterday for two brothers who killed a Coptic Christian priest to be given the death penalty, court sources said.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Followers and supporters of a Yemeni militant who was executed on Sunday for the kidnapping and killing of Western tourists in Yemen threatened to avenge his killing, but the Yemeni authorities dismissed these warnings as "hot air".
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
A car racing away from a police checkpoint in a hail of gunfire blew up with a huge explosion, killing seven people on Thursday in the central Yemen province of Ibb. Police said vehicle was apparently being used to smuggle dynamite.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Jordan’s King Abdallah said on October 17 that a rift with the Palestinian militant group Hamas should be resolved soon, as two detained Hamas leaders began a hunger strike in a Jordanian jail.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
An Islamist newspaper on Tuesday denounced Egypt’s plans for a spectacular New Year millennium celebration as part of a Zionist plot to lay claim to the pyramids.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Egypt’s state security prosecutor Friday ordered that 20 people, accused of belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, be detained for 15 days pending further investigations, security sources said Saturday.