Miscellaneous

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  • Foreign ministry stresses releasing 2 Egyptians by Dubai's general prosecutor

    Date: 2016-01-09 15:56:17 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:78 - ID:4080553

    CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry underlined that the UAE's authorities have arrested two Egyptians named Mohamed Ismail and Wael el Hinawy for taking a selfie while fire was erupting in "Address" Hotel in Dubai. The Egyptian general ....

  • Zazou flight to Hurghada delayed over technical glitch

    Date: 2016-01-09 10:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:37 - ID:4078189

    CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) – A plane that was scheduled to transport Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou to Hurghada suffered a sudden technical glitch before taking off early Saturday. All passengers went out of the plane until fixing it. The minister was ....

  • Clinton and Blair's secret conversations revealed

    Date: 2016-01-09 10:48:32 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:36 - ID:4078073

    WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) –Former US President Bill Clinton’s library released transcripts of phone conversations with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, offering a revealing look at Clinton. A freedom of information request from the BBC ....

  • Recaptured drug lord 'El Chapo' goes back to jail

    Date: 2016-01-09 07:51:03 GMT - Mexico - Miscellaneous - SN:12 - ID:4076865

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 9 (MENA) - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been paraded to the world's press by Mexican marines - hours after the drug lord was recaptured, the Sky News reported. The notorious fugitive is being taken back to the same ....

  • Iceland's president says he will not run in re-election

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:57:23 GMT - Iceland - Miscellaneous - SN:34 - ID:4036117

    REYKJAVIK, Jan 2 (MENA) - Iceland's president since 1996, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, said on Friday he would not run for another term at the next election in June, Channel News Asia reported. In a New Year speech, Grimsson, 72, said he felt it was ....

  • Half of jobs in Japan can be conducted by robots -- study

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:54:45 GMT - Japan - Miscellaneous - SN:33 - ID:4036125

    TOKYO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Jobs done by half the workers in Japan could be performed by artificial intelligence or robots in 10 to 20 years, according to recent estimates by a Japanese think tank and researchers at Britain's University of ....

  • 4.1 magnitude quake hits southern Turkey

    Date: 2015-12-26 10:10:13 GMT - Turkey - Miscellaneous - SN:21 - ID:3995541

    ANKARA, Dec 26 (MENA) – A 4.1 magnitude quake hit southern Turkey on Saturday. The southern Turkish cities overseeing the Mediterranean felt the earthquake including Antalya city. No damage were resulted from the jolt. (MENA) M H K/A S E ....

  • Gold treasure found in Chinese 2000-year-old tomb

    Date: 2015-12-25 21:21:50 GMT - China - Miscellaneous - SN:77 - ID:3994261

    BEIJING, Dec 25 (MENA) - A total of 285 gold coins have been discovered in an aristocrat's tomb that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), with 96 coins found, China's Xinhua news agency reported Friday. It is the largest finding ....

  • Global (2): Billion Electric Turns Taipei into a Smart City with 412 Smartly Connected Street Lights

    Date: 2015-12-17 07:04:59 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Miscellaneous - SN:15 - ID:3943709

    TAIPEI, Taiwan and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Billion Electric, a leading networking and energy management solutions provider, today announces that it is in a strategic partnership with numerous LED streetlight ....

  • Iran 3rd top country with highest number of imprisoned journalists

    Date: 2015-12-16 13:39:31 GMT - France - Miscellaneous - SN:73 - ID:3939865

    PARIS, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Reporters Without Borders said that Iran comes in the third position pertaining to the number of imprisoned journalists in 2015. In its annual report, the organization said that the Iranian authorities nabbed many ....

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