Miscellaneous

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  • Strong earthquake hits eastern Indonesia; no Tsunami threat

    Date: 2015-11-04 06:46:27 GMT - Indonesia - Miscellaneous - SN:6 - ID:3661877

    JAKARTA, Nov 4 (MENA) - A strong earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing people to flee their homes in panic, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and authorities said there was no threat of a tsunami, ....

  • Volkswagen probe expands to larger diesel cars

    Date: 2015-11-03 06:59:44 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:8 - ID:3654673

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The US Environmental Protection Agency has told Volkswagen it is expanding its investigation into the emissions scandal, Sky News reported. According to the regulator, the German carmaker also installed defeat devices ....

  • MBC Masr TV Network affirms full respect to ERTU

    Date: 2015-11-01 13:33:56 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:63 - ID:3643797

    CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - MBC Masr TV Network affirmed its full respect to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) and all its employees and leaderships. Commenting on the ongoing debate in a number of media circles regarding the last episode ....

  • US releases 7,000 more pages of Hillary Clinton e-mails

    Date: 2015-10-31 07:38:35 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:10 - ID:3635269

    WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (MENA) - The US State Department has released 7,000 more pages of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's e-mails, the largest batch to date from a private server she used for official business during her 2009-2013 ....

  • Women have to be on top of development agenda – UN official

    Date: 2015-10-29 10:27:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:37 - ID:3626281

    CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) – Women have to be on top of the development agenda of all nations, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt Anita Nirody said. All nations have to admit that without empowering women, poverty cannot be curtailed and the ....

  • Turkish plane makes emergency landing at Cairo airport after passenger death

    Date: 2015-10-29 07:51:16 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:17 - ID:3625309

    CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - A Turkish Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Cairo airport on Thursday after a Swiss passenger died on board. The pilot of the plane, en route from Istanbul to Nairobi, asked Cairo Airport Control Tower for ....

  • Wali confers with French officials on cooperation in homeless children field

    Date: 2015-10-28 12:23:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:69 - ID:3620293

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali conferred on Wednesday with Samusocial International Association Chairman Xavier Emmanuelli and Head of French Development Agency (AFD)'s Office in Cairo Stéphanie Lanfranchi on means ....

  • Voter turnout in Alexandria hits 10 percent - official

    Date: 2015-10-28 10:08:41 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:37 - ID:3619049

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 28 (MENA) - Acting Alexandria Governor Soad Kholi said on Wednesday that voter turnout on the first day of the runoff elections of the first stage of parliamentary polls hit 10 percent, describing it as weak. Balloting was ....

  • Runoff of parl't vote was smooth: Cabinet operations unit

    Date: 2015-10-27 22:41:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:121 - ID:3617397

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) – The cabinet's operations unit said on Tuesday that the first day of the parliamentary elections' runoff went on smoothly and was stable in most of the polling stations. The runoff of Egypt's parliamentary elections in its ....

  • Global/PRNews(3):CGAP Announces Winner Of Photo Contest In 10th Year

    Date: 2015-10-27 13:51:53 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:71 - ID:3612141

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/MENA/ -- CGAP today announced its 2015 Photo Contest winner as Sujan Sarkar of India. The winning photo, called "Paddy Cultivation," was chosen from more than 3,300 entries from 77 countries for its breathtaking ....

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