Miscellaneous

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  • British Museum to open gallery dedicated to Islamic art

    Date: 2015-03-28 11:35:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:64 - ID:2260717

    LONDON, March 28 (MENA) - The British Museum will open a new gallery in 2018 dedicated to a broad swath of Islamic art, the museum announced, according to the New York Times. Set in a pair of currently closed galleries in the heart of the museum, ....

  • Russian tourist killed, 11 injured in microbus accident

    Date: 2015-03-24 21:34:25 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:158 - ID:2236153

    El-Tor, Egypt, March 24 (MENA) – A Russian tourist was killed and eleven others injured after their microbus overturned Tuesday on Dahab-Sharm el-Sheikh road. The identity of the Russian female tourist was not identified yet, a security source ....

  • Port Said security chief takes part in Mother's Day celebrations

    Date: 2015-03-21 22:22:14 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:143 - ID:2214541

    PORT SAID, March 21 (MENA) - Port Said Security Chief Faisal Dewedar on Saturday tasked policemen and officers to offer bouquets of roses to mothers on streets in celebration of Mother's Day. The initiative aimed to boost relations between the ....

  • US police shoot attacker at New Orleans airport

    Date: 2015-03-21 20:29:02 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:125 - ID:2214197

    WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) - US security staff shot a knife-wielding man three times at New Orleans international airport after he tried to storm a checkpoint, the BBC quoted officials as saying. They say the man, named as Richard White, 62, ....

  • 4 arrested in Sohag over attacking police

    Date: 2015-03-21 20:22:23 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:122 - ID:2214193

    SOHAG, March 21 (MENA) - Four people were arrested for attacking a police force that rushed to contain a quarrel between two families in a Sohag township on Saturday, said security authorities. The arrestees, including one with criminal record, ....

  • Tunisia's Rostom says culture best way to combat terror

    Date: 2015-03-21 17:11:19 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:85 - ID:2212925

    LUXOR, Egypt, March 21 (MENA) - Tunisia's actor Hicham Rostom thinks culture and arts are the best way to combat terrorism. "They have an important role in promoting emotional development," Rostom told MENA on the sidelines of Luxor African Film ....

  • Mosque worker 'Ideal Mother' in Suez

    Date: 2015-03-17 21:53:15 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:137 - ID:2187785

    SUEZ, March 17 (MENA) – A mosque worker has won the award of the Ideal Mother in Suez. Kawther Mahmoud Ahmed brought up her three daughters after their father died. "It is my daughters who applied for me to be honored and receive the award," ....

  • 21 mothers honored in N. Sinai on Mother's Day

    Date: 2015-03-17 20:26:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:129 - ID:2187649

    ARISH, March 17 (MENA) - North Sinai governorate honored Tuesday 21 mothers in a ceremony under the auspices of North Sinai governorate Abdel Fattah Harhour on Mother's Day. One mother was selected from each of the villages of the governorate on ....

  • Church bus on fire in Damanhour; no injuries reported

    Date: 2015-03-17 19:03:11 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:119 - ID:2187089

    DAMANHOUR, March 17 (MENA) - Unidentified people set fire to a bus affiliated to the Coptic Orthodox Church while standing in front of a church in Damanhour, Beheira. No injuries were reported. The bus totally destroyed. (MENA) M H K/A I E ....

  • NGO holds annual party in N.Sinai

    Date: 2015-03-14 23:04:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:172 - ID:2164653

    ARISH, March 14 (MENA) – A North Sinai NGO, led by chairperson Ayat Qandil, organized on Saturday annual party in Arish, North Sinai. Members of board of directors of Abrar Charity and other NGOs attended the event. The event included honoring two ....

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