Miscellaneous

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  • Tourism Ministry to sponsor int'l diving event in June

    Date: 2015-03-04 12:57:12 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:63 - ID:2088317

    CAIRO, March 4 (MENA) - The Tourism Ministry will be sponsoring an international diving event in which 400 divers will contribute to removing seabed wastes. The event, to be held in the Red Sea governorate in June, will help include Egypt in the ....

  • 49 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-03-04 10:39:10 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:36 - ID:2087489

    ISMAILIA, March 4 (MENA) - Forty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.421 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 26 vessels carrying 1.109 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 23 ....

  • Prominent Turish writer Yaşar Kemal laid to rest

    Date: 2015-03-02 18:31:58 GMT - Turkey - Miscellaneous - SN:147 - ID:2076241

    ANKARA, March 2 (MENA) - One of modern Turkey’s most celebrated literary figures, Yaşar Kemal, was laid to rest with a ceremony in Istanbul on Monday, after he died on Saturday aged 92, Hurriyet Daily News‎ reported on Monday. Following prayers ....

  • Stephen Hawking: Space travel vital to future, survival of human race

    Date: 2015-03-01 08:22:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:14 - ID:2063533

    LONDON, March 1 (MENA) – Professor Stephen Hawking believes the future of the human race depends on our abilities to explore space, the Daily Mail reported. During a tour of London's Science Museum, the 73-year-old said that landing on the moon ....

  • 125 tourists visit Sharm El Sheikh

    Date: 2015-02-28 18:52:47 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:123 - ID:2062221

    TUR, Egypt, Feb 28 (MENA) - As many as 125 foreign tourists arrived in Sharm El Sheikh on Saturday. They visited and later left the resort city on board two ships. They enjoyed diving in the city's waters and visited archeological ....

  • 733 passengers arrive at Nuweiba port

    Date: 2015-02-27 17:09:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:84 - ID:2055797

    NUWEIBA, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA) - As many as 733 passengers, including 439 pilgrims, have arrived at Nuweiba Port over the past 24 hours. Thirty-nine trucks and 10 buses have also arrived at the port, spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel ....

  • Damanhour Univ. dentistry students on strike for 5th successive day

    Date: 2015-02-26 17:56:26 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:153 - ID:2050209

    DAMANHOUR, Feb 26 (MENA) - Students of Damanhour University Dental Medicine staged a demonstration on Thursday and refused to attend classes for the fifth day in row in protest over poorly-equipped laboratories. The students, lined up wearing ....

  • Delegation of British TV to visit BA Sunday

    Date: 2015-02-25 09:45:57 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:2038729

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 25 (MENA) - A delegation of the British television is set to visit Bibliotheca Alexandrina on March 1-3. The delegation will stop at the BA during a visit to Egypt to complete a documentary on the Egyptian history and ....

  • Egyptian concert to be held in Austria

    Date: 2015-02-22 18:19:42 GMT - Austria - Miscellaneous - SN:120 - ID:2021249

    VIENNA, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cultural Office here will organize a concert under the auspices of Egypt's Ambassador to Austria Khalid Shamaa. The Egyptian Embassy in Austria invited a large number of Austrian officials, ambassadors and Arab ....

  • Man arrested over selling subsidized fuel on black market in Alex.

    Date: 2015-02-17 19:34:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:181 - ID:1988309

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 17 (MENA) – Owner of a gas station in Alexandria was detained by supply police on Tuesday over selling subsidized fuel on black market. The man faces charges of manipulating the station's quota of subsidized octane 80 and 92 to ....

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