Miscellaneous
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Qalioubiya post office set on fire
Date: 2015-01-29 10:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:45 - ID:1849505
BANHA, Jan 29 (MENA) - Unidentified men set a post office in the Kafr Shokr village in Qalioubiya on fire Thursday, but no casualties were reported. The fire was contained by civil defense forces. The office was damaged inside out. An ....
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Adabiya Port receives 2,047 tons of equipment
Date: 2015-01-29 08:54:13 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:1848229
SUEZ, Jan 29 (MENA) - Adabiya Port received on Thursday 2,047 tons of equipment carried by two vessels coming from Abu Dhabi and East Asia, Spokesman of Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said. The port also received a vessel loaded with ....
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Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68
Date: 2015-01-26 21:12:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:178 - ID:1830705
PARIS, Jan 26 (MENA) – Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68, the BBC quoted the Hygeia Hospital in Athens as saying on Monday. He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, ....
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Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival kicks off
Date: 2015-01-24 19:55:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:153 - ID:1815073
LUXOR, Egypt, Jan 24 (MENA) - Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival kicked off on Saturday in the world's greatest open-air museum of Luxor. The festival was opened by observing one minute of silence to remember late King Abdullah of Saudi ....
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100 cartons of food supplies, 100 mattresses, 100 cushions distributed on needy families in central Sinai
Date: 2015-01-20 19:54:12 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:133 - ID:1786349
ARISH, Jan 20 (MENA) - The National Population Council in North Sinai in cooperation with the Egyptian Red Crescent distributed a 100 boxes of food supplies, 100 mattresses and 100 cushions on needy families in central Sinai. This comes to face ....
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2 women die, 14 injured in Sharqiya road accident
Date: 2015-01-19 17:06:55 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:105 - ID:1777449
ZAQAZIQ, Egypt, Jan 19 (MENA) - Two women were killed and 14 people injured when a van overturned in Sharqiya. The accident took place on the Diarb Negm-Senbelawin road. (MENA) AI/RG ....
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2 dead, 1 wounded in central Florida mall shooting
Date: 2015-01-17 22:20:14 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:150 - ID:1764001
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) - A Florida man had "several pockets full of ammunition" when he targeted his wife in a shooting Saturday morning that killed two people at a mall food court, police said, ABC News reported. Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 57, ....
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Britain's oldest person Ethel Lang dies aged 114
Date: 2015-01-16 13:01:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:61 - ID:1755405
LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) – Ethel Lang, Britain's oldest person, has died aged 114 at a nursing home in Barnsley, The Telegraph reported. Mrs Lang, who lived to see six British monarchs and 22 Prime Ministers, became the UK's longest-surviving ....
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S. Korea, U.S. launch joint military division
Date: 2015-01-16 07:16:20 GMT - south korea - Miscellaneous - SN:10 - ID:1753141
SEOUL, Jan 16 (MENA) - South Korea and the United States have officially launched a combined staff of their wartime joint division to be tasked with military operations in case of war, Yonhap quoted military officers here as saying Friday. In ....
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Pope Francis arrives to Philippines on Asia tour
Date: 2015-01-15 11:10:07 GMT - Philippines - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:1747593
MANILA, Jan 15 (MENA) - Pope Francis of the Vatican arrived to the Philippines for a five-day visit to the nation's 80 million Roman Catholics, the BBC reported on Thursday. He was met at Manila airport by President Benigno Aquino while church ....