Miscellaneous

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  • 250 tourists arrive at Ain Sokhna port in Suez

    Date: 2015-01-02 12:03:19 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:44 - ID:1660725

    SUEZ, Jan 2 (MENA) – As many as 250 tourists arrived at Ain Sokhna Port on Friday on board a German cruise liner, according to spokesman for the Red Sea Port Authority Hisham Abu Senna. In the meantime, 1,799 calves arrived from Djibouti at ....

  • S, Korea flexible on format of talks with N. Korea

    Date: 2015-01-02 07:28:14 GMT - south korea - Miscellaneous - SN:15 - ID:1659393

    SEOUL, Jan 2 (MENA) - South Korea pressed North Korea Friday to resume bilateral talks, saying it is leaving the door open to any type of dialogue, Yonhap reported. Seoul's unification ministry said it is important for Pyongyang to return to the ....

  • 155 suspected food poisoning cases in Assiut dorm - health ministry

    Date: 2015-01-01 14:52:29 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:59 - ID:1656493

    CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Health and Population Ministry announced Thursday there were 155 suspected cases of food poisoning of female students in the Al-Azhar University dormitory in Assiut. As many as 42 cases were rushed to Hospitals of Assiut, 60 ....

  • Giza to have new unit for issuing licenses

    Date: 2014-12-29 13:46:50 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:54 - ID:1635441

    GIZA, Egypt, Dec 29 (MENA) - A new unit for issuing driving licenses will be opened in Giza on Tuesday. Governor Ali Abdel Rahman will attend the inauguration ceremony.(MENA) AH/RG ....

  • Free visits to students to archaeological sites -- minister

    Date: 2014-12-29 13:36:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:49 - ID:1635421

    CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Government school students will be allowed to visit archaeological sites for free as of the second term, said the antiquities minister on Monday. Private schools pupils will be given a 50-percent discount, said Mamdouh el ....

  • Churchill found Islam tempting, letter shows

    Date: 2014-12-28 19:35:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:132 - ID:1631349

    LONDON, Dec 28 (MENA) - A recently discovered letter showed famed British wartime leader Winston Churchill not only desired to be an Ottoman-style pasha, but was fascinated by Islamic culture, prompting one of his relatives to be concerned and ....

  • Gharbiya Police chief denies assaulting citizen in Tanta police station

    Date: 2014-12-27 21:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:118 - ID:1625053

    TANTA, Dec 27 (MENA) – Head of Gharbiya Security Directorate Osama Bedir denied on Saturday news reports saying that a citizen was assaulted inside Tanta police station for belonging to a terrorist group. He said such news reports were unfounded, ....

  • Alex.-based factories warned over harmful waste -- minister

    Date: 2014-12-27 19:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:101 - ID:1624633

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - Three companies have been warned over their factories' harmful waste, said the environment minister on Saturday. The firms, producing petrochemical, sodium and textile products, were given two months to settle ....

  • Thousands protest in Mexico City over missing students

    Date: 2014-12-27 11:33:47 GMT - Mexico - Miscellaneous - SN:37 - ID:1621653

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 27 (MENA) - The relatives of 43 missing Mexican students held protests in several cities across the country to mark three months since their disappearance. At a demonstration in Mexico City an estimated two thousand activists ....

  • Malaysian PM cuts vacation short over floods

    Date: 2014-12-27 08:24:24 GMT - Malaysia - Miscellaneous - SN:17 - ID:1620633

    KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak cut short his US vacation to deal with his country's worst floods in years,The BBC reported. Five people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced following unusually ....

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