Miscellaneous

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  • Tutankhamun's tomb to be closed for restoration - official

    Date: 2014-10-21 15:44:58 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:90 - ID:1171497

    CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - An Antiquities Ministry official said on Tuesday that Tutankhamun's tomb in Luxor's famous Valley of the Kings will be closed from November 1 till December 15 for restoration works. Head of the Department of Antiquities at ....

  • 701 passengers arrive at Nuweiba port over past 24hrs

    Date: 2014-10-21 12:00:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:49 - ID:1169413

    NUWEIBA, Egypt, Oct 21 (MENA) - As many as 701 passengers, 86 trucks and 23 cars arrived at Nuweiba Port over the past 24 hours. Also, 280 passengers, 65 trucks and six cars left the port, spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel-Rehim ....

  • Maintenance operations at Red Sea ports over

    Date: 2014-10-21 11:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:45 - ID:1169141

    SUEZ CITY, Egypt, Oct 21 (MENA) - Maintenance operations at arrival and departure halls at the different Red Sea harbors are now complete. The Red Sea Ports Authority said Tuesday that more than 10,000 pilgrims arrived at the harbors, adding ....

  • Sun to illuminate inner sanctuary of Abu Simbel Wednesday

    Date: 2014-10-20 09:38:20 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:27 - ID:1160269

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Sun will illuminate on Wednesday the inner statues of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan, a rare phenomenon that always draws thousands of tourists, said Egyptologist Ahmed Saleh on Monday. The unique astronomical phenomenon, ....

  • 3 automatic rifles, 388 bullets seized in Qena

    Date: 2014-10-18 22:23:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:132 - ID:1152009

    QENA, Oct 18 (MENA) – Qena security forces on Saturday launched a wide-scale crackdown to arrest the outlaws and suspects. Qena Security Chief Hassan el-Souhagi said three automatic rifles and 388 bullets were seized in the operation that led to ....

  • Prosecution probes Zagazig court bomb

    Date: 2014-10-15 13:00:34 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:52 - ID:1130821

    ZAGAZIG, Oct 15 (MENA) - Zagazig prosecutors launched on Wednesday a probe after a bomb was found inside a court here. Sappers managed to defuse the explosive charge, which was placed under a court seat. No casualties were ....

  • Police seize 500 tons of bad fertilizers

    Date: 2014-10-14 18:04:21 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:159 - ID:1126105

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Police managed to seize 500 tons of counterfeit fertilizer attributed to a major company in Abu Rawash in Giza. The seizure of the bad fertilizers is part of a campaign by the police to control the market and seize illegal ....

  • Director of KfW posts education minister on QESB 1 developments

    Date: 2014-10-14 16:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:128 - ID:1124965

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The director of the German Development Bank (KfW) has met with Education Minister Mahmoud Abul-Nasr to discuss a report on the implementation of a QESB 1 program in Assiut and Sohag. During the meeting Monday night, ....

  • Research academy denies news of law permitting killing of patients in name of science

    Date: 2014-10-14 15:33:17 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:113 - ID:1123793

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Egypt has denied news attributed to the Egyptian Medical Syndicate about a bill permitting the killing of patients in the name of science. It is not even a law yet, said ....

  • Tanta village marketplace fire under control

    Date: 2014-10-14 14:14:56 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:81 - ID:1123781

    TANTA, Oct 14 (MENA) - Gharbiya Civil Defense corps have contained a fire that broke out in a village marketplace in Tanta. The fire left big in kind losses. Salesmen and shoppers at Gabassa marketplace in Mahalat Marhoum village were ....

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