Miscellaneous

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  • French Ebola patient recovers

    Date: 2014-10-04 20:11:43 GMT - France - Miscellaneous - SN:67 - ID:1068013

    PARIS, Oct 4 (MENA) - The health ministry of France said a French nurse who contracted Ebola in Liberia while working for Doctors Without Borders has recovered, Voice of America reported on Saturday. She was treated at a hospital near ....

  • Obama greets Muslims on Eid Al-Adha

    Date: 2014-10-04 05:46:27 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:2 - ID:1064705

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle extended on Saturday best wishes for Eid al-Adha to Muslims in the United States and around the world. A statement issued by the White House indicated that Obama ....

  • Vessel loaded with 285 vehicles sails into Alex port

    Date: 2014-10-03 09:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:29 - ID:1061213

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Grand Venus vessel sailed into Alexandria Port on Friday with 285 vehicles of various brands on board. The shipment, coming from Saudi Arabia was unloaded efficiently, Alexandria Port chief Adel Yassin ....

  • Ashri greets Egypt's workers and businessmen on Eidul-Adha

    Date: 2014-10-01 14:32:43 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:86 - ID:1050877

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Minister of Manpower and Migration Dr. Nahed El-Ashri greeted Egypt's workers on the occasion of Eidul-Adha (Great Bairam), asking God to make this blessed event happy for all the Egyptian people. Egypt today is better than ....

  • Preparation for Arafat ascension ongoing -- Minister

    Date: 2014-10-01 13:26:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Miscellaneous - SN:77 - ID:1050329

    MECCA, Oct 1 (MENA) - Preparations are underway for the ascent of Egyptian pilgrims to Mount Arafat. Arafat ascension is coming on Friday this year, said Egyptian Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa Wednesday, stressing this is a sign Allah would ....

  • 49 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-10-01 12:35:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:60 - ID:1050321

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 1 (MENA) - Forty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday carrying around 2.427 million tons of cargo. The south-bound convoy included 24 ships carrying 1.051 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included ....

  • Pilgrims to head for Mina Thursday to spend Tawriya Day

    Date: 2014-10-01 11:41:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Miscellaneous - SN:45 - ID:1049441

    MECCA, Oct 1 (MENA) - Millions of pilgrims poured out of the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Wednesday to begin the annual hajj and will head for Mina Thursday to spend the Tawriya Day. Head of the Egyptian Hajj Mission Shaker el-Kayyal told MENA ....

  • Rasmussen welcomes Afghanistan signing two security agreements with NATO and US

    Date: 2014-09-30 14:56:18 GMT - Benin - Miscellaneous - SN:76 - ID:1044233

    BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (MENA) - Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed two security agreements signed by Afghanistan with his organization and the US earlier today. "The conclusion of these ....

  • Death toll from Japan volcano climbs to 36

    Date: 2014-09-29 21:36:17 GMT - Japan - Miscellaneous - SN:152 - ID:1039305

    TOKYO, Sept 29 (MENA) - Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano on Monday, bringing the total presumed dead to 36, police said, as toxic gases and ash from the still-erupting mountain forced rescue workers to halt efforts ....

  • 5th Egyptian Universities Olympics considered opportunity to raise students' belonging to Egypt -- official

    Date: 2014-09-28 08:26:39 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:25 - ID:1026589

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 28 (MENA) – Alexandria University President Osama Ibrahim said on Sunday the Fifth Olympics of Egyptian Universities is considered a great opportunity to boost relations and exchange expertise as well as raising students' belonging ....

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