Miscellaneous

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  • All tourist sites, museums to be open for free Saturday - Minister

    Date: 2014-09-26 13:27:59 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:66 - ID:1018281

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said on Friday that all tourist sites and museums across the nation will be open for free to visitors for two days starting Saturday. This comes on the occasion of the World Tourism ....

  • Actor Khaled Saleh dies aged 50

    Date: 2014-09-25 10:45:21 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:51 - ID:1010209

    CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) – Renown actor Khaled Saleh died on Thursday aged 50 after an open heart surgery in Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation In Aswan. The funeral will be held on Friday after Dawn (Fajr) prayers, Fist Deputy of the Actors Union Sameh ....

  • South Korea to buy 40 F-35A fighter jets

    Date: 2014-09-24 12:14:02 GMT - south korea - Miscellaneous - SN:93 - ID:1003449

    SEOUL, Sept 24 (MENA) - South Korea will buy 40 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin for about $7 billion in the country's biggest-ever weapons purchase aimed at coping with North Korea's military threats, the ABC News quoted officials as saying ....

  • India's first Mars satellite 'Mangalyaan' enters orbit

    Date: 2014-09-24 07:14:14 GMT - India - Miscellaneous - SN:35 - ID:1001141

    NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (MENA) - India has successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth country to do so, the BBC reported. The Mangalyaan robotic probe, one of the cheapest interplanetary missions ever, will soon begin ....

  • Egyptian press adviser in French embassy decorated with France's 2nd highest medal

    Date: 2014-09-23 17:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:134 - ID:998481

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) – Egyptian press adviser in the French embassy in Cairo Ahmed Fadel was decorated with the second highest medal in France on Tuesday. France's Ambassador to Egypt Nicolas Galey granted Fadel the medal during a reception held ....

  • Police launch campaign against encroachments in Zamalek area

    Date: 2014-09-23 11:21:04 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:61 - ID:996037

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - Cairo police are launching a campaign to clear the streets of Zamalek of encroachments. The campaign targeted a number of coffee shops and cafeterias that have no permits on Tuesday, said chairman of Western Cairo ....

  • Baklava Festival kicks off in Istanbul

    Date: 2014-09-22 13:33:26 GMT - Turkey - Miscellaneous - SN:85 - ID:989033

    ANKARA, Sept 22 (MENA) - The 9th annual festival of baklava kicked off in Istanbul's historical square of Eminönü. Nine tons of 60 varieties of the famous Turkish baklava were distributed to pedestrians. The first place winner received 10 ....

  • Seoul vows to boost medical cooperation with Mideast

    Date: 2014-09-22 07:59:09 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Miscellaneous - SN:28 - ID:986093

    DUBAI, Sept 22 (MENA) - South Korean Health Minister Moon Hyung-pyo has vowed to boost medical cooperation with the Middle East region; the UAE for starters. Moon, currently on a visit to the UAE, said Monday he acted to have a number of South ....

  • Attempt to sell 38 kilos of bango drug foiled in Safaga

    Date: 2014-09-21 12:48:16 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:75 - ID:981605

    HURGHADA, Sept 21 (MENA) - Red Sea security forces under Major General Hamdi el-Gazar thwarted on Sunday an attempt to sell 38 kilos of bango drug in Safaga town of the Red Sea province. Acting upon a tip-off, the Red Sea security forces ....

  • 3,685 passengers cross Safaga harbor

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:55:40 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:59 - ID:971009

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Sept 19 (MENA) - Some 3,685 travelers, mostly Egyptians working in Gulf countries, crossed Safaga harbor on Friday, said a well-placed official with the harbor. Yousefiya ferry boat with 1,405 Egyptian passengers on board, ....

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