Miscellaneous

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  • More than 20,000 heads of cattle arrive at Alex port

    Date: 2014-08-20 09:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:32 - ID:882417

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 20 (MENA) - A cargo vessel carrying 20,657 heads of cattle arrived at Alexandria harbor from Uruguay Wednesday. Alexandria Port chairman Adel Yassin said initial tests have been made on the cargo to ensure it is free of any ....

  • Supply minister to study proposal for municipal bakeries to "fino" bread

    Date: 2014-08-18 10:45:20 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:48 - ID:879006

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi said Monday he will study a proposal by head of Cairo bakeries department Attia Hammad to have municipal bakeries produce subsidized fino bread, or smaller baguettes, besides the local Egyptian ....

  • Famed actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89

    Date: 2014-08-13 09:14:36 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:33 - ID:871590

    NEW YORK, Aug 13 (MENA) - Actress Lauren Bacall, the husky-voiced Hollywood icon, died Tuesday. She was 89, CNN reported. Robbert de Klerk, co-managing partner of the Humphrey Bogart Estate, said Bacall died in New York. She was anointed a legend ....

  • Albiceleste appointment for Martino

    Date: 2014-08-13 09:08:03 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:871593

    ZURICH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Former Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has been named the new Argentina coach by the Argentinian Football Association, FIFA said on Wednesday. A statement on the AFA website said Martino, 51, will be formally introduced ....

  • Three Israelis killed in Switzerland crash

    Date: 2014-08-11 17:20:37 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:125 - ID:869261

    GENEVA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Three Israeli tourists died on Monday when the van they were traveling in crashed with a train in central Switzerland, the Jerusalem Post reported. Five other people, also Israeli tourists, were seriously injured in the ....

  • Iskander praises efforts to upgrade slums

    Date: 2014-08-11 10:29:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:59 - ID:868184

    CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Minister of shanty towns Laila Iskandar has praised unified efforts to upgrade shanty towns across Egypt. An agreement has been reached with the Housing Ministry and Cairo Governorate to start upgrading the areas of Maspero ....

  • 1,000 Egyptians arrive at Safaga Port

    Date: 2014-08-11 09:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:41 - ID:868128

    HURGHADA, Aug 11 (MENA) - As many as 1,000 Egyptians working in Gulf States arrived at Safaga Port Monday to spend their vacations. A ferryboat arrived from Dabaa with 300 Egyptians on board, said Safaga Port director Mahmoud ....

  • Lebanese pop diva Elissa performs in Hurghada next week

    Date: 2014-08-10 12:49:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:65 - ID:866978

    CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Lebanese popular singer Elissa will play at a concert in Hurgahda, the Red Sea, next week to promote tourism in Egypt. The concert is sponsored by the Red Sea governorate, the Tourism Ministry and Tourist Authority with the ....

  • WHO warns of Ebola outbreak

    Date: 2014-08-08 09:38:52 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:38 - ID:864095

    GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization on Friday warned of the outbreak of Ebola, declaring the Ebola outbreak in west Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its ....

  • Russians mock Obama with racist birthday message

    Date: 2014-08-08 08:14:58 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:26 - ID:863927

    WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - In further evidence of the faltering of Russian-American relations, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was lit up for a brief period with birthday wishes for President Obama — that came with racist slants, The Washington Times ....

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