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WHO: Ebola an international emergency
Date: 2014-08-08 07:32:27 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:20 - ID:863890
GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency, the BBC reported on Friday. WHO officials said the possible consequences were "particularly serious" ....
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Environmentalists working to control oil slick
Date: 2014-08-07 10:12:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:51 - ID:862522
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Environmentalists are in a flurry to control an oil slick that was caused by a broken oil pipeline in the Red Sea in the area situated between Abou Redis and Ra'as Jarrah in Sinai. The spill which is five kilometers from ....
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Safaga port receives 1,550 passengers, 50 trucks
Date: 2014-08-07 09:41:48 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:39 - ID:862524
HURGHADA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Safaga port received on Thursday 1,550 arriving and departing passengers and 50 trucks laden with different types of goods. Some 650 passengers, mostly Egyptians working in Gulf states, arrived at the port on board ....
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Environment minister adopts new strategy to stop discharge of wastewater to Nile
Date: 2014-08-06 11:29:26 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:66 - ID:860860
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Environment Ministry is adopting a new strategy to stop the discharge of industrial sewage to the Nile River and waterways. This is done in coordination with the ministries of irrigation, industry, interior and justice, ....
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Egypt retrieves stolen relief from Germany
Date: 2014-08-06 09:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:41 - ID:860787
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Ministry of Antiquities has retrieved a relief that was stolen from the wall of the 13th dynasty king Sobekhotep's tomb in Luxor and illegally smuggled out of the country last century. The German cultural center in Cairo ....
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Malta vessel arrives at Alex Port carrying 31,000 tons of diesel oil
Date: 2014-08-06 09:23:52 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:40 - ID:860807
ALEXANDRIA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Hoisting the flag of Malta, a vessel carrying 31,000 tons of diesel oil arrived at Alexandria Port Wednesday. Head of Alexandria Port Authority Adel Yassin said that the shipment was unloaded without any obstacles. ....
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ACCD organizes workshop on street children
Date: 2014-08-05 15:27:30 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:130 - ID:859718
CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - The first training workshop for integrating and rehabilitating street children was launched Tuesday in Cairo as part of a cooperation protocol between the Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD) and the Social ....
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Scientific studies to help solve development problems -- Minister
Date: 2014-08-05 12:53:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:84 - ID:859425
CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Scientific Research Ministry is keen on applying scientific research and studies to solve development problems. Minister Sherif Hammad said Tuesday a number of projects will be established in the coming period in ....
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Cairo governorate launches campaign to remove encroachments in Zamalek streets
Date: 2014-08-04 11:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:46 - ID:857466
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Cairo governorate launched a two-day campaign to remove encroachments in the streets of the plush Zamalek neighborhood, West Cairo municipality chief Yassin Abdel-Barri said Monday. The campaign aimed to restore discipline ....
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Northampton museum loses accreditation for selling Egypt's historic statue
Date: 2014-08-03 16:10:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:104 - ID:856322
LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - Northampton Museum has lost Arts Council accreditation for selling a 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue "Sekhemka". Northampton museum sold the Sekhemka limestone statue for nearly £16 million at an auction to help fund an ....
