Miscellaneous

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  • Pakistan army kills 14 militants in border clash

    Date: 2014-05-31 07:27:55 GMT - Pakistan - Miscellaneous - SN:13 - ID:752676

    ISLAMABAD, May 31 (MENA) - Pakistani army officers say the military, backed by helicopter gunships, killed 14 militants in a clash near the Afghan border in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, ABC news reported Saturday. The officers say a ....

  • Ex-Ecuador President Mahuad sentenced to 12 years in jail

    Date: 2014-05-30 09:20:44 GMT - Ecuador - Miscellaneous - SN:32 - ID:751286

    QUITO, May 30 (MENA) - A court in Ecuador has sentenced former President Jamil Mahuad in absentia to 12 years in jail for embezzlement. The ruling comes two days after Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest. He denies any wrongdoing. Mahuad ....

  • Russia has withdrawn most troops from Ukraine border, Hagel says

    Date: 2014-05-30 07:56:33 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:19 - ID:751289

    WASHINGTON, May 30 (MENA) - Russia has withdrawn thousands of its troops massed on the border with Ukraine, even as violence escalated inside that country between government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on ....

  • Nile water level remains unchanged

    Date: 2014-05-29 13:55:15 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:132 - ID:750344

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - The Nile River water level recorded 174.55 meters on Thursday, the same reading of Wednesday. Water released from Aswan Dam and water coming freshly to Lake Nasser today recorded an equal amount of 250 million cubic meters, ....

  • 2 killed, 1 wounded in separate car accidents in Qaliobiya

    Date: 2014-05-29 11:22:20 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:99 - ID:750121

    BANHA, Egypt, May 29 (MENA) - Two people were killed Thursday in separate car accidents in Qaliobiya province. The collisions occurred due to overspeed. A police element was also wounded in an accident between a three-wheeled vehicle, known as ....

  • EgyptAir cargo villages successfully undergo EU inspection

    Date: 2014-05-29 10:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:87 - ID:749935

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - EgyptAir cargo villages successfully underwent an inspection of the European Union at Cairo, Luxor and Borg el-Arab airports, allowing them to receive cargo from the EU states for the coming five years, said head of the ....

  • 38 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-05-28 11:55:03 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:68 - ID:748100

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, May 28 (MENA) - Thirty-eight vessels passed through the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.306 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 16 ships with a combined cargo of 1.077 million tons while the 22 ships ....

  • 12 killed, injured in road accident in South Sinai

    Date: 2014-05-25 08:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:36 - ID:740999

    TUR, Egypt, May 25 (MENA) - Three people were killed and nine others wounded when a microbus collided with a private vehicle on the international road in South Sinai on Sunday. Hamid Ibrahim, 36, Wali Mardi, 43, and Ibrahim Mansour were killed ....

  • Egypt's at Sweden Festival of Cultures

    Date: 2014-05-24 18:13:23 GMT - Sweden - Miscellaneous - SN:130 - ID:740488

    UPPSALA, May 24 (MENA) - Egypt's ambassador in Sweden Wael Nasr inaugurated Saturday Egypt's pavilion at the two-day Swedish Festival of Cultures in Uppsala, 87 km north-east of Stockholm. ُEgypt takes part in this festival for the first time ....

  • 1,600 tourists arrive at Marsa Alam airport

    Date: 2014-05-23 14:11:21 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:75 - ID:738470

    HURGHADA, May 23 (MENA) - As many as 1,600 tourists of different nationalities arrived Friday at Marsa Alam airport on 14 flights. Most of the tourists are from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, director of the airport Hussein Rifki ....

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