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Artist Hussein el-Imam dies, funeral Sunday

Date: 2014-05-17 20:08:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:114 - ID:727304

CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) – Artist Hussein el-Imam has passed away and his funeral prayers will be paid on Sunday, Sameh el-Sereity, undersecretary of Egyptian Actors' Syndicate, told MENA on Saturday. The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, ....

ONA chief editor visits MENA HQ

Date: 2014-05-16 14:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:80 - ID:725175

CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) – Director General and Chief Editor of the Omani News Agency (ONA) Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Oraimi paid a visit Friday to the Middle East News Agency (MENA) headquarters and met with its board chairman and editor-in-chief Alaa ....

8 bulletproof vests seized in Cairo Airport

Date: 2014-05-15 11:06:14 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:72 - ID:722912

CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - Cairo International Airport customs seized on Thursday eight bulletproof vests, two military shirts and 22 military shoes with a Chinese passenger. All necessary legal measures have been taken. (MENA) AA/DA ....

British woman to be buried in beloved Luxor

Date: 2014-05-14 17:03:15 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:167 - ID:721842

LUXOR, May 13 (MENA) - Authorities in Luxor have agreed on a request by an Egyptian husband to bury his British wife in the city upon her desire. The woman had lived for years with her husband Salama Hagag Mahmoud in northern Luxor. She ....

85 Indonesian tourists arrive at Cairo airport

Date: 2014-05-14 14:03:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:126 - ID:721384

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Cairo International Airport received Wednesday 85 Indonesian tourists. The Indonesian tourists arrived from Dubai and Qatar, said a security source at the airport. The source also said that 96 Indian and Filipino ....

Red Sea coast monitoring panel formed

Date: 2014-05-14 13:59:11 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:124 - ID:721103

HURGHADA, May 14 (MENA) – Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdallah decided to form a committee under the province's Assistant secretary general to monitor the beaches during summer. The panel is to ensure security and safety and provide premium service to ....

Cairo-Alex road blocked following car accident

Date: 2014-05-14 12:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:99 - ID:721234

TANTA, Egypt, May 14 (MENA) – Kafr el-Zayyat residents in Gharbia governorate cut off the Cairo-Alexandria agriculture road on Wednesday following a car accident that left three people dead and nine others wounded. Troops managed to reopen the ....

Egypt women need support to overcome MB rule setbacks - Tallawy

Date: 2014-05-13 18:26:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:149 - ID:719580

CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - President of the National Council for Women Mervat Tallawy said Tuesday Egyptian women faced militant reactionary ideas under the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, led to a setback and increase of the difficulties they ....

Two Israeli-Arabs to take part in 'Arab Idol', says paper

Date: 2014-05-13 12:42:21 GMT - Israel - Miscellaneous - SN:74 - ID:718871

GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - Two Israeli youths made history by successfully passing the audition stage of "Arab Idol," the most popular television program in the Arab world, broadcast by Lebanon's MBC network, Ynet reported. Manal Mussa from Deir ....

Nile water level drops 2 cm

Date: 2014-05-13 11:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:51 - ID:718872

CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - The Nile River water level recorded 174.76 meters on Tuesday, three centimeters less than Monday's reading. Water released from Aswan Dam reached 210 million cubic meters and water coming freshly to Lake Nasser today ....