Miscellaneous

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  • Dendera Temple to be open at night soon--Minister

    Date: 2014-03-26 14:47:07 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:114 - ID:632192

    QENA, Egypt, March 26 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim affirmed that Dendera Temple will open its doors at night soon. During a surprise tour of the temple Wednesday, Ibrahim hailed efforts of the Qena governor to remove massive ....

  • Cairo governor says land behind Amr Ibn el-Aas Mosque to become park

    Date: 2014-03-26 13:43:56 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:90 - ID:631988

    CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Galal Mustafa Saeid was on hand Wednesday as police evacuated a number of people who illegally used a piece of land to collect and sort trash. The land, located just behind the Amr Ibn el-Aas Mosque and ....

  • Nile River water level drops

    Date: 2014-03-26 12:29:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:76 - ID:632011

    CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) - The Nile River water level dropped Wednesday, recording 175.36 meters, two centimeters less than yesterday. Water released from the Aswan Dam reached 145 million cubic meters and the amount of water coming freshly to Lake ....

  • Austrian young man tried for joining terror group

    Date: 2014-03-25 15:42:30 GMT - Austria - Miscellaneous - SN:125 - ID:630154

    VIENNA, March 25 (MENA) - A 20-year old Austrian young man has been brought to trial before a Vienna court on Tuesday over charges of joining a terrorist group. A lawsuit on this score was filed with the court indicating that the man has been ....

  • AUC hosts seminar on medieval Egypt, ME next week

    Date: 2014-03-25 14:05:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:103 - ID:629766

    CAIRO, March 25 (MENA) - The American University in Cairo will organize an annual history seminar on Egypt and the Middle East in the 18th century on March 28-29. The event is hosted by the Arab and Islamic Civilization Department of the AUC and ....

  • Fire in Aswan under control

    Date: 2014-03-25 12:18:47 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:75 - ID:629614

    ASWAN, March 25 (MENA) - Civil defense forces Tuesday managed to control a huge fire which erupted at a number of shops in el-Shawarby area in the old marketplace in Aswan Governorate. Six fire engines rushed to the scene of the fire and put it ....

  • 1,000 garbage bins to be distributed along Alexandria Corniche

    Date: 2014-03-25 11:56:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:71 - ID:629228

    ALEXANDRIA, March 25 (MENA) – Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdy has signed a contract with a private company for distributing 1,000 garbage bins along the Corniche Road (the seaside artery running across the city from East to West). "Many models of ....

  • 1st Dwarfs Annual Festival kicks off in Alexandria Friday

    Date: 2014-03-25 10:59:40 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:53 - ID:629326

    ALEXANDRIA, March 25 (MENA) - The Association for Dwarf Care in Alexandria will organize on Friday its first annual festival at the covered hall in Al-Itihad Al-Sakandari Club. Head of the association Essam Shehata has extended invitations to ....

  • Red Sea harbors receive 60,000 commodities, 600 tons of butane gas

    Date: 2014-03-25 08:58:43 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:24 - ID:628941

    SUEZ, March 25 (MENA) - Red Sea Harbors Authority said an Egyptian vessel left Port Tawfiq Harbor for the Saudi port of Jeddah with 12,000 commodities on board. Meanwhile, Adabiya harbor received a vessel carrying 60,000 tons of commodities ....

  • Senegal's Didier raps at Luxor film festival

    Date: 2014-03-24 22:41:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:187 - ID:628649

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, March 24 (MENA) – Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi performed at the closing ceremony of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) amid great enthusiasm from the guests. The ceremony was attended by a group of Egyptian artists and ....

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