Miscellaneous
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Water coming to Lake Nasser drops by 52mn cubic meters
Date: 2014-02-19 14:53:41 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:132 - ID:564599
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Water coming to Lake Nasser has drastically dropped to a historic low of -16 million cubic meters for the first time in a long while. A report presented to the Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry said Wednesday's reading ....
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Kuwait Emir attends Quran memorization awards, Azhar Grand Imam participates
Date: 2014-02-19 13:18:09 GMT - Kuwait - Miscellaneous - SN:114 - ID:564595
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 19 (KUNA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice, Awqaf, and Islamic Affairs held on Wednesday its annual celebration of the winners in its Quran memorization and recitation contest at which the Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was the guest ....
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Petroleum Minister to visit Qena Thursday to inspect service projects
Date: 2014-02-19 13:01:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:108 - ID:564512
QENA, Feb 19 (MENA) – Petroleum Minister Sharif Ismail is scheduled to visit Qena governorate on Thursday to inspect some service projects in Qena city, Deshna and Quos, Qena Governor Abdul Hamid el-Hagan said. The Ministry of Petroleum has ....
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Minister of Antiquities orders report on findings unearthed during renovation of Terbana Mosque
Date: 2014-02-19 12:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:97 - ID:564392
ALEXANDRIA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expecting a report from archaeologists on findings unearthed during the renovation of the Terbana Mosque in western Alexandria, archaeologist Wahid Ibrahim said Wednesday. All ....
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43 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2014-02-19 12:21:29 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:96 - ID:564522
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 19 (MENA) - Forty-three vessels transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday carrying a total cargo of 2.269 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 17 ships carrying 970,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ....
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Cultural Center in Vienna hosts exhibition about Egyptian civilization in March
Date: 2014-02-19 12:06:40 GMT - Austria - Miscellaneous - SN:85 - ID:564327
VIENNA, Feb 19 (MENA) – Egyptian Cultural Center in Vienna will host in March an exhibition that will screen a number of pictures and short films about Egypt and its civilization and arts, Egyptian Cultural Adviser in Vienna Ahmed Shahin told MENA ....
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Security forces in Qalyubia arrest two in connection with Obour shooting
Date: 2014-02-19 10:13:21 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:46 - ID:563903
BANHA, Feb 19 (MENA) – Security forces in Qalyubia on Wednesday arrested two persons, who are charged with opening fire at troops and wounding two policemen at Al Obour city earlier this week. The defendants, four jobless, were seizing cars at ....
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6,600 tons of liquified butane gas arrive at Suez ports
Date: 2014-02-19 09:58:34 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:42 - ID:563731
SUEZ, Feb 19 (MENA) - A ship sailed into El-Zaytait port on Wednesday from Saudi port of Yanbu with 6,600 tons of liquified butane gas on board, head of the Red Sea Port Authority Hassan Fallah said. An Egyptian ship left Port Tawfiq for Jeddah ....
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36 relics restored in Qantara East museum
Date: 2014-02-18 16:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:138 - ID:562658
CAIRO, Feb. 18 (MENA) – Egypt has restored 36 relics that were previously stolen from the Qantara East Museum in Sinai, said State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim. With the restored antiques, the number of pieces that have been ....
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Pensioner arrested for illegal archaeological excavations
Date: 2014-02-18 16:20:24 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:137 - ID:562843
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Police arrested a pensioner for carrying out illegal archaeological excavations in Luxor, Upper Egypt. The 62-year-old identified only as Ahmed S. A. worked as an employee of the Ministry of antiquities and he was ....