Miscellaneous

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  • Cairo governor bans any digging unless after utilities center' approval

    Date: 2013-12-12 09:40:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:40 - ID:436087

    CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Galal Moustafa Saeed banned on Thursday any company entrusted with water or drainage projects from carrying out any digging works unless after taking the approval of the Information Center of the Utilities ....

  • Russia, Kazakhstan to resume Proton launches from Baikonur

    Date: 2013-12-11 19:28:01 GMT - Russia - Miscellaneous - SN:158 - ID:435402

    MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed to resume Proton launches from the Baikonur spaceport, The Voice of Russia quoted the Russian vice premier as saying. On Wednesday, Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin met with President Nursultan ....

  • 54 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2013-12-11 15:49:18 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:119 - ID:435037

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Dec 11 (MENA) - Fifty-four ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 3.442 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 26 ships, carrying 1.413 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 28 ....

  • Concert at opera house tomorrow to mark IVD

    Date: 2013-12-11 15:34:30 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:113 - ID:434999

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Masar Egbari and Wasset el Balad troupes will organize a concert at Cairo Opera House Thursday to mark the International Volunteer Day (IVD). The concert will start at 6 p.m. with the aim to spread the culture of voluntary ....

  • Coordination with UNESCO underway to open Al Fostat Museum: minister

    Date: 2013-12-10 15:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:101 - ID:433004

    CAIRO, Dec. 10 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim discussed Tuesday with officials from "Al Fostat Civilization Museum" proposed means to accelerate work to open the attraction for domestic and foreign tourists. The meeting tackled ....

  • Suspects arrested in security campaign in governorates

    Date: 2013-12-10 13:41:09 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:86 - ID:432790

    GOVERNORATES, Dec 10 (MENA) - Security forces in a number of Egyptian governorates were able to arrest suspects implicated in drug dealing and possessing unlicensed weapons. Thirty-two were arrested in Menia in connection with attacks on police ....

  • Nile water level unchanged

    Date: 2013-12-10 13:14:58 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:80 - ID:432734

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Nile River water level recorded 176.08 meters on Tuesday, the same as the reading of Monday. According to a report presented to the Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry, water coming freshly to Lake Nasser today ....

  • Mansour meets handicapped professor

    Date: 2013-12-10 12:57:52 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:79 - ID:432735

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Interim president Adly Mansour met Tuesday with Inas Mohamed Rashad, a handicapped professor of economy to listen to her ideas of how to deal with the current situation in Egypt. Ms Rashad also posted Mansour on the ....

  • Luxor governor uses maquette of Tut Ankhamoun tomb to promote tourism

    Date: 2013-12-10 12:35:34 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:67 - ID:432643

    LUXOR, Dec 10 (MENA) - A maquette of the tomb of late Egyptian pharaoh Tut Ankhamoun has arrived to Luxor, whose governor made sure he used the event to promote tourism to the Upper Egyptian city. The maquette was on board a ship that sailed the ....

  • Science minister hopes for UK role in manned mission to Mars

    Date: 2013-12-10 07:42:17 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:16 - ID:431915

    LONDON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Britain's deepening relationship with China and its role as the "trusted partner" of the US puts the UK in a strong position to co-ordinate a manned mission to Mars by the world's great powers within 30 years, The Guardian ....

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