Miscellaneous

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  • Awqaf minister forms committee to review mosques libraries' contents

    Date: 2013-10-31 08:26:14 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:22 - ID:363470

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has formed a committee to review the content of libraries in all mosques nationwide. Each imam nationwide will prepare a list of his library contents, including all paper, audio or ....

  • Alexandria to mark new Hijri year by paintings with Quranic verses

    Date: 2013-10-31 08:24:31 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:20 - ID:363390

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Sidi Jaber Palace of Culture will fete the new Hijri year with a series of workshops aiming at drawing a number of paintings with Quranic verses, director of the palace Ahmed Rashad said on Thursday. The workshops will ....

  • Gharbiya police busts three jobless men

    Date: 2013-10-31 07:02:25 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:7 - ID:363325

    TANTA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Gharbiya police arrested three jobless men, including one running away from serving a life sentence in a drug case, during a security campaign, a security source said on Thursday. The two others were held in possession of ....

  • Police seize 6 tons of fodders of unknown origin

    Date: 2013-10-31 06:24:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:4 - ID:363306

    DAMANHOUR, Oct 31 (MENA) - Beheira police seized six tons of fodder of unknown origin in the possession of a driver during a security crackdown to monitor markets. Police also arrested another driver with 288 kilograms of honey of unknown source ....

  • 38 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2013-10-30 19:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:161 - ID:363080

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 30 (MENA) – Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a cargo weighing 1.803 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 19 ships, carrying 833,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 19 ....

  • El Bernameg production company to produce new program

    Date: 2013-10-30 19:08:34 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:154 - ID:362989

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – Tube Star Network, the production company of the satirical EL-Bernameg show, will produce a new program called Omlette. Omlette host Moustafa el Berbawy, said he signed a contract with the company for nine months to ....

  • More looted artifacts from Malawi National Museum recovered

    Date: 2013-10-30 16:52:53 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:127 - ID:362755

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, Oct 30 (MENA) - The tourism and antiquities police in Minya managed to retrieve eight artifacts looted from the Malawi National Museum (MNM) on Wednesday. The museum was looted on August 15 during deadly clashes that erupted ....

  • 15 new cases of mumps detected in Qalyubia

    Date: 2013-10-30 15:23:01 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:117 - ID:362399

    BANHA, Egypt Oct 30 (MENA) – Qalyubia Health Directorate announced the discovery of 15 new cases of mumps in schools, bringing the total number of infected pupils to 85 since the beginning of the school year. Preventive measures have been taken ....

  • Ambassadors of 5 European countries to inaugurate seminar on Arab-European relations on Nov. 9

    Date: 2013-10-30 14:25:31 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:104 - ID:362232

    CAIRO Oct 30 (MENA) – The ambassadors of five European countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway) will open a seminar on November 9 that will discuss the shared relationships and history between the Arab countries and the ....

  • Nile water river drops 1 cm

    Date: 2013-10-30 14:09:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:101 - ID:362406

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Nile River water level dropped, recording 175.99 meters on Wednesday, one centimeter less than Tuesday. Water released from the High Dam reached 140 million cubic meters. The released water is enough to meet the ....

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