Egypt

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  • NARSS's protocol contributes to environment protection, installing early alarm on air pollution

    Date: 2014-09-02 12:09:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:902397

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Head of the General Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS) Dr Medhat Mokhtar asserted that the protocol signed with the Environmental Affairs Agency aims at protecting the environment and installing a system ....

  • Awqaf minister warns against using mosques for politics

    Date: 2014-09-02 12:06:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:902646

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamad Mokhtar Gomaa said on Tuesday that he would not allow any political or partisan figures to use mosques for political motives. He asserted that the ministry is keen on distancing itself from the ....

  • 7201 tourists arrive at Sharm el-Sheikh airport

    Date: 2014-09-02 12:01:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:902645

    EL-TUR, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - As many as 7,201 tourists of different nationalities arrived at Sharm el-Sheikh international airport during the past 24 hours on board 53 flights, said an official source with the operations center of South Sinai ....

  • Zaazou welcomes use of solar energy in tourist cities

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:48:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:902649

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) – The Tourism Ministry has voiced optimism for measures taken by the government to use solar power to light the streets of tourist cities. Such measures are considered a step to support green tourism and to turn into clean ....

  • Manpower minister visits new Suez Canal project

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:42:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:902609

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed el-Ashri and her accompanying delegation visited the site of the New Suez Canal project for a second time in a week. During the visit, Ashri announced that her ministry has ....

  • 3 persons arrested with drugs in possession in North Sinai

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:37:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:902544

    ARISH, Sept 2 (MENA) - Security bodies in North Sinai on Tuesday arrested three persons with drugs in their possesion. A security source at North Sinai Security Directorate arrested one person at his residence in El-Salam district in Arish with ....

  • Bodies of 11 African migrants found off Libyan shores

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:27:04 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:902204

    TRIPOLI, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Libyan Red Crescent said it found the bodies of 11 would-be illegal migrants believed to be drown off Tripoli. The bodies were found off the shores of Sidi Bono of Tripoli. The bodies have been retrieved over the past ....

  • Trial of 14 MB members in Mansoura adjourned

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:23:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:902595

    DAKAHLIA, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) – A court in Mansoura in the Nile Delta on Tuesday adjourned the trial of 14 students belonging to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to February 11. The defendants are accused of partaking in unlicensed ....

  • 1,491 passengers arrive at, leave Noweiba harbor over past 24 hours

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:902654

    AL TUR, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - Noweiba Port received 840 passengers, 94 trucks and 48 vehicles over the past 24 hours, according to Red Sea Ports Authority Spokesman Abdel-Rehim Mostafa in statements on Tuesday. Some 651 passengers, 38 trucks and ....

  • Awqaf Ministry warns Salafists against repeating MB mistakes

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:20:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:902589

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf once again warned the Salafi Current against repeating the mistakes of the Muslim Brotherhood . In a statement released on Tuesday, the ministry said the Salafists should keep their word and never try to ....

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