Egypt

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  • Egypt, UNESCO discuss cooperation

    Date: 2014-09-01 12:38:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:900965

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister El-Sayyed Abdel Khalek met Monday with Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Cairo Abdin Saleh to discuss ways to promote cooperation and support Egypt's plans to develop the higher ....

  • 11 MB members arrested over violence in Giza

    Date: 2014-09-01 12:25:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:901005

    GIZA, Egypt, Sept 1 (MENA) - Giza Security forces foiled Monday a terrorist Muslim Brotherhood attempt to stage a protest through which members planned to assault citizens and facilities along with setting fire to private and public ....

  • Border guard continues efforts to protect Egypt

    Date: 2014-09-01 12:05:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:901051

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - The border guard has continued efforts to secure Egypt's borders from all strategic sides. The troops managed to arrest five smugglers, with two cars laden packets of cigarettes and tobacco. In North Sinai, the border ....

  • 33 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-09-01 12:00:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:901053

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 1 (MENA) - Thirty-three ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 2.99 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 18 ships, carrying 1.224 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 15 ....

  • New US ambassador due in Cairo late Sept.

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:901001

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - New US Ambassador to Egypt Robert Stephen Beecroft is scheduled to arrive here in late September to take up his post. This is after more than a year of the departure of former US ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, MENA ....

  • Trial of 97 MB members postponed in Sohag

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:42:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:900978

    SOHAG, Egypt, Sept 1 (MENA) – Sohag criminal court adjourned Monday the trial of 67 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) till November 1. The defendants stand trial over charges of storming the City Hall, attacking police officers, ....

  • Higher education minister attends AASTMT graduation ceremony

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:31:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:900882

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister El-Sayyed Abdel Khalek attended Monday the graduation ceremony of a new patch of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). Addressing the event, Abdel Khalek said ....

  • Arab FMs consultative meeting cancelled

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:28:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:900909

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - A consultative meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday, will be cancelled, a well-placed diplomatic source said on Monday. The meeting was cancelled due to the preoccupation of a ....

  • Mahlab to open E-JUST board meetings

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:18:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:900915

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will open meetings of the board of trustees of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) next week, said its head Fayza Aboul-Naga. In statements Monday, Aboul-Naga, who was ....

  • Ancient petrified tree smuggling attempt foiled in Port Said

    Date: 2014-09-01 11:11:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:900916

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) – An Egyptian ancient petrified tree smuggling attempt was foiled Thursday by the Port Said antiquities and customs authorities. Port Said antiquities official Hanem Abdel Aziz told MENA on Monday this is the second ancient ....

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