Egypt

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  • No chickenpox infections among students in Sharqiyah

    Date: 2013-11-12 14:34:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:383034

    ZAGAZIG, Nov 12 (MENA) - Director of the preventive medicine department in Sharqiyah Khaled Fawzy dismissed Tuesday news reports about chickenpox infections among schoolchildren in the Nile delta governorate. No cases were reported by hospitals, ....

  • Lind mine goes off against armored vehicle in Arish with no casualties reported

    Date: 2013-11-12 14:21:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:383024

    ARISH, Egypt, Nov 12 (MENA) - A land mine went off on Tuesday while an armored vehicle was passing through at the ring road in Arish. No casualties were reported. According to security sources, the mine was planted by unidentified persons. It hit ....

  • FM receives political, national powers delegation on Moscow visit Wednesday

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:45:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:382878

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi meets Wednesday morning with a delegation of political and national powers after their return home from Moscow to review the outcome of their talks with the Russian side. Fahmi will receive a ....

  • Brotherhood member arrested in Aswan over riot charges

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:33:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:382389

    ASWAN, Nov 12 (MENA) – Security forces in Aswan arrested a member of the Muslim Brotherhood over charges of forming groups to cause riots in the Upper Egyptian governorate. An arrest warrant has been issued for the man who has also been accused ....

  • Court upholds government decision extending state of emergency

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:28:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:382876

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - The Administrative Court of the State Council on Tuesday upheld a decision extending the state of emergency in Egypt for two months more. The current state of emergency ends on Thursday. The court turned down a complaint ....

  • Azhar Grand Imam asserts necessity of respecting religious sanctity

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:25:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:382882

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb on Tuesday underlined the necessity of respecting Islamic sanctity and religious symbols. At a meeting with Dutch Ambassador here Gerard Steeghs, he added that al-Azhar is keen ....

  • 51 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:382850

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 12 (MENA) - Fifty-one ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.753 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 26 ships, carrying 1.201 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 25 ....

  • Egyptian-Italian green trade project to be launched

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:19:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:382849

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour revealed that a green trade project, devised within the framework of a debt swap program between Egypt and Italy, will be implemented at a value of EGP 54.9 million. The ....

  • Sisi attends part of Air Defense drill

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:15:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:382887

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Defense Minister Colonel General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended on Tuesday part of a drill conducted by one of the Air Defense formations. It is being implemented as part of annual training of the Egyptian Armed ....

  • Nasr Party's head calls for prioritizing Egypt's interests

    Date: 2013-11-12 13:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:382715

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Head of the Sufi Nasr Party Mohamed Salah Zayed urged all Egyptians to place the country's high interests above any partisan or personal considerations. Zayed said that Egypt is passing through difficult times so all ....

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