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  • Higher elections committee approves previously-registered foreign, local NGOs to monitor next polls

    Date: 2013-10-27 11:04:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:356703

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Higher Elections Committee approved on Sunday the foreign and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that were registered in the previous parliamentary elections to monitor the coming polls. These NGOs will be also ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 3 antique pistols foiled - antiquities ministry

    Date: 2013-10-27 11:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:356731

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Antiquities Seizures Unit at Cairo International Airport managed to foil an attempt to smuggle three antique pistols, which date back to the Ottoman era. The three pieces were in the possession of a Russian ....

  • Wheat stockpiles at Alex port reach 962,000 tons

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:56:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:356766

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Wheat stockpiles at Alexandria port reached 962,000 tons after a ship sailed into the harbor on Sunday with 27,000 tons on board, head of the Alexandria Port Authority Adel Yassin Hamad said. All measures were taken ....

  • Hotel owners laud efforts to end noise polltion in Naama Bay

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:51:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:356591

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Hotel owners and tourist experts lauded efforts by South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda to fight noise pollution in Naama Bay, the prime hub for tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh, caused by street nightclubs. The governor has given ....

  • Retrial of Nazif, Adly in license plates case postponed to Nov. 23

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:49:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:356757

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - The South Cairo Criminal Court decided to postpone till November 23 the retrial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and former interior minister Habib el-Adli in the license plates case. The case was postponed due to the ....

  • Putin cosies up to Cairo as US cools

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:45:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:356736

    LONDON, Oct 27 (MENA) - Russia is mounting a determined attempt to capitalise on America’s diplomatic difficulties in the Middle East, pushing for greater co-operation with Egypt in a drive that could eventually lead to Moscow gaining access to the ....

  • Ships with 2,325 camels, 68,000 tons of sugar arrive in Red Sea ports

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:44:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:356500

    SUEZ, Egypt, Oct 27 (MENA) - Suez Adabiya port received Sunday a Panamian ship coming from Djibouti with 2,325 camels on board, the Red Sea Ports Authority said. Head of the Red Sea Ports Authority Hassan Fallah said the port also received two ....

  • 15 tons of rotten apples seized during inspection campaign

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:43:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:356501

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) – Some 15 tons of rotten apples were seized in Obour district during a wide-scale campaign launched by inspectors from the Ministry of Supply. Minister of Supply Mohamed Abu-Shady said Sunday that 2.5 tons of commodities not ....

  • Revolutionary alliance criticizes closed vote sessions of constitutional drafting panel

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:41:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:356531

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Egypt Revolutionaries Alliance criticized on Sunday the decision to hold behind-closed-door sessions of the vote on the first draft of the amended Constitution. The decision to hold closed sessions contradicts the ....

  • 63,000 Russian wheat shipment arrives in Safaga port

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:16:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:356537

    RED SEA, Egypt, Oct 27 (MENA) – A Panamian ship sailed into the Red Sea Port of Safaga on Sunday with 63,000 tons of Russian wheat on board, acting head of the Safaga Port Wahid Toson said. He added that the shipment was unloaded in the harbor ....

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