Miscellaneous

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  • 10,000 pilgrims to arrive at Nuweiba Port as of Friday

    Date: 2014-10-08 12:17:48 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:65 - ID:1083385

    NUWEIBA, Egypt, Oct 8 (MENA) - Nuweiba Port is bracing to receive about 10,000 pilgrims coming from Saudi Arabia as of Friday. Ships carrying 248 passengers, 54 trucks and four cars have arrived at the port over the past 24 hours, media spokesman ....

  • Reports of Mariam Fakhr el-Din's death denied

    Date: 2014-10-07 16:01:33 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:68 - ID:1079341

    CAIRO, Oct 7 (MENA) - Actor Ashraf Abdel Ghafour, the Head of Actors' Syndicate, denied Tuesday reports claiming that veteran actress Mariam Fakhr al-Din passed away. Such reports are baseless, he told MENA. (MENA) MS/MA ....

  • MENA Agenda for Tuesday, Oct 7

    Date: 2014-10-07 05:58:24 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:1 - ID:1076021

    CAIRO, Cairo International Airport receives a number of pilgrims returning home from Saudi Arabia after performing the Hajj. TRIPOLI, Libyan Prime Minister Abdallah el-Thinni visits Egypt at an invitation from President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • 4 killed, 9 injured in Behira road accident

    Date: 2014-10-06 17:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:64 - ID:1074845

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, Oct 6 (MENA) - Four people were killed and nine others injured in two road accidents in Behira. Three were killed and three others injured when two cars crashed on Qanatir Boulin-Khanzira road in Koum Hamada, Behira. The other ....

  • French Ebola patient recovers

    Date: 2014-10-04 20:11:43 GMT - France - Miscellaneous - SN:67 - ID:1068013

    PARIS, Oct 4 (MENA) - The health ministry of France said a French nurse who contracted Ebola in Liberia while working for Doctors Without Borders has recovered, Voice of America reported on Saturday. She was treated at a hospital near ....

  • Obama greets Muslims on Eid Al-Adha

    Date: 2014-10-04 05:46:27 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:2 - ID:1064705

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle extended on Saturday best wishes for Eid al-Adha to Muslims in the United States and around the world. A statement issued by the White House indicated that Obama ....

  • Vessel loaded with 285 vehicles sails into Alex port

    Date: 2014-10-03 09:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:29 - ID:1061213

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Grand Venus vessel sailed into Alexandria Port on Friday with 285 vehicles of various brands on board. The shipment, coming from Saudi Arabia was unloaded efficiently, Alexandria Port chief Adel Yassin ....

  • Ashri greets Egypt's workers and businessmen on Eidul-Adha

    Date: 2014-10-01 14:32:43 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:86 - ID:1050877

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Minister of Manpower and Migration Dr. Nahed El-Ashri greeted Egypt's workers on the occasion of Eidul-Adha (Great Bairam), asking God to make this blessed event happy for all the Egyptian people. Egypt today is better than ....

  • Preparation for Arafat ascension ongoing -- Minister

    Date: 2014-10-01 13:26:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Miscellaneous - SN:77 - ID:1050329

    MECCA, Oct 1 (MENA) - Preparations are underway for the ascent of Egyptian pilgrims to Mount Arafat. Arafat ascension is coming on Friday this year, said Egyptian Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa Wednesday, stressing this is a sign Allah would ....

  • 49 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-10-01 12:35:27 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:60 - ID:1050321

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 1 (MENA) - Forty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday carrying around 2.427 million tons of cargo. The south-bound convoy included 24 ships carrying 1.051 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included ....

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