Miscellaneous

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  • Robert Fisk: Erdogan 'tin-pot dictator'

    Date: 2014-04-11 10:49:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:39 - ID:662175

    LONDON, April 11 (MENA) - Middle East correspondent for London's Independent Robert Fisk wrote Turkey's actions in Syria see its Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan go from model Middle East 'strongman' to tin-pot dictator. "Erdogan used to be ....

  • Official: Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns

    Date: 2014-04-11 06:53:05 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:11 - ID:661725

    WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - Kathleen Sebelius -- who weathered heavy criticism over the flaw-filled launch of the Obamacare website, then saw the program through as it topped a major milestone -- is resigning as secretary of the Department of ....

  • US Congress to Iran: Ambassador's application denied

    Date: 2014-04-11 06:52:23 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:10 - ID:661723

    WASHINGTON, April 11 (MENA) - The US Congress said no way to Iran's choice for ambassador to the United Nations, outraged by the prospect of a member of a group responsible for the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran stepping on US soil, ABC ....

  • Environment ministry, several civil societies to launch food and cleanness initiative

    Date: 2014-04-10 11:26:29 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:62 - ID:660247

    CAIRO, April 10 (MENA) - State Minister for Environmental Affairs Laila Iskandar will sign on Sunday a cooperation protocol with a food company and three non-governmental organizations to launch a food, cleanness and hygiene initiative. The ....

  • French ambassador to grant new scholarships to 16 Egyptian students

    Date: 2014-04-09 16:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:129 - ID:658921

    CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) - France's ambassador to Egypt, Nicolas Gallet, will grant on Thursday new scholarships to 16 Egyptian students. These scholarships come under the "Eiffel Scholarship for Excellence" program which is sponsored by the French ....

  • Minya University honors female teacher for winning Microsoft's Innovative Educators competition

    Date: 2014-04-09 16:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:122 - ID:658942

    MINYA, April 9 (MENA) – Minya University honored a female teacher for winning a first place in Microsoft's Innovative Educators competition held at Microsoft's HQ in the US. Egypt, who has had 8 competing teachers, came in the second place after ....

  • Orman Garden renovation should be completed before Flowers Festival - minister

    Date: 2014-04-09 11:12:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:58 - ID:658208

    CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Fareed Abu-Hadid stressed the need to complete the first phase of renovating the Orman Garden in Giza ahead of the Flowers Festival slated for April 14. This will be the ....

  • Russian tourist gets back stolen belongings

    Date: 2014-04-09 10:32:03 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:49 - ID:657804

    HURGHADA, Egypt, April 9 (MENA) - Hurghada investigation police have returned stolen belongings to a Russian tourist. The 37-year-old tourist discovered that her laptop and mobile phone were stolen from her villa at a tourist resort in southern ....

  • Mahlab appoints new chief for Academy of Scientific Research

    Date: 2014-04-08 17:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:135 - ID:657037

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab appointed Tuesday Mahmoud Sakr as the new president of the Academy of Scientific Research. According to the decision, Sakr's tenure will last for four years. Sakr was born in 1965. He got ....

  • Nile water level decreases 1 cm

    Date: 2014-04-08 11:03:52 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:54 - ID:656194

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - The Nile River water level dropped Tuesday, recording 175.23 meters, one centimeter less than yesterday. Water released from the Aswan Dam reached 155 million cubic meters and the amount of water coming freshly to Lake ....

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