Miscellaneous

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  • 36 relics restored in Qantara East museum

    Date: 2014-02-18 16:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:138 - ID:562658

    CAIRO, Feb. 18 (MENA) – Egypt has restored 36 relics that were previously stolen from the Qantara East Museum in Sinai, said State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim. With the restored antiques, the number of pieces that have been ....

  • Pensioner arrested for illegal archaeological excavations

    Date: 2014-02-18 16:20:24 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:137 - ID:562843

    LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Police arrested a pensioner for carrying out illegal archaeological excavations in Luxor, Upper Egypt. The 62-year-old identified only as Ahmed S. A. worked as an employee of the Ministry of antiquities and he was ....

  • 2 arrested in Beni Suef over digging for antiquities

    Date: 2014-02-18 16:00:20 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:133 - ID:562858

    BENI SUEF, Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) – Police in Beni Suef arrested two brothers while digging for antiquities in a village of the Upper Egyptian province on Tuesday. Beni Suef security directorate received a tip-off that a worker and his brother, who ....

  • Aswan archaeologists organize protest after tomb robbery operations

    Date: 2014-02-18 15:49:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:127 - ID:562802

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 18 (MENA) - Dozens of archaeologists and antiquity workers in Aswan and Nubia organized a protest Tuesday against tomb robbery operations on the west bank of the Nile in Aswan. Protesters accuse residents of robbing 10 ....

  • Alexa employment fair to start Feb 22

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:06:36 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:106 - ID:562457

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria will be organizing the fifth Alexa Employment Fair on February 22-23. More than 45 international e-employment and IT companies will take part in the fair this ....

  • Pakistan envoy summoned on abduction of Iranian border guards

    Date: 2014-02-18 11:27:45 GMT - Iran - Miscellaneous - SN:54 - ID:562076

    TEHRAN, Feb 18 (MENA) - Iran's Deputy foreign minister for Asia and Pacific affairs summoned Pakistanˈs ambassador to Tehran on Monday evening to inform him of need for Islamabadˈs serious pursuing of 5 Iranian border guardsˈ abduction in Jakigour ....

  • 55 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-02-17 14:47:10 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:105 - ID:560558

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 17 (MENA) - Fifty-five vessels transited the Suez Canal on Monday in two convoys carrying a cargo of 3.029 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 28 ships carrying 1.514 million tons, while the north-bound convoy ....

  • Largest call center in ME opened in Maadi Technology Zone

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:48:13 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:74 - ID:560139

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) – Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy inaugurated Monday the new premises of Raya Corporation in the technological investment zone in Maadi, the largest in the Middle East, that accommodates about ....

  • No explosions at National Circus - official

    Date: 2014-02-17 12:39:30 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:69 - ID:560137

    CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) – Head of the Art House for Folk and Performing Arts Emad Saeed denied reports that an explosion hit the National Circus in Cairo. The reports surfaced after a loud sound, similar to that of a blast, was heard from inside the ....

  • 560 wheat-laden trucks leave Alex port

    Date: 2014-02-17 11:52:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:52 - ID:559656

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 17 (MENA) - Some 560 trucks laden with 18,000 tons of wheat left Alexandria port on Monday, said head of the port authority Adel Yassin Hamad. The trucks are heading for a number of mills in different governorates, he ....

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