Miscellaneous

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  • Nile water level rises 1 cm

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:23:55 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:68 - ID:380972

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Nile water level rose one centimeter on Monday, recording 176.09 meters. A report by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that water released behind the Aswan Dam amounted to 130 million cubic meters and ....

  • 2,080 tourists arrie at Marsa Alam airport

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:16:52 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:63 - ID:380818

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - Some 2,080 tourists arrived at Marsa Alam airport on Monday on board of 18 flights to visit this fabulous tourist destination, said airport director Hussein Refqi. The tourists are from Germany, Italy and Britain, ....

  • Fire at pharmaceutical warehouse in Sharqiya under control

    Date: 2013-11-11 12:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:61 - ID:380914

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Civil Protection Forces have managed to get a fire at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Sharqiya under control on Monday. No casualties were reported, but the initial losses are estimated at millions of pounds. ....

  • 5,250 new homes to be set up for residents of Western Cairo slums

    Date: 2013-11-11 11:40:44 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:54 - ID:380910

    CAIRO, No 11 (MENA) - Some 5,250 new housing units will be set up for the residents of the slums in the Western Cairo District, said Cairo Deputy Governor Mohamed Ayman Abdel Tawab on Monday. The new homes, to cost 134 million pounds, will be ....

  • Landslide reported in central Alexandria as experts supect tomb of Alexander Great to be found beneath

    Date: 2013-11-11 11:37:41 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:52 - ID:380826

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 11 (MENA) - A landslide took place at a land adjacent to Shalalat gardens and the working site of the Greek mission in central the Mediterranean city, raising doubts that the tomb of Alexander the Great might be found beneath. This ....

  • Environment minister lays foundation stone of Ras Mohammad development project

    Date: 2013-11-11 10:45:28 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:44 - ID:380678

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 11 (MENA) - Minister of State for Environment Affairs Laila Iskandar on Monday laid the foundation stone of a project to develop Ras Mohammad reserve in a ceremony marking the silver jubilee of Egypt's assuming the ....

  • Pope Francis leads prayer for Philippines after typhoon

    Date: 2013-11-10 21:13:26 GMT - Vatican - Miscellaneous - SN:149 - ID:380126

    VATICAN CITY, Nov 10 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Sunday led prayers for those affected by the typhoon that may have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines, NBC News reported. "I wish to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines and of ....

  • Attempt to smuggle weapons foild

    Date: 2013-11-10 16:14:18 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:111 - ID:379737

    CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - Border guards managed to foil a bid Sunday to smuggle weapons through the country's eastern borders. The military troops seized 35 automatic rifles in an area north of Sallum terminal, said a military spokesman. All legal ....

  • Anti-polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Qalyubia next week

    Date: 2013-11-10 15:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:106 - ID:379713

    BANHA, Nov 10 (MENA) - A polio immunization campaign will kick off in Egypt's Delta governorate of Qalyubia next Sunday. The campaign which will last till November 20 will benefit up to 928,000 children aged from 0 to five years old and some ....

  • Food poisoning cases in Sharqiya rises to 82

    Date: 2013-11-10 15:07:48 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:96 - ID:379581

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) – The number of people infected with food poisoning in the Zahra village in Sharqiya governorate has raised to 82 after four more cases were received by the Zagazig Fever Hospital. Sixty-four of the cases have ....

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