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  • Fire at Scientific Research Academy in New Valley contained

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:12:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:91 - ID:6600681

    KHARGA, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA) – Civil defense controlled on Monday a fire that erupted at the Scientific Research Academy building in Kharga of New Valley governorate. No casualties were reported. Firefighters rushed to the area to contain the ....

  • Police arrest 4 men accused of kidnapping, robbing woman in Giza

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:11:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:90 - ID:6600665

    GIZA, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA) – Security forces have arrested four men accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Giza. The woman was taking a van to her work when the four men, who were inside the vehicle, took her to an agricultural area on ....

  • PM agrees to form committee of public, private sectors to promote tourism

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:10:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:89 - ID:6600661

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Monday agreed to form a higher committee of government bodies and the private sector to be tasked with drawing up plans to promote tourism. Ismail took the decision at a meeting he held ....

  • Switzerland guest of honor at CIWFF 2017

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:09:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:88 - ID:6600165

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Switzerland has been announced as the guest of honor at the 2017 session of the Cairo International Women's Film Festival (CIWFF), scheduled to kick off on March 4. Four Swiss films, including "looking like my mother" and ....

  • Alexandria university president receives DAAD delegation

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:08:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:6600329

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA) – Alexandria University President Essam el Kordi received on Monday a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Cairo delegation under Director Roman Luckscheiter and program manager Mona Ayoub. Representatives ....

  • Al Azhar, Iraq's Sunni Endowment discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2017-02-27 20:02:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:6600153

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Secretary-General of Azhar's Islamic Research Academy Muhyiddin Afifi on Monday affirmed the academy's readiness to provide all aspects of scientific support for Muslims in Iraq, both in terms of training imams or supervising ....

  • Shoukry meets Tillerson

    Date: 2017-02-27 19:34:17 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:85 - ID:6600325

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held his first ever meeting with US State Secretary Rex Tillerson in Washington on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The meeting focused on the deeply-rooted strategic ....

  • Iran successfully launches latest cruise missile

    Date: 2017-02-27 19:13:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:6600257

    TEHRAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Iran’s latest developed cruise missile ‘Nasir’ has been successfully test fired during massive naval drills on Monday, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan was quoted by Mehr news agency as saying. Dehghan added that the ....

  • Egyptian Embassy in Addis Ababa organizes seminar on historical bilateral relations

    Date: 2017-02-27 18:35:43 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:83 - ID:6599745

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Addis Ababa Abu Bakr Hefny organized a seminar on historical relations linking Egypt and Ethiopia. Representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia Father Angelus gave the lecture, that was ....

  • Comoros president hails Azhar role in Islamic world

    Date: 2017-02-27 18:34:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:82 - ID:6600201

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Comoros President Azali Assoumani hailed Al Azhar's positive and influencing role in the Islamic world. This came during his meeting with manager of the World Association for Al Azhar Graduates in Comoros Mohamed ....

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