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  • 5 MB members arrested in Beheira over inciting violence

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:54:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:859583

    DAMANHUR, Aug 5 (MENA) - Four teachers and an unemployed man, all members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in Beheira on Tuesday. The MB members are accused of inciting violence and non-peaceful protesting. (MENA) MSH/DA ....

  • Attack downs electricity pylon in Sharqiya

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:53:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:85 - ID:859429

    ZAGAZIG, Aug 5 (MENA) - Unknown assailants blew up on Tuesday an electricity pylon in Sharqiya governorate, north of Cairo. The attackers damaged the trestles of the 66kv tower, causing it to collapse. The attack has had effects further afield ....

  • Scientific studies to help solve development problems -- Minister

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:53:00 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:84 - ID:859425

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Scientific Research Ministry is keen on applying scientific research and studies to solve development problems. Minister Sherif Hammad said Tuesday a number of projects will be established in the coming period in ....

  • Number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine reaches 117,000

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:52:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:83 - ID:859499

    GENEVA, Aug 5 (MENA) – The number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine has reached 117,000, Itar Tass reported Tuesday. As many as 168,000 persons fled to Russia, said the UN Refugee Agency. Most of these internally displaced persons ....

  • Celebrations held marking launch of Suez Canal development project

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:51:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:859520

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Suez Canal Authority and the Egyptian Armed Forces on Tuesday celebrated launching the Suez Canal development project that was announced earlier in the day by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Several naval units ....

  • Sisi gives go-ahead signal to begin digging of new Suez Canal 2 ISMAILIA

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:45:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:859567

    At the start of the launch ceremony, president Sisi signed an official document carrying the order for the ground-breaking of the project to drill the new channel parallel to the original one that is expected to more than double the number of giant ....

  • 43 tons of subsidized flour seized in Assiut

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:36:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:859507

    ASSIUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Security bodies seized on Tuesday 43 tons of subsidized flour before being sold on the black market. Also, 22 reports were filed against owners of bakeries in this Upper Egyptian city. Undersecretary of the supply ....

  • Sisi gives go-ahead signal to begin digging of new Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:35:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:859365

    ISMAILIA, Aug 5 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave on Tuesday the go-ahead signal for the beginning of digging a new Suez Canal. The projected waterway will be 72 kilometers long and will be parallel to the current channel and is aimed ....

  • 44 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:33:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:859498

    ISMAILIA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Forty-four ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.943 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 22 ships, carrying 864,000 tons, while the south-bound convoy included 22 ships, carrying ....

  • Egypt's bourse indexes up

    Date: 2014-08-05 12:31:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:78 - ID:859457

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Egypt's bourse indexes on Tuesday maintained an upward trend amid intensive purchase operations by foreign funds and corporations. This comes at a time when President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has announced the start of the Suez ....

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