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Fadel: Aviation movement expected to take a big leap after constitution is endorsed

Date: 2014-01-05 13:32:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:480532

CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Minister of Civil Aviation Abdel-Aziz Fadel asserted that the aviation sector is expected to witness a big leap after the referendum on Egypt's draft charter is over and the constitution is finally endorsed by the Egyptian ....

UNRWA employees in Gaza stage one-day strike

Date: 2014-01-05 13:29:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:480534

GAZA CITY, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Palestinian workers' union of the UN agency for Palestine refugees in Gaza on Sunday announced a one-day strike to protest the agency's dismissal of workers and its refusal to increase salaries. Union official Suheil ....

Egypt cotton exports hit 16,000 tons

Date: 2014-01-05 13:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:75 - ID:480439

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) – Egyptian cotton exports since the start of the export season in September reached 16,145 tons, said head of the Cotton Exporters Association Mofreh el-Beltagy. Last week’s cotton exports reached 325 tons, Beltagy ....

47 vessels transit Suez Canal

Date: 2014-01-05 13:27:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:480601

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) - Forty-seven ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, carrying a total cargo of 2.390 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 24 ships, carrying about 998,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 23 ....

Policeman injured iin accidental discharge in Hurghada

Date: 2014-01-05 13:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:480332

HURGHADA, Jan 4 (MENA) – A policeman from the Hurghada second police precinct was victim to an accidental discharge on Sunday. Policeman Hassan Rabei's weapon fired by mistake while he was cleaning it. He was rushed to Hurghada General Hospital ....

30 slum areas to be developed in Cairo, Giza

Date: 2014-01-05 13:19:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:480600

CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy attended Sunday a signing ceremony to develop as many as 30 slum areas in Cairo at a total cost of 350 million pounds. The cooperation protocol was signed between the Slum Development Fund, ....

Electronic operating rooms, special site to follow-up referendum - Reform, Development Party

Date: 2014-01-05 13:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:480392

CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – Vice president of the Reform and Development Party Alaa Abdel-Nabi said Sunday his party will establish an electronic operating room to follow up the constitutional referendum process in all governorates and post the public on ....

Beblawy greets Orthodox Copts on Christmas

Date: 2014-01-05 13:07:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:480461

CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem Al-Beblawy greeted Orthodox Copts in Egypt and worldwide on Christmas which is being observed annually on January 7 by Orthodox Christians. On this occasion, Beblawy voiced hope that Egypt could enjoy ....

Egypt ranked 138th out of 162 in “peacefulness”

Date: 2014-01-05 13:05:09 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:68 - ID:480368

CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) – Egypt was ranked the 138th out of a total of 162 countries in the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI measures peace in 162 countries according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators of the absence of violence and ....

Technical failure in plane wheels caused emergency landing -- Saudi authorities

Date: 2014-01-05 13:03:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:480517

JEDDAH, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Saudi's General Authority for Civil Aviation said in a statement today that a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plane coming from the airport of the Iranian city of Mashhad to Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International ....