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  • Alexandria port receives 3 Russian ships with 1,200 tons of weat

    Date: 2014-01-01 09:17:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:472913

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan 1 (MENA) – Three ships coming from Russia arrived Wednesday in Alexandria port loaded with 120,000 tons of wheat, said head of the port Adel Yassin. The shipment was unloaded in silos for examination, added Yassin assuring that ....

  • Cameron to Scots: We want you to stay

    Date: 2014-01-01 09:06:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:472931

    LONDON, Jan 1 (MENA) - Prime Minister David Cameron has told Scots "we want you to stay", as the UK enters the year in which Scotland will vote on independence, the BBC reported. He used his New Year message to stress the importance of the 18 ....

  • Two Brotherhood elements remanded in custody for 15 dayss

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:58:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:472892

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) – Two Brotherhood elements in Alexandria were remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations over charges of inciting violence, carrying out hostile actions and joining a terrorist group. Police forces ....

  • Prominent producer Leithy dies at 77

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:52:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:472856

    CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) – Prominent producer and scenarist Mamdouh el-Leithy passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 77. The funeral will be at Moustafa Mahmmoud mosque in Mohandisen after Zuhr (midday) prayers, said head of the Filmmakers ....

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina marks 109 anniversary of Yahya Haqqi's birthday

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:50:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:472882

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Bibliotheca Alexandria will mark on Monday the 109th anniversary of Egyptian novelist and writer Yahya Haqqi's birthday. The ceremony will include two sessions on his works and his life, a library source said. Critic ....

  • Third metro line to be launched in mid April – governor

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:472870

    CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) – The third underground metro line linking Ataba and Misr el-Gedida will be launched by the end of April, Cairo Governor Galal Moustafa Said said on Wednesday. In statements to MENA, he added that a mega Tahrir parking lot – ....

  • Two killed, injured in police-gang shootout

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:31:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:472818

    BENHA, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) – One person was killed and a police personnel injured during a shoot-out between policemen and a gang. Police acted on a tip that four persons having criminal record formed a gang to steal cars and carry out criminal ....

  • New strategy for ecotourism, solid wastes--minister

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:472808

    CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) – A new strategy is currently underway for the development of ecotourism, protected areas and recycling of agricultural wastes, said Environment Minister Laila Iskandar. "We are now following a new method in dealing with rice ....

  • S. Korea unveils video promoting ownership of Dokdo

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:26:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:472761

    SEOUL, Jan 1 (MENA) - South Korea released Wednesday an on-line video clip publicizing its sovereignty over a set of islets off its east coast that is also claimed by Japan. The video, which includes historical evidence purporting to show that the ....

  • Khartoum names Dabi its representative in IGAD mediation team for S.Sudan talks

    Date: 2014-01-01 08:25:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:472827

    KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Khartoum government named Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi as its representative in the three-man mediation team to be sent by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to end three weeks of ....

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