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  • Water desalination plant under construction in Hurghada

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:05:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:469570

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) – A water desalination plant with a capacity of 21,000 cubic squares per day is being established in southern Hurghada in coordination with the Armed Forces, said Red Sea Secretary General Samia Mehrez. During a ....

  • Wheat stock at Alex. port surpasses one million tons

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:04:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:469573

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) - The wheat stock at Alexandria Port reached about 1.26 million tons, after two ships coming from Romania and Ukraine sailed into the port earlier in the day. All necessary measures have been taken to unload the ....

  • Egypt's Mufti reviews frameworks for initiative to face extremism

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:03:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:469577

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam reviewed on Monday frameworks of his initiative to face extremism and radical ideas. The initiative, launched on Sunday, includes the establishment of an observatory to spot all Takfiri fatwas in ....

  • Police, army arrest 6 rioters in Beni Suef

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:57:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:469505

    BENI SUEF, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) - Police and army raided Beba town in Beni Suef and arrested six defendants with light weapons in their possession. They face charges of torching and looting facilities in Beni Suef. The arrest came in line with ....

  • Armed forces players win all athletics competitions in republic championship

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:55:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:68 - ID:469524

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Armed Forces players won all athletics competitions that were held as part of the republic championship at the end of season 2013. They snatched 14 medals, including 8 in the first rank, 3 in the second and 3 in the ....

  • Gunmen injure three security personnel in Libya's Benghazi

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:53:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:469551

    TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (MENA) - Three security personnel, including a commando, were injured when gunmen opened fire at them in Benghazi on Monday. The attacks on the victims were separate in the city. Two of them are in critical states, said ....

  • 22 of MB students detained for 15 days over violent acts at Azhar university

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:47:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:469523

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The prosecution decided Monday to detain 22 Al Azhar students who belong to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for 15 days pending investigations over charges of committing violent and thuggery acts at the university ....

  • Tunisia denies closing border crossing with Libya

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:45:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:469434

    TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (MENA) - Security sources at the Tunisian customs authority denied reports circulated on social networks that the Tunisian authorities closed down Ras Gadier border crossing with Libya. Libya Al-Mustaqbal website quoted a Libyan ....

  • Skirmishes between security forces, Brotherhood students in Azhar University

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:45:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:469498

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) – Clashes broke out between security forces securing Azhar University to enable students attend exams and Brotherhood students who topped roofs of female Azhar University dormitory. The Brotherhood students hurled stones at ....

  • Syrian warplanes raid Lebanese borders

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:43:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:469500

    BEIRUT, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Syrian military jets launched an attack on Khirbet Daoud which is adjacent to border town of Arsal, in north eastern Lebanon. The Lebanese army opened anti-aircraft fire at the Syrian warplanes that hovered the ....

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