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35 ships transit Suez canal
Date: 2013-11-21 18:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:157 - ID:399988
ISMAILIA, Nov 21 (MENA) - Thirty-five ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, carrying a total cargo of 2.267 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 17 ships, carrying 960,000 tons, while the south-bound convoy included 18 ships, ....
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Industry minister denies hoarding steel to increase prices
Date: 2013-11-21 18:56:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:156 - ID:400059
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour denied reports over hoarding steel to restrict its supply and artificially raise prices. In statements on Thursday, Abdel Nour said such reports are unfounded and ....
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Egypt's CoS visits victims of N. Sinai terrorist attack
Date: 2013-11-21 18:48:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:155 - ID:400180
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Sedki Sobhi has paid a visit to the soldiers injured in the cowardly terrorist attack which took place in Sheikh Zuweid on Rafah-Arish road in North Sinai. The CoS conveyed ....
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'Alliance of Egypt's revolutionaries' rejects martial court for civilians
Date: 2013-11-21 18:45:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:154 - ID:399949
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – The so called 'Alliance of Egypt's revolutionaries' expressed its rejection Thursday of a drafted constitutional article on court-martialing civilians. The 50-member committee tasked with amending Egypt's constitution after ....
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Abu Ismail trial adjourned
Date: 2013-11-21 18:41:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:153 - ID:399977
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - A Cairo court has adjourned the trial of Salafist preacher and lawyer Hazim Salah Abu Ismail to December 19. Abu Ismail is accused of faking the documents of his mother's nationality. (MENA) AB/AI ....
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Norway FM embarks on ME tour
Date: 2013-11-21 18:38:14 GMT - Norway - World - SN:152 - ID:400027
OSLO, Nov 21 (MENA) – Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Borge Brende will pay a visit to the Middle East region on the weekend to follow up the latest developments of peace process. His tour will take him to Israel, the West Bank, and ....
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Egypt FM, British official discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2013-11-21 18:33:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:400152
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy held talks on Thursday with visiting British National Security Adviser Kim Darroch on bilateral ties. Spokesman for Egypt's Foreign Ministry said that the meeting tackled timetable for ....
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Funeral held for Sinai terrorist attack victim in Mansoura
Date: 2013-11-21 18:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:150 - ID:399976
MANSOURA, Nov 21 (MENA) – Thousands of residents of a Meit Ghamr township in Mansoura, the main city of Daqahliya, attended the funeral of a soldier who was killed in a terrorist attack that targeted four buses carrying non-commissioned officers in ....
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Egypt's Cabinet bans rice export to meet local demand
Date: 2013-11-21 18:29:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:400163
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Cabinet has decided to ban exporting the Egyptian rice to any country in order to meet the demand on the local market and the needs of the Supply Commodities Authority. The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting ....
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More artifacts looted from Malawi museum restored
Date: 2013-11-21 18:26:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:399946
MENYA, Upper Egypt, Nov 21 (MENA) - The tourism and antiquities police in Menya, south of Cairo, managed to retrieve nine artifacts looted from the Malawi national museum on Thursday. The museum was looted on August 15 during deadly clashes that ....