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Gabon's FM stresses country's wish to enhance south-south cooperation
Date: 2013-11-17 13:08:37 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:391138
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 17 (MENA) - Gabon's Foreign Minister Jean Ping underlined the need to activate Arab-African cooperation in the various fields and his country's wish to intensify south-south cooperation. Addressing an Arab-African ministerial ....
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Heavy rain in Alexandria, northwestern coast
Date: 2013-11-17 13:07:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:53 - ID:391141
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Alexandria and elsewhere in the northwestern coast came under heavy rain bringing traffic in most roads to a halt in this Mediterranean city on Sunday. Navigation at Alexandria and Dekheila straits remains on ....
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Nile water level steady
Date: 2013-11-17 13:05:42 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:52 - ID:391773
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Nile water level was steady on Sunday, registering yesterday's same reading of 176.09 meters. Water released from the Aswan Dam reached 120 million cubic meters which is the same amount of water arriving freshly at Lake ....
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Minya governor announces start of implementation of project to develop drinking water systems
Date: 2013-11-17 13:05:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:391725
MINYA, Upper Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Minya Governor Salah el-Din Ziyadah announced start of implementation of seven projects to develop drinking water systems in several villages in Minya. In statements Sunday, the governor said that the seven ....
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Abbas receives cable from Mansour on Palestine Independence Day
Date: 2013-11-17 13:03:12 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:391664
RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Sunday a congratulation cable from Egyptian President Adly Mansour on the occasion of Palestine's Independence Day. In his cable, Mansour wished the Palestinian president ....
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Dostour warns against using Mohammed Mahmmoud anniversary for political aims
Date: 2013-11-17 13:00:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:391557
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Dostour party cautioned its members on Sunday of leaving the chance to others to exploit the 2nd anniversary of Mohammed Mahmmoud incidents to achieve political aims. In a statement, the party called on its ....
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French president begins Middle East visit
Date: 2013-11-17 12:57:03 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:391450
PARIS, 17 Nov (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande left here on Sunday accompanied by a ministerial and economic delegation on a three-day visit to Israel and Palestine for talks on the latest developments of the Middle East peace process and ....
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Beblawy discusses project to make use of black sand
Date: 2013-11-17 12:50:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:391726
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy held a meeting Sunday to discuss a project to make use of black sand. The meeting, attended by a host of ministers and officials, discussed studies related to the project and the hurdles ....
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High alert declared in Assiut in anticipation of torrential rains
Date: 2013-11-17 12:47:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:391540
ASSIUT, Nov 17 (MENA) - A state of high alert has been declared in Assiut in anticipation of flooding that might take place as a result of heavy rains on the Upper Egypt governorate, said Governor Ibrahim Hamad on Sunday. Local units have formed ....
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Ex-Libyan electricity minister arrested at Salloum checkpoint
Date: 2013-11-17 12:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:391531
MATROUH, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) – Ex-Libyan electricity minister Omran Ibrahim Mahmoud Omar who is blacklisted was arrested at Salloum border checkpoint while trying to return to Libya. Omar will be deported in line with a prosecutor general's ....