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  • Egypt foreign currency reserves decline to $18.5 bn in Oct. – CBE

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:12:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:62 - ID:374727

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – The Central Bank of Egypt said Thursday that the country's foreign currency reserves were slightly down to $18.5 billion in October compared with $18.7 billion in September. The decline is quite normal in light of opening ....

  • Luxor still tourists' favorite in London travel market - governor

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:10:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:374660

    LONDON, Nov 7 (MENA) - Luxor Governor Tarek Saad el-Din stressed that Luxor is still a favorite destination as many representatives of travel agencies at the International Travel Market here refused to cancel their December reservations. Speaking ....

  • Kuwait denies filling seat of Saudi Arabia in Security Council

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:53:58 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:374656

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry denied on Thursday media reports that the oil-rich emirate will take the seat of Saudi Arabia in the UN Security Council. "We are trying very hard to convince Saudi Arabia to reverse its ....

  • Huge fire in chemicals factory in 6th of October city contained

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:53:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:374732

    GIZA, Nov 7 (MENA) - A huge fire that erupted in a factory of chemical materials in the industrial zone in the Sixth of October city was contained, with no casualties reported. In statements to MENA on Thursday, Director of the General ....

  • 2 died, 15 wounded in two Fayyoum road accidents

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:52:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:374734

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – Two persons died and 15 others were injured in two accidents on Cairo-Assiut road near Fayyum. One died and 11 others, mostly of one family, were injured when their car overturned. Another person died and four ....

  • Egypt informs France about attacks on visiting cultural figures in Paris

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:51:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:374815

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador in Paris Mostafa Kamal held a meeting with director of the office of the French foreign minister to probe the issue of recent attacks against the Egyptian embassy and its offices in Paris, including the ....

  • Arab meeting Sunday upon Egypt's request to probe nuclear-free region

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:49:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:374812

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – The Arab League announced holding a meeting at the permanent delegates' level on Sunday upon Egypt's request to tackle the issue of setting up a nuclear-free Middle East. The meeting will be held to support Egypt's ....

  • New wheat with record-hight productivity rate to be cultivated in Egypt

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:47:58 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:55 - ID:374669

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – A new kind of wheat with a record-high productivity rate will be cultivated for the first time in Egypt, the Damietta agro-department said. The Agriculture Ministry Undersecretary in Damietta, Mansour Hassan, said ....

  • Jewish settlers burn two Palestinians cars in Hebron

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:27:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:374666

    RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) – A group of Israeli settlers burned on Thursday two Palestinian cars and scratched racist graffiti on the walls of Bani Naim village, east Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The group of rowdy settlers also smashed the ....

  • 15 Nepalese students granted entry visas to continue study in Egypt

    Date: 2013-11-07 11:10:16 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:53 - ID:374646

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt's mission in Nepal granted visas to 15 Nepalese students to continue study at Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine after they obtained certificates equivalent to their Egyptian counterparts through the Supreme Council ....

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