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Military spokesman thanks policemen for their efforts
Date: 2014-02-17 12:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:560223
Military Spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali extended thanks and appreciation to the Interior Ministry and the Police Academy for their efforts in maintaining peace and security in the country and uprooting terrorism. The policemen are the guards of ....
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Nile water level drops two centimeters
Date: 2014-02-17 12:01:10 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:45 - ID:560199
The Nile River water level dropped to 175.76 meters on Monday, two centimeters less than yesterday's reading, said the Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry. Water released from the High Dam today reached 140 million cubic meters. The ....
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Trial of Badie, MB leaderships in Qalyubia incidents adjourned to Thursday
Date: 2014-02-17 12:00:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:560195
Shubra el-Kheima Criminal Court postponed until Thursday the trial of 48 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures as well as the group's most senior leader Mohamed Badie. The defendants, among ....
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4 killed, 16 wounded in Taba bus blast -- Health Ministry
Date: 2014-02-17 11:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:560191
At least four people were killed and 16 more injured in the explosion that targeted a tourist bus in Taba Sunday, the Health Ministry said Monday. The injured include 13 from South Korea, the Ministry said in a statement. The remaining three are ....
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Cairo Criminal Court adjourns trial of Genina over libel charges to March 17 session
Date: 2014-02-17 11:36:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:560120
Cairo Criminal Court, in its Monday session under Counselor Mohammad Hassan Yamani, adjourned the trial of Head of the Central Auditing Organization (CAO) Counselor Hisham Genina, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper Magdy Al-Galad and ....
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New Valley governorate to contribute to festival marking sun alignment on Ramses II statue in Aswan
Date: 2014-02-17 11:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:560083
The New Valley governorate will contribute to celebrations marking the sun alignment on the statue of Ramses II in Aswan, which starts there Tuesday. The New Valley will send a group of camels to take part in a race organized on the fringe of the ....
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Moscow, Tehran cooperation includes supplies of Iranian oil – Iranian diplomat
Date: 2014-02-17 11:18:57 GMT - Russia - International - SN:40 - ID:560066
Iranian ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei said the renewed cooperation between Moscow and Tehran would include specifically Iranian oil supplies to Russia. My country is ready to activate economic cooperation with Russia, and to grant Moscow ....
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Foreign Ministry warns nationals against traveling to Kuwait to seek jobs with tourist visas
Date: 2014-02-17 10:59:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:559991
Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular and Expatriates Affairs Ambassador Ashraf Sheha has warned Egyptians against using tourist visas to Kuwait to seek job opportunities there. In a statement released on Monday, Ambassador Sheha said the ....
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Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian Airlines plane
Date: 2014-02-17 10:58:42 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:39 - ID:560011
A co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Rome hijacked the airliner early Monday morning and flew it to Geneva, Switzerland, looking for asylum, CNN reported. The man, an Ethiopian in his early 30s, was arrested when the plane landed ....
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Health, tourism ministers visit Taba attack victims
Date: 2014-02-17 10:52:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:559985
Health Minister Maha el-Rabat arrived Monday in the South Sinai resort city of Sharm El Sheikh to visit the victims of Sunday's terrorist attack in Taba on a bus carrying South Korean tourists. A Ministry of Health statement said that Rabat, ....