Tag: #Cairo
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US approves sale of transport aircraft and radar systems to Egypt
Despite concerns in Washington over human rights record, the State Department approved the sale of two major military equipment, including transport planes and radar systems, to Egypt
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Egypt: Archaeologists reveal tomb of Ramses II’s chief treasurer
Egypt: Archaeologists uncovered the tomb of King Ramses II’s Chief Treasurer named Batah-M-Woya. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the tomb was found in Saqqara which is a huge necropolis located south of the capital city, Cairo. The city named Saqqara has been an important research site nowadays from where many interesting archaelogical…
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Egypt: Archaeologists reveal tomb of Ramses II’s chief treasurer
Egypt: Archaeologists uncovered the tomb of King Ramses II’s Chief Treasurer named Batah-M-Woya. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the tomb was found in Saqqara which is a huge necropolis located south of the capital city, Cairo. The city named Saqqara has been an important research site nowadays from where many interesting archaelogical…
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Cairo: 20 killed and 24 injured in a Factory fire
Cairo, March 11 (AFP/APP): At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured Thursday in a clothing factory fire on the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital, medical and security sources told AFP. Twelve fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the huge blaze as smoke billowed out over the industrial area called Al-Obour, with the…
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Egyptian court rejects Mohamed Aboutrika’s appeal
Cairo, March 11 (AFP/APP): An Egyptian court rejected Thursday the appeal of Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the most successful African footballers of his generation, to be removed from its “terror watchlist”, a judicial source said. The Court of Cassation ruled that retired footballer Aboutrika, along with 1,528 people, mainly from the banned Muslim Brotherhood, would remain on the…
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrives in Cairo
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Cairo, Egypt on two-day visit. On arrival at the airport, the Foreign Minister was received by Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt Tariq Al-Wasmi, Chargé d’Affaires of Pakistan’s Embassy in Cairo Shah Nazar Khan and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. During the visit,…
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Fire in Cairo Killed 7 Patients
Cairo, Dec 26 (AFP/APP): A fire at a hospital north of Cairo on Saturday killed seven coronavirus patients, security and judicial sources said. The blaze in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Obour district, on the outskirts of Cairo, also injured five other people, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what…
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Troubled waters for Egypt as Ethiopia pushes Nile dam
Cairo, Dec 3 (AFP/APP): Under the shade of a tree, Mohamed Omar joined other farmers bickering over who would water their crops first as supply from the Nile to a nearby canal dwindled. “My plot has been thirsty for days. I need the water to nourish the soil before it goes to others,” said Omar,…
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Nobel winner Mahfouz lives on in Cairo’s alleyways
Cairo, Nov 27 (AFP/APP): The legacy of Islamic Cairo’s most famous son Naguib Mahfouz lives on in its winding lanes 21 years after he became the only Arab to win the Nobel Literature Prize. A mosaic of the bespectacled author overlooks a market teeming with children on bikes, waiters balancing trays of hot drinks and…
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Lion Cub Mummies Feature in Huge Ancient Egypt Find
Saqqara, Egypt, Nov 23 (AFP/APP): Egypt on Saturday unveiled a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies decorated with hieroglyphics at the Saqqara necropolis near the Giza pyramids in Cairo. Mummified cats, cobras, crocodiles and scarabs were also unearthed among the well-preserved mummies and other objects discovered recently. The Antiquities…