Port Said Region (Egypt)

Cruise ship terminal upgraded at last

STUART INNES, TOURISM WRITER CRUISE ship passengers arriving at the Outer Harbor terminal now have improved facilities after years of complaints about substandard conditions. The revamp was unveiled yesterday by Tourism...

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Egypt releases US wheat cargo after testing

Egyptian authorities released a detained U.S. red wheat cargo on Sunday after testing showed it was fit for consumption The 63,000-tonne shipment had arrived in Port Said last week and had been undergoing testing, according to...

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Aquatech Awarded Thermal Desalination and Industrial Water Reuse Projects in Egypt

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 29 Oct. 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquatech has been awarded a contract to design and supply a Multiple Effect Distillation (MED) seawater desalination system for the Abu Qir Thermal Power Plant in Egypt....

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Aquatech awarded a major thermal desalination project in Egypt

The client, West Delta Electricity Production Company, and consultant PGESCo, specified MED technology for uninterrupted water supply to boilers after carefully studying all available desalination technology options. The...

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Great Bitter Lake, Egypt

download large image (323 KB, JPEG) acquired October 2, 2009 The Great Bitter Lake is one of several lakes located along the Suez Canal, which connects the eastern Mediterranean and Red Seas. As the canal is built only to allow...

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Old Arab weapons cache found in Israel

JERUSALEM, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Archaeologists conducting excavations in northern Israel uncovered a weapons cache possibly dating back to before the establishment of modern Israel. Dror Barshad of the Israel Antiquities...

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What are 50-year-old Egyptian guns doing roadside in Israel?

Archaeologists carrying out excavations prior to road-widening near Hamovil junction in northern Israel discovered a weapons cache including submachine guns and ammunition on Monday. Four submachine guns, made in Egypt and...

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Pre-state Egyptian weapons hideout found near Nazareth

An old weapons hiding place concealing three Egyptian Port Said sub-machine guns was found during an archeological dig being carried out near the town of Zippori, near Nazareth. The weapons were found inside a truck tire that...

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Special: Pity the region

Reporting on the third round of MEIFF from Abu Dhabi, Hani Mustafa samples the Abu Dhabi-based festival's fare The first Ministry of Culture production in many, many years, Al-Musafir was the fourth Egyptian film to feature in...

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Remembrance of the Achille Lauro Hijacking

On 7 October 1985, four members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro as it was in the Mediterranean Sea en route from Alexandria, Egypt to Port Said. After the Israeli...

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