Wed 23 May 2012

Items related to Luxor

Arab League General Secretary Amr Mussa attends a ministerial meeting at the Arab League headquarters, Cairo, March 2, 2011. Mussa said the situation in Libya was
Moussa signature forgery case adjourned to June
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 May 2012
Luxor Criminal Court adjourned the trial of four defendants accused of forging signatures in favor of presidential...
Temple of Karnak which is considered one of the most important Pharaonic monuments
Egypt funeral turns happy after dead man awakes
AP 12 May 2012
LUXOR — The funeral of a 28-year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up...
A group of tourists cross the Taba terminal, from the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula to Israel in 2009.
Arab Spring cost region 7 million tourists in 2011
MENA 03 May 2012
Political unrest cost the Middle East 5 million and North Africa 2 million tourists in 2011, according to the United...
A laborer of Egypt's antiquities works at the partly damaged statue of Maya and his wife Meryt, at the site of the New Kingdom Cemetery containing thefamous tomb of Maya, the treasurer of King Tut and the tomb of Horemheb, the general of King Tut who later became king, in south Saqqara, Egypt.
Four Chinese tourists injured in traffic accident in Luxor
DPA 30 Apr 2012
A road accident between two tour buses in the north of Luxor Governorate resulted in the injury of four Chinese...
Excavations in Egypt witness great activity in many areas in Egypt
Police arrest illegal excavators in Luxor, Aswan
DPA 30 Apr 2012
Tourism and antiquities police in Upper Egypt have seized 17 artifacts while on a mission targeting illegal excavators...
The sleeping train from Cairo to Luxor is a long but comfortable option
The Sleeper Train
Celia Alexander 27 Apr 2012
In a hurry to get to Luxor or Aswan from Cairo? Flying is the fastest option. If saving money is a priority, take the...
Amr Moussa (L), ex Arab League Secretary  General and a presidential hopeful, as he joins an Alexandrian an iftar on a Maedat al-Rahman (charity iftar), al-Montazah, Alexandria, August 27, 2011. Notably, Moussa targets most underpriviliged areas as part of his nationwide presidential campaign. Typically, charity iftars are prepared in Ramadan for passers by and/or poor Muslims unable to buy food and/or are homeless.
Notary official detained for forging signatures for presidential candidate
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Mar 2012
The public prosecutor of Luxor  ordered the detention of a notary employee for four days on Tuesday, pending...
To Luxor, by train
Terror in Luxor village as gangster threatens gas bombing
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Mar 2012
The 5,000 residents of Naga al-Gisr village, west of Luxor, have been living in terror since the top aide of the man...
To Luxor, by train
Gangster threatens to blow up village if police try to arrest him
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Mar 2012
An Upper Egyptian gangster linked to Egypt’s most dangerous criminal threatened late Tuesday to blow up the area...
Nile river in Luxor, southern Egypt.
Nile cruiser sinks in Luxor
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Mar 2012
A Nile cruiser sank in Luxor, Upper Egypt when water leaked into the ship while it was anchored in front of the Etap...