Science
Curbs on coral trade rejected at UN conference
March 22, 2010
Curbs on coral trade rejected at UN conference
Dubai--A UN conference rejected on Sunday trade restrictions on red and pink corals used in jewelry in what environmentalists called…
Civil society takes lead in solid waste management
March 16, 2010
Civil society takes lead in solid waste management
Solid-waste management is the system for controlling, handling and disposing of solid waste to reduce it to the smallest volume…
Govt authority seeks details on radioactive mud shipment
March 16, 2010
Govt authority seeks details on radioactive mud shipment
A government authority has asked the Damietta seaport administration to submit a detailed report on a three-month old mud shipment…
Govt mulls removal of 35,000 graves from Cairo cemetery
March 16, 2010
Govt mulls removal of 35,000 graves from Cairo cemetery
The Egyptian Cabinet will meet in a few days to discuss an Urban Planning Authority (UPA) development project for the…
Radioactive cargo seized at Damietta seaport
March 16, 2010
Radioactive cargo seized at Damietta seaport
Two containers of mud from India were seized by the Civil Protection Department at Damietta seaport last Saturday.The mud, which…
GPS and satellite observation to protect Northern Lakes
March 12, 2010
GPS and satellite observation to protect Northern Lakes
The Ministry of Agriculture is planning to use GPS and satellite maps to photograph Egypt's Northern Lakes in order to…
Waiting for Nefertiti
March 11, 2010
Waiting for Nefertiti
Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls…
Weather experts predict long, hot summer
March 11, 2010
Weather experts predict long, hot summer
Ibrahim Meiza, professor at the Alexandria Marine Science Institute, expects this summer to be the longest and hottest in more…
Dabaa excluded from tourism plan
March 10, 2010
Dabaa excluded from tourism plan
Sources at the Tourism Ministry said that tourist development plans for Egypt's North Coast would not include the Dabaa area,…
Egypt nuclear file still dogged by uncertainty
March 10, 2010
Egypt nuclear file still dogged by uncertainty
Paris--The future of Egypt's sought-after nuclear program remained unclear at the recent International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy…