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  • Transport min.: All transportation authorities gearing up for Eidul Adha

    Date: 2018-08-13 11:08:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:7531092

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat issued directives to all transportation authorities to gear up for Eidul Adha. He called for taking all needed measures for facilitating people's travel. He urged maintenance of all ....

  • 5 members of one family killed in house collapse in Qena

    Date: 2018-08-13 11:06:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:7531009

    QENA, Aug 13 (MENA) - Five persons of the same family were killed when their house collapsed in al Zubeidi township in Qena governorate. Qena security director said he received a notice of the collapse of the three-storey mud-brick building in al ....

  • Unknown person throws stone at train, injuring driver

    Date: 2018-08-12 07:20:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:7529400

    CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) - An unknown person hurled a stone at a locomotive of the Alexandria-Abu Qir train, leaving the train driver injured, the Egyptian National Railways Authority said. In a statement on Sunday, the authority said the driver was ....

  • Sisi orders disabled girl to be treated at state's expense

    Date: 2018-08-09 18:33:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:77 - ID:7526614

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday ordered a disabled girl to undergo a surgery and receive medical treatment at the expense of the state. The mother of Marwa Tamer Mohamed, 7, has asked President Sisi via media to ....

  • Government denies reports on sugar shortage in markets

    Date: 2018-08-09 16:40:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:7526500

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) – The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade denied Thursday reports claiming that the government had taken some decisions causing a sugar shortage in markets and increasing its prices. Sugar prices have not seen any hikes, ....

  • More than 8,000 livestock head, 1,200 tons of frozen meat in markets ahead of Bairam - ministry

    Date: 2018-08-09 13:06:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:7525911

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Supply Ministry will release 8,100 livestock head and 1,200 tons of frozen meat ahead of Eidual Adha (Greater Bairam). In a statement, the ministry said the frozen meat will be sold at EGP 45 per kilo while 1,420 tons of ....

  • Security official denies report on fire in Assiut University's administrative building

    Date: 2018-08-09 09:48:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:7525702

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - An official at the security media center of the Interior Ministry denied reports purported by some social media sites on the breakout of fire in the administrative building of the Assiut University. The official said a ....

  • El Sayeda Aisha bridge reopened over traffic jam

    Date: 2018-08-07 19:04:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:79 - ID:7523509

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Cairo's El Sayeda Aisha bridge was reopened over traffic jam, the head of El Khalifa municipality said on Tuesday. The bridge has been closed since Saturday to be repaired, Sadeq Ali Abdel Maqsood added. The bridge's ....

  • Schools in Dakahlia to be named after two martyrs

    Date: 2018-08-07 17:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:7523495

    MANSOURA, Egypt, Aug 7 (MENA) - Dakahlia Governor Ahmed Shaarawy decided on Tuesday to name two primary schools after Armed Forces martyrs Islam Mohamed Ismail and Ramadan Ibrahim Al Bassyouni. The decision came after Shaarway's meeting with the ....

  • 1,118 prisoners released on occasion of July 23 revolution anniv.

    Date: 2018-08-07 16:14:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:7523366

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's prison department released on Tuesday 395 prisoners who had been pardoned on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the July 23, 1952 revolution. Also, 723 inmates were found to be eligible for ....

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