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  • 3 killed as pickup slips off ferry into Nile in Beni Suef

    Date: 2017-08-04 22:26:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:6930669

    BENI SUEF, Aug 4 (MENA) – Three people drowned on Friday when a pickup slipped off a ferry into the Nile River in a town near el Fashn, Beni Suef. The car was carrying mourners after they attended a funeral on the eastern side of the river. ....

  • Zagazig university obtains ISO certificate for third year

    Date: 2017-08-03 15:39:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:53 - ID:6929101

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Aug 3 (MENA) - Zagazig University obtained ISO certificate for the third consecutive year, said University President Khaled Abdel Bari. In statements Thursday, Abdel Bari said that such certificate, which was given to the ....

  • 17 wheat-laden trucks leave Alexandria port

    Date: 2017-08-03 10:49:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:6928438

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 3 (MENA) - As many as 17 trucks loaded with 510 tons of wheat left Alexandria Port on Thursday en route to other Egyptian governorates. In a statement on Thursday, Spokesman for the Alexandria Port Authority Reda el Ghandour said a ....

  • Ex MENA chief editor hails agency's role in airing accurate news

    Date: 2017-08-02 16:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:64 - ID:6927556

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) – Former Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Mohamed Abdel Gawad hailed on Wednesday the important role played by the agency in broadcasting accurate news as one of the most important media ....

  • Cabinet approves draft law on developing Upper Egypt

    Date: 2017-08-02 15:50:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:6927549

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle a draft law setting up an authority for developing Upper Egypt. The Cabinet approved the draft law at a meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. The decision comes within ....

  • Cairo University President: Renewing religious discourse of first priority

    Date: 2017-08-02 12:32:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:6927082

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) – Newly-appointed President of Cairo University Mohamed Othman on Wednesday said that renewing the religious discourse is of first priority to him. At a press conference, he underlined that upgrading the religious discourse is ....

  • Police recover 162 areas of state-owned land

    Date: 2017-08-01 15:55:29 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:6925948

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Police were able to remove encroachments in 162 areas of state-owned lands in the Upper Egyptian governorates of Qena, Minya and Sohag, and the Delta city of Kafr el Sheikh. Troops in the four cities acted in line with the ....

  • IDSC denies reports on evacuating 7,000 houses in Aswan, destruction of others

    Date: 2017-08-01 10:49:21 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:6925188

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) on Tuesday denied media reports that the government has evacuated as many as 7,000 houses in eastern Aswan governorate and destroyed others owned by residents. In a ....

  • Supply Ministry's arrears of bakeries to be deducted from flour upfront money - min.

    Date: 2017-08-01 08:34:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:6924836

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Supply and Internal Trade Minister Ali Moselhi decided on Tuesday to deduct the ministry's arrears of bakeries from the upfront money they pay to purchase flour. Moselhi said if the ministry's arrears for bakeries exceed the ....

  • PM presides over economic ministerial group meeting

    Date: 2017-07-31 16:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:6924372

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail presided over on Monday the economic ministerial group meeting in the presence of some ministers. During the meeting, the ministerial group pledged providing all the facilitations to the ....

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