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  • Over 328 tons of spoiled food destroyed -- health ministry

    Date: 2017-09-04 11:59:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:6974452

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - As many as 328.619 tons of food and beverages unfit for human consumption have been destroyed over the past two weeks, according to the food control authority of the health ministry. The body seized the quantities during ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 50: Health Ministry

    Date: 2017-09-04 11:34:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:6974454

    MECCA, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said Monday that one more pilgrim died in Saudi Arabia this morning, bringing to 50 the death toll among Egyptian pilgrims. In statements, the head of the medical Hajj mission Dr Ahmed el Ansary said a ....

  • 31 killed, injured in accidents nationwide

    Date: 2017-09-02 18:38:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:6972726

    GOVERNORATE CAPITALS, Sept 2 (MENA) – Nine people were killed and 22 others were injured in accidents nationwide. In Matrouh governorate, two persons were killed while nine others were injured when two cars collided at Alamin-Wadi Natroun ....

  • Damietta Port receives 2 vessels over past 24 hours

    Date: 2017-09-02 11:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:6972336

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - Damietta Port received over the past 24 hours a container ship and cargo vessel, the Damietta Port Authority said in a statement on Saturday. A cargo vessel left the harbor. Up to 18 vessels are docked at the ....

  • Pension disbursal from cash machines going on smoothly: Minister

    Date: 2017-09-01 18:03:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:6971781

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) – The disbursal of pensions from the cash machines is going on smoothly, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said. Pensioner get their money from cash machines of the pension system as well as machines of Banque Misr and ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 17 - Health ministry

    Date: 2017-09-01 15:45:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:6971662

    MECCA, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Friday the death of two pilgrims from Damietta and Dakahlia governorates, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to 17. A 60-year-old woman died from cardiac ....

  • Britain lifts electronic device ban on flights from Cairo: EgyptAir

    Date: 2017-09-01 15:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:6971602

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - EgyptAir said that British authorities had lifted a ban on carry-on electronic devices on EgyptAir flights arriving from Cairo airport starting from Friday. In a statement on Friday, the flag carrier said that such ....

  • 116 prisoners pardoned on Eidul Adha

    Date: 2017-09-01 12:30:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:6971473

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry’s prison department released on Friday 116 prisoners pardoned under a presidential decree. The presidential decree pardoned some prisoners from serving the remaining period of their jail term on the ....

  • Church leaders greet Egyptians on Eidul Adha

    Date: 2017-09-01 12:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:6971464

    CAPITALS OF GOVERNORATES, Sept 1 (MENA) - Church leaders and priests visited on Friday a number of governors nationwide to greet them and all Egyptians on the occasion of Eidul Adha. During their visits, the priests praised strong ties between ....

  • Qena allocates lands for new service projects

    Date: 2017-08-30 18:50:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:87 - ID:6969670

    QENA, Egypt, Aug 30 (MENA) - Lands have been allocated by authorities in Qena, south of Cairo, for service projects to be implemented in the governorate. Among the allocations is a 4,000-square-meter-plot for a slaughterhouse to be set up on the ....

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