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  • More 26 trains to be operated on occasion of Eidul Adha, says official

    Date: 2017-08-15 17:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:6946394

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Additional 26 trains will be operated as of August 26 and till September 10 on the occasion of Eidul Adha, Chairman of Egypt's Railway Authority Sayyed Salem said on Tuesday. In a statement, Salem urged more control on the ....

  • Fire guts 2 buildings, 2 kiosks in Aswan

    Date: 2017-08-15 13:06:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:6946019

    ASWAN, Egypt, Aug 15 (MENA) - Fire fighters in Aswan manged on Tuesday to douse a fire that broke out in two buildings and four kiosks in Kom Ombo town in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan. Seven fire engines took part in putting out the ....

  • New chairman for railways authority appointed

    Date: 2017-08-15 10:14:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:6945612

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat has introduced a mini-reshuffle of leaders in the railways authority. According to the new changes, Eng. Sayyed Mohamed Salem was appointed head of the authority. Also, Eng. Ashraf ....

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes counter-terrorism seminars nationwide

    Date: 2017-08-15 10:13:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:6945615

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Director Moustafa el Fiqi said on Tuesday the library is organizing cultural seminars at public libraries across Egypt. The seminars fall within the framework of the BA's counter-terrorism ....

  • 200 Egyptian youths take part in World Youth Day celebrations, says UNIC

    Date: 2017-08-14 14:32:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:6944530

    CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - More than 200 Egyptian youths of both genders are participating in World Youth Day celebrations held on August 13-16 in the city of Abu Qir in Alexandria, UN Information Centre in Cairo (UNIC) said in a statement on ....

  • Developing railways network needs EGP 10bln, says transport min.

    Date: 2017-08-14 14:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:6944433

    CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat revealed that developing the railways network nationwide costs 10 billion pounds. Addressing a meeting of the parliament's transportation committee held to discuss Alexandria trains ....

  • 9 suspects suspended from work over investigations of Alex. train collision

    Date: 2017-08-13 18:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:6943366

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) – Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority Rashida Abdel Fattah has ordered the suspension of nine civil servants for three months with allowing them to receive half of their salaries, over the investigations conducted ....

  • Marsa Alam city to suffer four-hour outage on Monday for maintenance operations

    Date: 2017-08-13 10:18:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:14 - ID:6942456

    HURGHADA, Aug 13 (MENA) - Marsa Alam municipal council in southern Red Sea governorate said the city will suffer on Monday a four-hour outage for maintenance operations. In a statement on Sunday, the council said the power cut will be from 9 am ....

  • Prosecution requests DNA tests for Alexandria train victims

    Date: 2017-08-12 15:41:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:6941700

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 12 (MENA) – Public Prosecution in Alexandria ordered Saturday to carry out DNA tests to identify people whose bodies were torn in Friday's train crash. Meanwhile, a committee of professors from the Faculty of Engineering of ....

  • EGP 13 m for establish parking lots complex in Aswan

    Date: 2017-08-12 15:24:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:6941626

    ASWAN, Aug 12 (MENA) – Aswan governor Magdi Hegazi approved earmarking EGP 13 million to establish a microbus parking complex in Kom Ombo, Aswan governorate, the city municipality head Adel Talha said Saturday. The new parking lots are expected to ....

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