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IDSC denies rise in train fares
Date: 2017-04-04 10:09:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:6751824
CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - The cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied reports circulated on social media and several websites on a rise in rail fares. In a report on Tuesday, the IDSC said the Transport Ministry dismissed ....
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Cabinet approves health insurance bill, refers it to state council
Date: 2017-04-03 13:37:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:6750365
CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Minister of Health Ahmed Emad El Din said the cabinet approved during its meeting today under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail a draft resolution on comprehensive insurance health and will refer it to the State Council's ....
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No objection to issue special cards for autistic people -- minister
Date: 2017-04-03 09:06:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:6749900
CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said on Monday her ministry has no objection to issue cards for autistic people to help them receive the services they need easily. Wali was responding to a request to that effect from ....
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Mall fire extinguished in Assuit, no casualties
Date: 2017-04-02 21:02:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:102 - ID:6749536
ASSUIT, Egypt, April 2 (MENA) - A massive fire that engulfed 10 shops at a shopping mall in Assuit, south of Cairo, has been extinguished, said security authorities. A short circuit was initially blamed for the fire. No casualties were ....
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Police convoys sent to universities to offer services for students
Date: 2017-04-02 14:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:6748976
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued directives to security agencies to take measures to facilitate services extended to the students of Egyptian universities and their families. In line with the minister' ....
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WB vice president inspects Aswan's medical, development projects
Date: 2017-04-02 14:10:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:63 - ID:6748795
ASWAN, Upper Egyptm April 2 (MENA) - World Bank (WB) Vice President for Human Development Keith Hansen on Sunday started a visit to Aswan, accompanied by a WB delegation, to inspect a set of joint projects in the Upper Egypt governorate. The WB ....
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Policeman, 7 others held in custody over illegal archelogical excavation in Sohag
Date: 2017-04-02 14:09:04 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:62 - ID:6748919
SOHAG, Upper Egypt, April 2 (MENA) - A policeman at the prisons sector along with seven persons were held in custody for four days pending investigations after they illegally excavating beneath the home of a worker in Sohag. A unit from the ....
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Orphan admitted to psychiatric hospital ahead of rehab course
Date: 2017-04-02 12:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:6748734
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly has directed that a 12-year-old girl be seen by a psychiatrist after reported mistreatment at an orphanage where she was staying. Rasha Abbas already started sessions at Abul Azzaam ....
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Social solidarity min. launches autism awareness campaign
Date: 2017-04-02 11:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:6748489
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali launched on Sunday the 13th campaign of the Egyptian Autistic Society, under the title "April: the month of autism acceptance", to raise awareness about autism. This came during a ....
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Fire at sweets factory in Gharbiya put out
Date: 2017-04-01 20:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:6747936
TANTA, Egypt, April 1 (MENA) – Firefighters on Saturday put out a fire that erupted in a sweets factory in Gharbiya. The fire devoured the second floor and some contents of the factory. No casualties were reported. The prosecution was ....