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Worker killed, 8 injured in gas pipeline fire - official
Date: 2017-04-15 17:23:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:69 - ID:6770150
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - A sewage lift station worker in New Cairo district was killed and eight others were injured in a huge fire that erupted on Saturday. The fire hit a 10-inch butane gas pipeline, adjacent to the plant, said the chairman of ....
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Watany Bank of Egypt case trial adjourned to Tuesday
Date: 2017-04-15 15:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:6770057
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court decided on Saturday to adjourn till Tuesday the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak's two sons Alaa and Gamal and seven other businessmen on violations in the sale of state-owned Al Watany Bank of ....
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Explosion hits gas pipeline in Fifth Settlement district of New Cairo
Date: 2017-04-15 11:48:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:38 - ID:6769764
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - An explosion hit the gas pipeline near the entrance of el Tes'een street in the Fifth Settlement district of New Cairo. Civil defense forces and sappers rushed to the scene of the explosion to control the fire. Cairo's ....
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Transport minister to lay foundation stone of flyover in Qalubiya
Date: 2017-04-14 18:17:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:6769235
BANHA, Egypt, April 14 (MENA) – Transport Minister Hisham Arafat and Chairman of the General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport Adel Turk will lay the foundation stone of Kafr Shokr flyover in Qalubiya on Saturday. The new overpass ....
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Interior minister greets Pope Tawadros on Easter
Date: 2017-04-14 16:35:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:6769114
CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar sent a greeting cable to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on the occasion of the Easter. The interior minister also sent similar greeting cables to ....
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Head of journalists' syndicate to meet housing min. Sunday
Date: 2017-04-14 14:29:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:6768939
CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) - Chairman of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists Abdel Mohsen Salama is scheduled to meet Housing Minister Mostafa Madboly on Sunday. The meeting will be attended by Abou el Saud Mohamed, the head of the syndicate's ....
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Armed Forces organize marathon in support of autistic children
Date: 2017-04-14 13:15:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:6768845
CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) - The Armed Forces organized on Friday a marathon in support of disabled people and autistic children. The event was organized in cooperation with a civil society institution for autism. Cadets and teaching staff of the ....
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2 killed in Sohag due to bad weather
Date: 2017-04-13 20:54:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:6768192
SOHAG, Egypt, April 13 (MENA) – Two people were killed in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag due to bad weather. In statements on Thursday, Sohag Governor Ayman Abdel Moneim said that the bad weather also led to the delay of 12 trains. ....
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Catholic, Evangelical churches cancel Easter celebrations over mourning
Date: 2017-04-12 16:30:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:6766151
CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox and the Evangelical Churches said Wednesday that the Easter celebrations would be restricted on holding Masses to mourn victims of deadly church bombings on Sunday. In a statement, Bishop Emmanuel Ayad ....
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New heads of national newspapers to be appointed in shortly
Date: 2017-04-12 15:34:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:6766141
CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) – Head of the national press agency Karam Gabr asserted the importance of changing the chief editors and board chairmen of national newspapers as soon as possible. In statements to MENA after taking constitutional oath at ....