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  • Court turns down request to release official at customs department in Suez

    Date: 2017-02-12 10:45:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:20 - ID:6506921

    SUEZ, Egypt, Feb 12 (MENA) - A Suez court turned down a request to release an official at the customs department in Suez, who is accused of receiving a bribe, worth 100,00 pounds, from one of the importers to approve a goods shipment in return of ....

  • Nile crocodile hunted in Aswan

    Date: 2017-02-11 22:04:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:6505133

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) – The Crocodile Management Unit has hunted a crocodile in El Nabatat Island on the River Nile in Aswan after a several hours' search operation, the Environment Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The male crocodile, ....

  • Mild rains pour over Alexandria

    Date: 2017-02-11 20:55:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:6504477

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 11 (MENA) - Alexandria was hit by light rains on Thursday evening but navigation movement continued normally at Alexandria and Dekhila ports without any disruption, said spokesman for Alexandria Port Authority Reda ....

  • Agriculture directorate refutes deficit in winter fertilizers in Qalyubia

    Date: 2017-02-06 19:54:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:69 - ID:6475781

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Acting undersecretary of the Qalyubia agriculture directorate Mohamed Kamel on Monday denied reports claiming that the governorate suffers a deficit in winter fertilizers. In a statement, Kamel said the governorate has ....

  • 1 killed, 27 injured in road accident in Sharqia

    Date: 2017-02-06 18:29:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:6475533

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Feb 6 (MENA) – One person was killed and 27 others were injured in a road accident in Sharqia Monday. The accident occurred on Belbeis-10th of Ramadan City road when a bus commuting workers from 10th of Ramadan City crashed with ....

  • Agriculture min. chairs meeting on importing 1 million livestock heads from abroad

    Date: 2017-02-06 09:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:6471029

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Essam Fayed chaired a meeting of the coordination committee supervising importing one million livestock heads from outside Egypt. During the meeting, Fayed asserted the necessity ....

  • 16 persons injured in car accident at Assiut/Sohag desert road

    Date: 2017-02-05 15:22:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:6468001

    ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, Feb 5 (MENA) - As many as 16 persons were wounded Sunday when a microbus overturned at Assiut/Sohag western desert road. Assiut Security Chief Atef Qula'i received a notification about the accident. Examinations revealed ....

  • Housing Ministry: Water supply to be cut of some districts in Dakahlia Monday

    Date: 2017-02-05 10:25:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:14 - ID:6465165

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – Dakahlia Company for Water and Wastewater announced that the water supply to the districts of Matari and el Ferosia will be cut starting from 8 a.m. and until 4 p.m. on Monday. In a press release on Sunday, Housing Ministry ....

  • 1 killed, 11 injured in 3 car accidents in Suez

    Date: 2017-02-04 20:43:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:62 - ID:6463665

    SUEZ, Egypt, Feb 4 (MENA) – A person was killed, while 11 others were injured in three different car accidents on Suez-Cairo and Ain Sokhna-Suez highways in Suez governorate, a security source said on Saturday. The injured people were moved to ....

  • Water cut problem in 6 districts in Giza solved: Governor

    Date: 2017-02-04 19:56:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:6463085

    CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) – Giza Governor Kamal el Dali said that the pumping of water is back to normal in six districts in the governorate after it was cut for 48 hours. In a report sent to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, el Dali said that all works of ....

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