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  • Civil protection teams control huge fire in Port Said

    Date: 2017-02-20 07:13:21 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:10 - ID:6553405

    PORT SAID, Feb 20 (MENA) - Civil protection forces put out a huge fire that broke out in a restaurant in Port Said and extended to three neighboring wood-made houses. The blaze did not cause casualties. The fire occurred when a butane gas ....

  • 16 new schools to be opened in Giza within coming days - Giza governor

    Date: 2017-02-17 12:12:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:6539477

    GIZA, Feb 17 (MENA) - Giza Governor Mohamed Kamal el Dali said the establishment process of 16 new schools has been finalized. The schools will be opened within the coming days, Dali said, noting that the governorate seeks to expand in the ....

  • Sharm el Sheikh port re-opens as weather improves

    Date: 2017-02-17 07:41:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:12 - ID:6538385

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Feb 17 (MENA) –Sharm el Sheikh port was re-opened on Friday after weather improved, the spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority said. Navigation in Red Sea ports is going on normally, Malak Youssef said. (MENA) M N E/A S E ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports reopened after weather improved

    Date: 2017-02-17 07:06:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:8 - ID:6538173

    CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) – The ports of Alexandria and Dekheila were reopened on Friday morning after the weather improved, Spokesman for Alexandria Port Authority Reda el Ghandour said. The movement of the ships is regular once again, Ghandour added ....

  • Two killed, five injured in road accident in Assiut

    Date: 2017-02-16 06:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:4 - ID:6531441

    ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and five others injured in a collision on Cairo-Assiut desert road on Wednesday. Assiut security chief Atef Qulaiay was notified that a pick-up truck collided with a microbus on ....

  • Pedestrian bridge on Cairo-Alexandria desert road collapses

    Date: 2017-02-12 15:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:56 - ID:6509085

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 12 (MENA) - One person was wounded when a pedestrian bridge on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road collapsed, wounding one person. The incident snarled traffic movement on the road until civil protection forces arrived. Brigadier ....

  • Man arrested over trading in firearms

    Date: 2017-02-12 13:16:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:40 - ID:6507641

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Security forces managed to arrest a person over charges of trading in firearms and selling them to criminal elements. The arrestee, who was nabbed with large amount of pistols, confessed to selling the firearms to ....

  • 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 ....

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