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  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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