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  • 14 killed, injured in road accident in Qena

    Date: 2016-10-08 19:16:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:74 - ID:5733045

    QENA, Egypt, Oct 8 (MENA) – One person was killed and 13 others were injured in a road accident in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena on Saturday. The accident occurred when a bus overturned in the governorate’s Dishna district. The ....

  • Irrigation min. briefed on progress in Assuit barrage project

    Date: 2016-10-08 13:10:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:5730841

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atti on Saturday received a report on progress achieved in new Assiut barrage project and its hydroelectric power station. Set to be finalized by September 2017, the ....

  • 33,000 tons of wheat arrive at Alex. port

    Date: 2016-10-07 12:54:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:5726277

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 7 (MENA) - A ship sailed into Alexandria port Friday carrying 33,000 tons of wheat from Romania, said spokesman for the port authority Reda el Ghandour. The ship is currently being unloaded, Ghandour said, pointing out that 9,000 ....

  • 32,000 tons of corn arrive at Alex. port

    Date: 2016-10-06 07:51:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:14 - ID:5720165

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 6 (MENA) - A vessel coming from Ukraine and carrying 32,000 tons of corn arrived on Thursday at Alexandria Port. The shipment was unloaded in silos in preparation for examining it to make sure that it is fit for human ....

  • 3 killed in 2 road accidents in Sinai, Suez

    Date: 2016-10-03 20:51:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:5705741

    AL ARISH/SUEZ, Egypt, (MENA) – Three people were killed and 27 others injured on Monday in two road accidents in North Sinai and Suez governorates. In North Sinai, one man was killed and 14 others injured when their vehicle turned over in Bare el ....

  • Health Ministry celebrates Tuesday treating 800,000 Hepatitis C patients

    Date: 2016-10-03 20:13:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:5705089

    CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) – Health Ministry will hold a celebration on Tuesday at the Pyramids area under the title “Egyptian Hepatitis Day” after providing medical treatment to 800,000 Hepatitis C patients at a cost of EGP 2.8 billion. The celebration ....

  • Military funeral held for 3 policemen in Beheira

    Date: 2016-10-02 17:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:5698777

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Oct 2 (MENA) - A military funeral was held Sunday in Beheira governorate for three policemen, who were killed in a terror attack in Sinai Beheira Governor Alaa el-Din Shawqi and senior officials of the governorate led the ....

  • Egyptian passenger arrested at Cairo Airport over attempt to smuggle drugs

    Date: 2016-10-02 13:07:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:5697349

    CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - Cairo airport authorities arrested on Sunday an Egyptian passenger after trying to smuggle weight-loss drugs and food supplements into Egypt. According to officials at the airport, the drugs seized cost about EGP ....

  • 3 killed in car accident in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-10-02 11:45:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:5696845

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 2 (MENA) - Three people were killed, including two brothers, in a car accident in Amiriyah district of western Alexandria on Sunday. Earlier, the tire of a car exploded at Kafrawi road leading the car to deviate from the road and ....

  • Huge fire in foodstuff factory in Port Said contained

    Date: 2016-10-01 10:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:5691261

    PORT SAID, Egypt, Oct 1 (MENA) - Civil Protection Forces managed to contain a huge fire that erupted early Saturday in a foodstuff factory in the industrial zone in southern Port Said. Ten fire engines were sent to the scene and fire fighters ....

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