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  • Power outage hits Rafah, Sheikh Zuwied in North Sinai due to grid failure

    Date: 2016-07-30 16:22:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:5346293

    ARISH, Egypt, July 30 (MENA) - A power outage has hit Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid of North Sinai due to a grid malfunction. The failure led to a stoppage in the water network and public services. The electricity company has vowed to fix the ....

  • 9 vessels arrive at Damietta Port

    Date: 2016-07-29 15:57:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:5342577

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, July 29 (MENA) - Six containers and three cargo ships have arrived at Damietta Port over the past 24 hours, Damietta Port Authority said in a statement Friday. The statement said that seven ships left the port, including three ....

  • Initiative to clean North Sinai areas, neighborhoods continues for 6th day in row

    Date: 2016-07-28 20:41:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:85 - ID:5339101

    EL-ARISH, Egypt, July 28 (MENA) – An initiative to clean the streets, squares and neighborhoods of North Sinai governorate is underway for the sixth day in row, said a well-placed official on Thursday. Dubbed "Helwa ya Baladi," Arabic for "my ....

  • Grain stock at Alex. port hits 1.2m tons

    Date: 2016-07-28 09:33:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:5334753

    ALEXANDRIA, July 28 (MENA) - The grain stock at Alexandria port hit 1.29 million tons. Spokesman for Alexandria Port Authority Reda El Ghandour said on Thursday that a train carrying 1,500 tons of wheat left the port for mills in Shoubra, Cairo. ....

  • Cabinet holds weekly meeting on political, economic, social files

    Date: 2016-07-27 14:32:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:5331469

    CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, convened on Wednesday to discuss a number of political, economic, social and security issues. During its weekly meeting, the Cabinet probes a number of reports on the ....

  • Minister of Health mourns former health minister

    Date: 2016-07-27 13:27:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:5330709

    CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - Minister of Health Ahmed Emad el Din on Wednesday mourned with profound sorrow the death of former health minister Mohamed Ragheb Dweidar. Dweidar, who served as the health minister between 1986 and 1993, died on ....

  • 1,367 passengers leave Safaga harbor for Saudi Dabaa port

    Date: 2016-07-27 10:40:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:5329481

    HURGHADA, Egypt, July 27 (MENA) - As many as 1,367 Egyptian passengers left Safaga harbor heading for the Saudi port of Dabaa. In statements on Wednesday, media spokesperson for the Red Sea Harbors Authority Malak Youssef said that another vessel ....

  • 6,500 tons of butane gas arrive at Suez ports

    Date: 2016-07-27 10:04:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:20 - ID:5329457

    SUEZ, Egypt, July 27 (MENA) - A ship sailed into El Zaytiat port from the Saudi port of Yanbu with 6,500 tons of butane gas on board, Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Malak Youssef said on Wednesday. Safaga port is set to receive ....

  • Food control bodies inspect tourist villages in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-07-23 17:43:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:69 - ID:5310061

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 23 (MENA) – Food control authorities in Alexandria on Saturday launched a campaign to inspect commercial facilities and shops in tourist villages and areas in the northwestern coast. The campaign resulted in filing reports ....

  • Musical Professions Syndicate denies banning Asala from singing

    Date: 2016-07-23 17:40:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:66 - ID:5309741

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) - The Egyptian Musical Professions Syndicate on Saturday denied media reports that leading Syrian singer Asala Nasri has been banned from singing. In statements to MENA, Syndicate’s Media adviser Tareq Mortada said that ....

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