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  • 8 killed, 8 injured in train-truck accident in Aswan- Ministry

    Date: 2016-04-16 06:59:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:6 - ID:4727197

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – Eight people were killed and eight others injured when a truck was hit by a train in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan on Friday, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said on Saturday. Five of the wounded are in ....

  • Committee on restoring state-owned lands to offer lands at auctions

    Date: 2016-04-13 19:48:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:110 - ID:4714525

    CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) - The committee for restoring state-owned lands discussed Wednesday offering the restored lands at public auctions as soon as possib. In its weekly meeting, the committee under presidential aide for national and strategic ....

  • Govt silos preparing for New Valley wheat harvest

    Date: 2016-04-13 11:15:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:4710473

    EL KHARGA, Egypt, April 13 (MENA) – Silos of the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) are getting prepared for receiving the wheat harvest from farmers in the New Valley. The harvest delivery will start on Friday for EGP ....

  • Min.: Specialized hospitals to treat drug addicts for free

    Date: 2016-04-13 10:05:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:4710141

    CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister and Chairwoman of the Drug Control and Addiction Treatment Fund Ghada Wali said deals were made with new specialized medical centers and hospitals to treat drug addicts free of charge. The ....

  • Agriculture Ministry denies field irrigation project moved to Water Resources Ministry

    Date: 2016-04-13 08:51:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:12 - ID:4709049

    CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) – The Agriculture Ministry denied news reports that the supervision of the field irrigation development project has been moved to the Water Resources Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said it is still running the mega ....

  • Molasses-laden truck overturns on Cairo-Alexandria road

    Date: 2016-04-12 11:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:4703949

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, April 12 (MENA) - A truck carrying tons of molasses overturned on Tuesday on Cairo-Alexandria road, but no casualties were reported. The accident happened as the driver lost control on the driving wheel, causing the vehicle to ....

  • Presidential decree for establishing Al Arish university

    Date: 2016-04-12 11:04:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:4703701

    CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree for the establishment of Al Arish university in Al Arish city of North Sinai. The decree rules that Suez University’s branch in Al Arish is to be cancelled and that its ....

  • Passenger arrested at Cairo airport over money smuggling attempt

    Date: 2016-04-12 10:45:21 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:4703593

    CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) - Cairo Airport authorities arrested on Tuesday an Egyptian passenger after trying to smuggle EGP 100,000 to Kuwait, an airport official said. The man was hiding the money in his luggage, the official added. Under ....

  • NGO completes human rights training workshop

    Date: 2016-04-12 06:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:7 - ID:4701893

    CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) - Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights, an NGO, concluded the third training workshop of a program aiming to train civil society organizations' cadres. The program, to be carried out in two phases in March-April and ....

  • Irrigation minister probes ministry’s planning sector projects

    Date: 2016-04-11 18:06:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:88 - ID:4700461

    CAIRO, April 11 (MENA) – Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati met Monday with officials at his ministry’s planning sector to probe a number of projects and events being carried out by the sector. The projects include ....

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