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  • 11 killed, injured in road car accidents in Sohag

    Date: 2016-03-23 08:51:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:4569297

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, March 23 (MENA) - Three people were killed and eight others injured in two traffic accidents in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. The first accident happened when a hearse overturned as the driver lost control on the driving ....

  • 4 investors interested in river taxi project

    Date: 2016-03-22 10:48:21 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:4560801

    CAIRO, March 22 (MENA) – Four investors have gotten bid requirements documents for the river taxi project, Transport Ministry spokesman Ahmed Ibrahim said. Transport Minister Saad el Geyoushi had asked businesspersons across Egypt to invest in ....

  • New administrative capital to be most advanced - official

    Date: 2016-03-20 19:12:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:4551185

    CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) – Egypt is keen to establish a new administrative capital more advanced than others built around the world, Chairman of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Kamel el Wazir said. During a press conference held jointly with ....

  • Sisi probes social housing, slums development projects

    Date: 2016-03-20 17:47:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:4551189

    CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting with Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Chairman of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Kamel el Wazir on Sunday. The president reviewed the resumption of social housing ....

  • Minya governor meets Japanese delegation on education cooperation project

    Date: 2016-03-19 18:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:83 - ID:4544649

    MINYA, Egypt, March 19 (MENA) – Minya Governor Tarek Nasr met on Saturday with Japanese culture attaché in Cairo Hideaki Yamamoto and supervisor of the Egyptian-Japanese Educational Cooperation project Masayuki Akutsu. The meeting aimed at ....

  • 2 ports closed over bad weather

    Date: 2016-03-19 17:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:4544265

    SUEZ, Egypt, March 19 (MENA) – The Transport Ministry closed on Saturday Ain Sokhna and Nuweiba ports due to bad weather. The ports were closed as wind speed reached 28 knots and waves are very high, Red Sea Ports Authority Spokesman Abdel Rahim ....

  • Fire in Cairo's Bab Ash Shaareyah building contained

    Date: 2016-03-18 13:07:18 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:4536697

    CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) - A huge fire broke out in three-storey building in Bab Ash Shaareyah in Cairo, said director of Cairo Civil Defense Gamal Halawa. Fire squads rushed to the scene and put out the flames before extending to neighboring ....

  • Syndicate of Journalists defers general assembly meeting

    Date: 2016-03-18 12:01:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:33 - ID:4536337

    CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) - The Syndicate of Journalists decided on Friday to postpone a meeting of its general assembly until April 1 as the needed quorum was incomplete. under the law, the quorum is 25 percent of the syndicate members. Of all ....

  • Iron shipment arrives at Alex. port from Brazil

    Date: 2016-03-17 11:23:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:4530421

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 17 (MENA) - A ship carrying 45,000 tons of scraps of iron arrived at Alexandria Port from Brazil on Thursday, said the port's spokesman Reda el Ghandour. The shipment was unloaded smoothly after finalizing all customs ....

  • Alex governor urges forming Parl't committee to handle garbage problem

    Date: 2016-03-17 09:19:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:4528441

    ALEXANDRIA, March 17 (MENA) – Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher on Thursday suggested forming a committee comprising legislators of the Parliament to deal with the rubbish problem and set conditions for selecting a new company for garbage ....

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