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  • Traffic back to normal on Cairo-Qaliobiya highway

    Date: 2016-02-09 10:08:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:4278189

    BANHA, Egypt, Feb 9 (MENA) - Traffic on the Cairo-Qaliobiya highway was resumed only one hour after two road accidents in Tokh and Qaliob. A truck crashed into a cement block in Qaliob and another truck hit a tree on the roadside in Tokh, ....

  • Environment Ministry to cultivate house rooftops

    Date: 2016-02-09 09:50:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:4278789

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) – The Environment Ministry will carry out a project this year to cultivate the rooftops of houses in cooperation with civil societies, Chairman of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency Ahmed Abul Saud said. Speaking to ....

  • Sisi meets electricity min. over nuclear plant

    Date: 2016-02-08 13:21:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:4273137

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker on Monday to review the latest developments in negotiations with Russia over a final contract for establishing a nuclear energy plant in Dabaa. The ....

  • 5 killed, 38 injured in Beni Suef bus accident

    Date: 2016-02-08 10:14:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:4271533

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) – Five people were killed and 38 others injured in a bus accident this morning in Beni Suef on the speedway leading to Cairo, the Health Ministry said. The injuries varied from spinal fractures, concussions, body bruises and ....

  • Maya Morsi thanks Sisi for opening council's new premises

    Date: 2016-02-07 13:58:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:65 - ID:4266561

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - President of 0the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi extended thanks to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for inaugurating the NCW's new premises in Nasr City, as the first permanent and independent premises for the ....

  • Damietta port closed due to bad weather

    Date: 2016-02-07 12:47:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:4265933

    DAMIETTA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Damietta port was closed for safety of ships after wind velocity reachd 35 knots and wave height of 3 meters, according to Damietta Port Authority. There are 22 ships in the port including two container ships, grain ship ....

  • Dameitta port closed over bad weather -- Transport Ministry

    Date: 2016-02-07 08:24:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:15 - ID:4264249

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) – Transport Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Ibrahim said Damietta Port was closed on Sunday due to bad weather conditions. Wind velocity reached 35 knots with waves up to three meters high, he added. The decision was taken to ....

  • Governor denies spread of AIDS in Kafr el Sheikh hospital

    Date: 2016-02-06 19:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:106 - ID:4262845

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Feb 6 (MENA) - Kafr el Sheikh Governor el Sayed Nassr on Saturday denied media reports about spread of AIDS among dialysis patients in the governorate's general hospital. "These reports are false and baseless," the governor ....

  • Health min. suspends Tanta ophthalmology hospital head, 3 other doctors

    Date: 2016-02-05 21:20:11 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:101 - ID:4257633

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – Health Minister Ahmed Emad el Din Radi suspended on Friday the head of Tanta ophthalmology hospital and three other doctors after injecting seven diabetes patients with a material that led to deterioration in the patients' ....

  • Funeral of border guards officer held in Sharqia

    Date: 2016-02-05 15:53:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:4256281

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Feb 5 (MENA) – The funeral of a slain border guards’ officer, who was killed in the western borders, was held on Friday in his hometown of Sharqia governorate, northern Cairo. Captain Mahmoud Mohamed was killed on Thursday during ....

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