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Death toll of Kafr el Sheikh ferry accident rises to 15
Date: 2016-01-01 12:26:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:4031821
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) - Fifteen bodies were pulled out of water after a ferryboat carrying 17 people sank in the Nile River in the Delta city of Kafr el Sheikh earlier Friday, a well-placed source said. Two people were injured in ....
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Two people arrested over planting IEDs in Minya
Date: 2015-12-31 19:09:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:88 - ID:4029237
MINYA, Dec 31 (MENA) - Two young men were nabbed Thursday over planting suspicious devices in vital places in Minya to cause panic among residents in the Upper Egyptian governorate. The two teenagers created bomb-like devices and placed them in ....
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State Property Protection Agency chief in Minya in custody for 4 days
Date: 2015-12-31 18:59:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:86 - ID:4029389
MINYA, Dec 31 (MENA) – Head of State Property Protection Agency in Minya was held in prison for four days pending investigations. The suspect is accused of forgery in official documents and private contracts of state lands. Acting upon ....
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Suspected bird flu patient dies in Sohag
Date: 2015-12-31 15:29:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:65 - ID:4028325
SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Dec 31 (MENA) – A woman, suspected to have contracted bird flu or H5N1 virus, died in a fever hospital in Sohag on Thursday. The woman, a 46-year-old housewife from Tahta town, had cold symptoms and a high temperature last ....
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Environment ministry to carry out anti-pollution projects – min.
Date: 2015-12-30 10:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:4019637
CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) – Several projects on reducing air pollution will be carried out in 2016, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said. Among the projects is converting two-stroke motorcycles into one-stroke in addition to replacing old microbuses ....
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Firefighters bring Alex. oil company fire under control
Date: 2015-12-30 08:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:4019073
CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) – Civil defense forces extinguished a fire that erupted at an oil company in Alexandria's Sidi Gaber district, the Interior Ministry said. The blaze at Amreya Petroleum Refining Company left 6 company vehicles charred and ....
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Mansoura Univ. denies preventing jailed students from attending exams
Date: 2015-12-30 08:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:4018933
MANSOURA, Egypt, Dec 29 (MENA) - The Mansoura University denied media reports alleging preventing jailed students from attending exams at prison. Jailed students can perform their theoretical exams at prison, but practical exams will be delayed ....
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TV host Tawfik Okasha suspended from TV for 3 months
Date: 2015-12-29 18:47:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:4017521
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – The board of the Egyptian Media Free Zone decided to suspend TV host Tawfik Okasha's Masr El Youm (Egypt today) show on Al-Faraeen channel for three months. The zone's board also banned Okasha from appearing on the channel ....
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PM inspects social housing units in Badr City
Date: 2015-12-29 10:09:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:4013317
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail visited Tuesday a number of social housing units established by the Housing Ministry and Cairo governorate in Badr City, 45km east of Cairo. A number of units have been delivered in the past ....
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2 killed, 8 injured in road accident in Sharqiya
Date: 2015-12-28 10:51:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:4007157
CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – Two persons were killed and eight others seriously injured, all from the same family, after the vehicle they were taking overturned on the Cairo-Belbis speedway. The 10 were riding a truck on their way to Sharqiya to attend ....
