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  • Petroleum min. says development projects target improving living conditions of Egyptians

    Date: 2016-01-17 15:42:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:80 - ID:4131965

    CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla said on Sunday that the development projects established currently by the State aims at improving living conditions of Egyptians. On the sidelines of the general assembly of the Egyptian ....

  • Fire at transmission tower in Cairo airport controlled

    Date: 2016-01-16 21:53:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:117 - ID:4128613

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) – Firefighters on Saturday put out a limited fire at a transmission tower in Cairo International Airport. A short circuit was blamed for the fire, according to initial investigations. (MENA) M M E/A R E ....

  • Daqhalia directorate denies bird flu death

    Date: 2016-01-16 15:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:4126725

    MASNOURA, Egypt, Jan 16 (MENA) – The Daqahlia Health Directorate denied some media reports that a patient died of bird flu. The directorate said there is no bird flu deaths in the governorate. Health Ministry Undersecretary in Daqahlia Saad ....

  • Attempt to smuggle cell phones at Borg el Arab airport foiled

    Date: 2016-01-16 14:50:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:4125665

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) – Customs authority at Borg el Arab Airport foiled an attempt of smuggling a big quantity of cell phones which are banned to be imported but with a permit from the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA). In statements ....

  • Health Ministry denies bird flu-death in Sharqia

    Date: 2016-01-16 14:16:29 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:66 - ID:4125553

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Jan 16 (MENA) – Health Ministry on Saturday denied media reports that a citizen has died of a bird flu in Sharqia governorate. The reports are completely false and groundless, said head of the preventive medicine department in ....

  • School in Beheira named after Sinai martyr

    Date: 2016-01-16 12:53:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:55 - ID:4125057

    DAMANHOUR, Jan 16 (MENA) – Beheira Governor Mohamed Sultan decided to name a primary school in Abu Homos city after martyr Abdullah Ibrahim Shokr who was killed in a terrorist attack against a checkpoint in Sheikh Zuwied in Sinai. The residents ....

  • 2 feddans of opium eradicated in S. Sinai

    Date: 2016-01-16 06:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:8 - ID:4122717

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) - South Sinai police have eradicated two feddans of opium in Wadi Firan area. A number of persons had been planting opium and storing it in the mountainous area before troops eradicated the two feddans. All legal measures ....

  • 17 killed, wounded in car crash on ring road

    Date: 2016-01-16 06:40:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:6 - ID:4122713

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed and 11 more wounded in a car crash on the ring road in Mounib. A truck collided with a taxi and a micro bus before the three vehicles fell off the bridge overnight Saturday. Traffic ....

  • Official engineer arrested over bribe in Assuit

    Date: 2016-01-15 18:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:83 - ID:4121805

    ASSUIT, Egypt, Jan 15 (MENA) - An engineer with a municipality in Assuit, south of Cairo, has been arrested by the administrative control authority over receiving a bribe of EGP100,000. The official, identified as Nadiya S., got the bribe from a ....

  • Suspected seasonal flu cases rise to 16 in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-01-15 13:41:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:4120013

    ARISH, Jan 15 (MENA) – The number of persons suspected of suffering from seasonal flu in North Sinai rose to 16, medics here reported Friday. A medical source said 16 people were admitted to Beir el Abd Hospital with seasonal flu ....

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