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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • January pensions to be paid earlier in month over Mualed el Nabawi, Christmas

    Date: 2015-12-28 09:12:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:4006465

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Walli said January pensions would be paid on day 3 instead of day 10 on the occasion of Mualed el Nabawi and Christmas. This goes for pensioners that get their money from postal offices, ....

  • 13 people injured in smithy fire in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-12-27 21:21:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:116 - ID:4005081

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - Thirteen people suffered burns in a huge fire that broke out in a smithy in Sharqiya on Sunday. A gas cylinder exploded at the smithy, causing the huge fire. Firefighters put out the blaze before it extends to ....

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