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  • 11 Brotherhood members arrested in Sharqiya over committing riot acts

    Date: 2016-01-03 16:39:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:4043385

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Jan 3 (MENA) - Security bodies in Sharqiya arrested Sunday 11 members of the terrorist Brotherhood group over charges of inciting riot acts and possessing leaflets and fireworks. The arrestees were wanted by the Prosecution for ....

  • President Sisi ordered to develop Lake Nasser: Aswan governor

    Date: 2016-01-02 22:22:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:105 - ID:4039109

    ASWAN, Jan 2 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued directives to develop Lake Nasser and to allocate a quota of the 1.5 million feddan project to Aswan to provide job opportunities for the youth, Aswan Governor Magdy Hegazi said on ....

  • 8.8M drug tablets smuggling foiled in Damietta

    Date: 2016-01-02 21:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:4039017

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – Damietta customs authorities on Saturday seized two containers coming from Lebanon with 8.8 million drug tablets inside. The authorities acted upon a tip-off from anti-narcotic department that an import and export company ....

  • Police officer killed in Sinai road accident

    Date: 2016-01-02 20:39:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:100 - ID:4038881

    ARISH, Jan 2 (MENA) – A police officer was killed on Saturday when a police armoured vehicle overturned during a manhunt in Central Sinai. The accident occurred in Hassna area after a tyre exploded, killing Major Ihab Lotfy. The body was moved ....

  • FEI welcomes industry minister decisions to regulate imports sector

    Date: 2016-01-02 18:01:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:85 - ID:4038353

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) on Saturday welcomed decisions issued by the industry minister to regulate the Egyptian imports sector. In a statement earlier in the day, the FEI expressed full support to such ....

  • Higher education minister meets Damietta officials

    Date: 2016-01-02 16:51:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:74 - ID:4038173

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Jan 2 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister Ashraf el Shehi met on Saturday with top education officials in Damietta. The minister said his ministry has a clear vision for developing technical education in the country to meet the ....

  • Water to be cut off in Fayyoum Sunday due to maintenance work

    Date: 2016-01-02 15:10:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:4036769

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Jan 2 (MENA) - The drinking water company in Fayyoum governorate announced that water supply will be cut off Sunday in Ibsheway, Itsa and Youssef El Seddik townships for eight hours due to maintenance work in a main line. The ....

  • Qaliobiya governor inspects water station in Qanater Khayriya

    Date: 2016-01-02 14:59:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:4036753

    BENHA, Egypt, Jan 2 (MENA) – Qaliobiya Governor Reda Farahat inspected on Saturday Qanater Kahyriya water station, ordering swiftly finalizing the compact water station in preparation for opening it. Mostafa Megahed, the chairman of the Qalyubia ....

  • Azhar mourns victims of Kafr el Sheikh sunken ferryboat

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:53:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:4036101

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – Azhar on Saturday mourned the victims of a ferryboat that sank in the Nile River in Kafr el Sheikh claiming the lives of 15 people. In a released statement, Azhar expressed condolences to the families of the victims. On ....

  • Funeral held for 3 victims of Kafr el Sheikh sunken boat

    Date: 2016-01-01 15:49:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:4032993

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) - Flocks of Beheira citizens on Friday attended a funeral for three persons who died after their ferryboat had sunken in the Nile River. On Thursday, the ferryboat, carrying 17 people, sank in the Nile River in ....

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