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Damietta strait closed due bad weather
Date: 2016-01-01 14:16:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:4032237
DAMIETTA, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) – Damietta port authority closed the strait linking the Nile River with the Mediterranean Sea before fishing boats Friday as the port city was hit by strong rains and winds. The winds disrupted the transportation and ....
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EGP 10,000 to be paid to families of sunken ferryboat victims - governor
Date: 2016-01-01 14:03:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:4032249
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Jan 1 (MENA) - Kafr el Sheikh Governor Major General Sayed Ibrahim Nasr on Friday ordered the payment of EGP 10,000 to families of each of the 15 persons who drowned when their ferryboat capsized in the Nile River on Thursday. Each ....
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Kafr el Sheikh sunken ferryboat "not owned" by transport ministry: official
Date: 2016-01-01 12:33:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:4031825
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 1 (MENA) – The ferryboat that sank in the Nile River in Kafr el Sheikh on Thursday is not owned by the Transport Ministry, said a well-placed official on Friday. In statements earlier in the day, head of the River ....
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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 ....
