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  • Fire at garments exhibition in Banha doused

    Date: 2015-12-19 08:32:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:3955917

    BANHA, Egypt, Dec 19 (MENA) - Civil defense forces put out a fire that erupted at a garments exhibition in el Qanater el Khairiya area. No casualties were reported. Firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading into adjacent buildings. ....

  • Culture minister mourns death of ex-minister Babran

    Date: 2015-12-18 19:50:23 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:109 - ID:3954805

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam mourned former health minister Ibrahim Badran who died earlier Friday. The minister offered condolences to the family of the late scientist who was the president of Institut d’Egypte. ....

  • Azhar, Dar al-Ifta mourn ex-health minister Ibrahim Badran

    Date: 2015-12-18 19:22:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:3954773

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) – Al Azhar mourned on Friday former health minister Ibrahim Badran. Badran was also member of Al Azhar Supreme Council and Azhar Islamic Research Academy. In a press release, Azhar offered its condolences to the family of ....

  • Education, health top priority for President Sisi: Minister

    Date: 2015-12-18 18:25:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:94 - ID:3954521

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Dec 18 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gives top priority to the education and health sectors, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Ashraf el Shehy said on Friday. "Improving education and health services is a ....

  • Sisi delegates senior officers for condolences

    Date: 2015-12-18 17:52:18 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:87 - ID:3954493

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday delegated senior officers to offer condolences over the death of public figures. The delegates conveyed Sisi's condolences to the families of the deceased. (MENA) M S H/A H E ....

  • 6 MB members in custody for further 15 days in Mansoura

    Date: 2015-12-17 21:55:30 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:130 - ID:3950205

    MANSOURA, Dec 17 (MENA) – Mansoura prosecutors ordered Thursday to remand six Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in custody for further 15 days pending investigations into charges of instigating violence and joining a terrorist group. . The son of ....

  • Transportation Ministry: Construction work in Wadi al Natroun-Alamein road ends in January

    Date: 2015-12-17 11:15:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:3945645

    CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) – Transportation Ministry said on Thursday that construction work along Wadi al Natroun-Alamein road will be finalized in January 2016. In a press release, the ministry said the 135-km road consists of six lanes at a cost of ....

  • Sohag Nile water devoid of impurities - Health ministry

    Date: 2015-12-17 08:43:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:25 - ID:3944157

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Dec 17 (MENA) – Nile water samples taken from Awlad Yehia and Awlad Rashid villages in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag were tested and proved to be fit for human consumption and devoid of impurity or petroleum substances' ....

  • Expected train delays over ongoing maintenance works

    Date: 2015-12-16 09:06:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:3936729

    CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Trains are expected to be delayed on Wednesday between 15 to 45 minutes behind schedule due to underway maintenance, the Transport Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said delays are prompted by the ongoing ....

  • Transport Ministry cancels some train services over low occupancy

    Date: 2015-12-16 07:11:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:9 - ID:3936245

    CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Transport Ministry decided on Wednesday to cancel some railway lines due to low occupancy rates and weak profits coming from them. In a statement, ministry spokesman Ahmed Ibrahim said the timetable of canceled services ....

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