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  • 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 ....

  • 1,050 plots of land to be allocated as sale outlets in Dakahlia

    Date: 2015-12-15 21:43:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:115 - ID:3934677

    MANSOURA, Egypt, Dec 15 (MENA) - Dakahlia governor Hossam el Din Imam on Tuesday issued directives to local officials to provide 1,050 plots of land in all cities in the province for youths and low-income people to establish outlets for the sale of ....

  • Al Azhar Imam accepts resignation of university president

    Date: 2015-12-15 13:15:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:3932353

    CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azar Ahmed el Tayyeb accepted Tuesday the resignation of Al Azhar University President Abdel Hai Azab after a court ruling denying him extension in his position till the age of 65. Tayyeb appointed deputy ....

  • Egypt railways take measures to fight fare dodging

    Date: 2015-12-15 07:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:7 - ID:3928985

    CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – The Egyptian National Railways will activate a law on railway travel in a bid to counter the rising offence of ticket evasion. ENR set up 30 ticket-selling kiosks in main train stations and erected gates on platforms to ....

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