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  • 7 killed, injured in two car accidents in Sohag

    Date: 2015-11-17 08:22:19 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:19 - ID:3746161

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Six people were killed and one was wounded in two car accidents in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. A microbus overturned as the driving wheel spinned out of control, leaving behind three people dead and ....

  • Several train routes back to service after 5-year halt

    Date: 2015-11-17 06:23:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:2 - ID:3745681

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – A number of trains have been back to service after renovations following a five-year suspension, the Transport Ministry said. The re-operated routes include: Manashy-Cairo (30 trips daily), Tanta-Zagazig (20 trips daily) ....

  • EGP150-mln plan underway to improve 3 hospitals in Qena

    Date: 2015-11-16 21:52:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:120 - ID:3745285

    QENA, Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - Qena's Undersecretary of the Health Ministry Ayman Khadari on Monday inspected a local hospital that is being renovated within a plan to develop three hospitals in the governorate at a total cost of over EGP 150 million ....

  • Interior min. leaves for Sharm el Sheikh for cabinet meeting

    Date: 2015-11-16 21:31:16 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:119 - ID:3745237

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar left here on Monday en route to Sharm el Sheikh to attend a cabinet meeting, a security source told MENA. The minister is planned to inspect security services in the resort city ....

  • Bad weather, heavy rains hit Gharbiya

    Date: 2015-11-16 20:49:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:114 - ID:3745113

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - Gharbiya witnessed on Monday a wave of bad weather and heavy rains in several parts of the Lower Egypt governorate. Rainwater piled up in main streets and squares, halting traffic. Gharbiya Governor Said Mostafa ....

  • WB to fund sewage project in Kafr Sheikh

    Date: 2015-11-16 20:44:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:112 - ID:3744973

    KAFR ELSHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - The World Bank will fund a sewage project for 21 villages in the Delta city of Kafr El Sheikh, said Governor Osama Hamdi Abdel Wahed. The project will cost 255 million pounds, Hamdi said during a meeting with ....

  • Civil Status Organization new offices open in five governorates

    Date: 2015-11-16 13:58:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:3741225

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) – The Ministry of Interior opened five branches of the Civil Status Organization in Suez, Ismailia, Aswan, Damietta and Beheira governorates. The step comes as part of efforts to better facilitate government services to the ....

  • Heavy rains pound Behira governorate

    Date: 2015-11-16 12:56:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:3741041

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - Heavy rains lashed Behira governorate on Monday, accompanied by winds and moderate temperature. Puddles of water formed under bridges, in tunnels and on main roads in the different areas in the governorate, ....

  • Agriculture min. reduces prices of products by 20%

    Date: 2015-11-16 12:35:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:3740637

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Essam Fayed underlined the need of reducing the prices in order to ease the burdens on citizens. Upon a call from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the ministry exerted efforts to ....

  • Borolos port closed due to bad weather

    Date: 2015-11-16 11:03:55 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:3740393

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Nov 16 (MENA) - Borolos fishing port in Kafr el Sheikh was closed due to bad weather. The high wave levels forces the port closure to guarantee safety of fishing boats, head of the port Yousri el Desouki said in statements ....

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