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North Sinai hit by heavy rain
Date: 2015-11-17 11:56:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:66 - ID:3748345
EL ARISH, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Heavy rains and thunder struck North Sinai on Tuesday causing traffic jams and affecting trade at various marketplaces. The governorate's operations room is following up the weather for fear of torrential ....
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Preparations to start restoration of Wadi Natrun monasteries
Date: 2015-11-17 11:38:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:3747769
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Preparations are underway to restore the archaeological monasteries in Beheira's Wadi Natrun. The archaeological commission in charge of assessing the damage caused to Beheira's Wadi Natrun archaeological monasteries has ....
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Health min. warns corrupt figures to be held accountable
Date: 2015-11-17 09:47:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:35 - ID:3746573
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – Health and Population Minister Ahmed Emad warned that any officials proven to be corrupt and have helped spoil the health system in Egypt will be held legally accountable. Speaking to MENA, the minister said he would not ....
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Aswan official denies collapse of rock blocks on houses in Edfu
Date: 2015-11-17 09:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:3746369
ASWAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - Head of Edfu Municipality of Aswan Sabri Mahmoud denied on Tuesday reports on the collapse of rock blocks on a number of houses in two villages of Edfu city. He asserted the fall of the large amounts of dust and sand due to ....
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Nutritional meals costing 900 pounds monthly at cooperatives - minister
Date: 2015-11-17 09:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:3746421
CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Cooperatives will offer as of next week meals of high nutritional value for a four-member family at 900 pounds monthly, the minister of supply said. During a meeting Tuesday with Chairman of Holding Company for Food ....
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Suez ports receive different cargo vessels
Date: 2015-11-17 09:30:42 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:30 - ID:3746349
SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) – A cargo vessel carrying 6,000 tons of butane gas arrived at Suez’s Zaytiyat Port from the Saudi Port of Yanbu. Port Tawfiq, meanwhile, received a vessel with 300 cars on board from Jeddah, spokesman of the Red Sea ....
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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 ....
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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) ....
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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 ....
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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 ....