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  • 44,000 tons of wheat from Russia arrive to Alex. port

    Date: 2015-09-20 09:21:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:3385113

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 20 (MENA) - A ship coming from Russia loaded with 44,000 tons of wheat arrived to Alexandria Port Sunday. The cereal stock in the port reached 840,000 tons, Chairman of Alexandria Port Authority Abdel Qader Darwish said. ....

  • Nile river, fighting industrial pollution top priority - official

    Date: 2015-09-20 08:54:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:3384733

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Ali Abu Sedeira, adviser to the environment minister for technical affairs, said on Sunday the Nile river and fighting industrial pollution are the most important files being tackled by the Irrigation Ministry. Thermal ....

  • Port Said governor seeks intensified role by Azhar to combat extremism

    Date: 2015-09-19 20:25:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:106 - ID:3383501

    PORT SAID, Sept 19 (MENA) - A more active role by Al Azhar was urged by Port Said Governor Magdy Nasr Eddin to combat extremism among young people. Addressing a meeting with a delegation of the World Association For Al Azhar Graduates, Nasr Eddin ....

  • Funeral held for Gharbia officer killed in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-09-19 18:01:56 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:96 - ID:3382665

    TANTA, Egypt, Sept 19 (MENA) - Thousands of people in a village in Gharbia, north of Cairo, attended on Saturday the funeral of an army officer who was killed in North Sinai. Captain Ahmed Hussain Gouda was shot in a firefight with terrorists. He ....

  • Badr: gov't to do its best to hold fair, transparent elections

    Date: 2015-09-19 14:21:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:67 - ID:3380657

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr said the government will do its best to hold fair and transparent parliamentary elections, which is the last step in the roadmap. In press statements Saturday after being sworn ....

  • Civil service law statutes, new governors appointments under examination - PM

    Date: 2015-09-19 12:32:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:53 - ID:3380229

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said the statutes of the new civil service law and new governors' appointments are still under examination. At a press conference on Saturday, he underlined that "we have to respect the new ....

  • Local development minister burdened with legacy of urgent files

    Date: 2015-09-19 12:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:50 - ID:3380041

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - New Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr should work hard on several urgent issues topped by preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for October 17-18. Badr has to ensure securing electoral HQs ....

  • Sisi urges govt to act to control market

    Date: 2015-09-19 11:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:3379881

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Saturday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered the new government to act to control the market and stop price hikes. Speaking at a press conference following Sisi's meeting with the ....

  • Electricity minister pledges to continue working hard to serve Egypt

    Date: 2015-09-19 11:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:3379685

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker reiterated to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi that he would continue working hard to serve his nation. In statements to MENA after the new government was sworn in, Shaker said he will ....

  • Wheat reserves enough until early March, says minister

    Date: 2015-09-19 09:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:25 - ID:3378589

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Egypt's strategic stock of local and imported wheat is past safety levels, the supply minister said Saturday. Wheat reserves are enough to meet the needs of citizens until early March in 2016, Khaled Hanafy said. He ....

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