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  • Sandstorm hits Al Wadi Al Gadid governorate

    Date: 2015-09-09 11:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:3316561

    KHARGA, Egypt, Sept 9 (MENA) - Al Wadi Al Gadid governorate was hit by a sandstorm which caused low visibility on high roads. Al Wadi Al Gadid governor General Mahmoud Ashmawi said an operation room was formed to receive any reports on the impact ....

  • HEC approves division of 1st, 2nd constituencies in Qena, 7th in Cairo

    Date: 2015-09-09 10:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:3316233

    CAIRO, Sept 9 (MENA) - The Higher Election Committee on Wednesday approved the division of the first and second constituencies in Qena and the seventh constituency in Cairo according to Law No. 202 for year 2014 amended by Law No.88 for the year ....

  • 4 killed, injured in car accident in Beheira

    Date: 2015-09-09 10:16:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:27 - ID:3316221

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Sept 9 (MENA) - Three people died on Wednesday and one was injured in a car accident in Beheira. A car collided with truck on the Damanhour-Mahmoudiya road killing three people and injuring another. The bodies and the injured ....

  • Cabinet studying to allocate lands for development projects

    Date: 2015-09-09 08:45:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:3315237

    CAIRO, Sept 9 (MENA) - Local Development Minister Adel Labib said Wednesday the Cabinet is studying to allocate lands for development projects in order to provide better services for citizens. The Cabinet has already agreed to set aside portions ....

  • Illegally-built building demolished in Matariya

    Date: 2015-09-08 14:43:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:61 - ID:3311841

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - A 14-storey building in te Matariya district of Cairo has been demolished because it stood on state-owned land. The owner of the building, still under construction, had illegally put his hands on the piece of land in ....

  • Education minister mandates 4 ministry officials to chair 4 sectors

    Date: 2015-09-08 11:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:3310073

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Education Minister Moheb el Raafi has mandated a number of Ministry officials to chair offices in a number of Egyptian governorates. Hesham Abdel Men'em el Sengari will be chairman of the services sector at the Ministry's ....

  • Federation to develop Egypt launches initiative to plant trees in Sayeda Zainab area

    Date: 2015-09-08 11:52:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:35 - ID:3310069

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - A federation concerned with developing Egypt has launched an initiative to plant trees in the Sayeda Zainab district of Cairo. The initiative is part of a project meant to plant 50 million trees across Egypt, said Ahmed ....

  • 355 Egyptians back home from Libya within 24 hours

    Date: 2015-09-08 11:14:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:3309981

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – As many as 355 Egyptians have returned home from Libya over the past 24 hours, Matrouh Security Director Hisham Lotfi said. In statements Tuesday, Lotfi said that the number includes 275 legal returnees and 80 ....

  • Irrigation minister to assume agriculture portfolio following Helal resignation

    Date: 2015-09-08 08:01:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:13 - ID:3308053

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Minister of Irrigation Hossam Moghazi arrived at the premises of the agriculture ministry as he has been asked to serve as acting agriculture minister by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab in succession of resigned minister Salah ....

  • 6 killed, 2 injured in road accident in Suez

    Date: 2015-09-06 21:45:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:3300777

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 6 (MENA) - Six people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Suez. The accident occurred when two cars collided on the Cairo-Suez highway on Sunday. The injured were rushed to the Suez General Hospital and the ....

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