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  • Cairo schools bracing for new academic year

    Date: 2015-09-01 11:59:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:3265129

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Schools in Cairo are bracing for the start of a new academic year without delay, the governor has said. All measures have been taken for the new school year to start without obstacles or problems, Galal Saeid said ....

  • Cabinet denies resignation of education minister

    Date: 2015-09-01 10:23:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:3264049

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Cabinet Spokesman Ambassador Hossam Qaweesh denied reports circulated on social media networks on the resignation of education minister he has come under fire after refuting claims of forgery of answer papers by a Minya-born ....

  • Fishing in Gulf of Suez resumed after four-month hiatus

    Date: 2015-09-01 10:07:49 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:3263689

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 1 (MENA) - Fishing in the Gulf of Suez resumed on Tuesday after a four-month hiatus. In statements Tuesday, Bakry Abul Hassan, the head of Suez's fishermen syndicate, urged fishermen to increase production and avoid upping fish ....

  • HEC says former medical reports of parlt candidates valid after consulting health minister

    Date: 2015-09-01 09:23:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:22 - ID:3262989

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Higher Election Committee under Counselor Ayman Abbas said the former medical reports of candidates for the coming parliamentary elections could be valid after taking the opinion of the health minister to ease up measures for ....

  • Secondary school student with zero grade pleads for prosecutor general probe

    Date: 2015-09-01 07:11:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:7 - ID:3262613

    CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Secondary school student Mariam Malak - who got "zero" in her last year at school - filed an appeal with the prosecutor general's office to investigate her case. On Sunday, Acting Prosecutor-General Ali Omran decided to ....

  • Firefighters put out Shoubra el Kheima fire

    Date: 2015-08-31 20:23:37 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:105 - ID:3261921

    BANHA, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) – Firefighters in Qalubiya put out a fire that erupted at a plastics factory in Shoubra el Kheima earlier on Monday. The blaze continued for four hours before the civil defense forces managed to contain it. No ....

  • Mahlab reviews report on new roads network

    Date: 2015-08-31 19:08:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:94 - ID:3261485

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab hailed the progress made so far in implementing projects in the national roads network and maintenance works. He, meanwhile, underlined the need of abiding by security rules during ....

  • Fire engines of Armed Forces deployed to control fire in plastic factory in Shoubra el Kheima - governor

    Date: 2015-08-31 17:44:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:86 - ID:3261233

    BANHA, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) - Fire engines of the Armed Forces were deployed to control the fire which erupted at a plastics factory in Shoubra el Kheima, said Qalyubia Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher. No causalities or injuries were reported, he ....

  • No casualties in Shubra factory fire - official

    Date: 2015-08-31 17:29:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:3261177

    BANHA, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) - A factory neighboring another that was engulfed by fire on Monday has been evacuated, said the head of a Shubra district municipality. "The factory's evacuation was precautionary," said el-Sayyed Moussa. The fire ....

  • Prosecution detains citizen for kidnapping child in Alex.

    Date: 2015-08-31 16:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:76 - ID:3260765

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution decided to remand a citizen in custody for four days for kidnapping a child in Alexandria. The prosecution decided to hold the man in custody for four days pending investigations for ....

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