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  • 8 ramshackle houses evacuated in Assiut

    Date: 2015-09-20 21:18:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:115 - ID:3389445

    ASSIUT, Sept 20 (MENA) - Assiut Governor Yasser Al-Dessouki has ordered the evacuation of eight houses in a neighborhood, west of Assiut, after a house has cracked in the area. The governor called for speeding up a report of ramshackle building ....

  • Housing min. discuss development work in number of slums

    Date: 2015-09-20 11:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:3385621

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) – Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli held on Sunday a meeting with slums development officials to discuss development work in a number of slums. The meeting also tackled the organizational structure of a 811-million-pounds ....

  • PM: Eidul Adha vacation 5 days as of Wednesday

    Date: 2015-09-20 10:17:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:33 - ID:3385793

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced that Eidul Adha vacation will be five days as of Wednesday for the employees in the ministries and governmental bodies. The vacation will end on Sunday. The decision also ....

  • Four wounded in Azhar house fire

    Date: 2015-09-20 10:12:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:3385601

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Four people were wounded when a house and a number of nearby shops caught fire in Al Azhar district downtown Cairo on Sunday, the Health Ministry said. One of the wounded sustained a foot fracture and the other eye ....

  • 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 ....

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