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121,000 tons of wheat arrive at Alexandria harbor
Date: 2015-08-09 09:39:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:3126337
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 9 (MENA) - Alexandria harbor on Sunday received two vessels carrying 121,000 tons of wheat coming from Russia. Head of Alexandria Harbor Authority General Abdel Qader Darwish said the cargo of the two vessels have been ....
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29 injured with heat exhaustion in Saturday heat wave
Date: 2015-08-09 09:25:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:20 - ID:3126121
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) – A total of 29 persons were hit by heat exhaustion due to the heat wave that stroke Egypt on Saturday, Health Ministry said on Sunday. No fatalities were reported, the ministry further said. In a press release, Health ....
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Interior minister thanks police troops which secured Suez Canal celebrations
Date: 2015-08-09 09:24:28 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:3126109
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar sent a cable of thanks to police commanders, officers and conscripts who exerted their utmost efforts to secure the country's celebrations of inaugurating the new Suez Canal. In his ....
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Traffic department: Landslides at ring road forces traffic route changes
Date: 2015-08-09 08:12:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:3125657
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - A sudden landslide on the ring road has forced route changes and traffic congestion. In statements on Sunday, Head of the General Administration of Traffic General Magdy Ezzedline said routes in the areas adjacent to Giza ....
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Person killed, 8 injured in Beheira tanker blast
Date: 2015-08-08 20:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:77 - ID:3124901
CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) - A person was killed and eight others where injured when a tanker went on fire in Beheira, a security source said. Sparks volatilized from a chainsaw at a maintenance workshop leading to an explosion of the tanker, the source ....
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Supreme culture council chief dismisses 'unfounded' remarks
Date: 2015-08-08 18:45:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:73 - ID:3124521
CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Supreme Culture Council chief Mohamed Badran dismissed on Saturday reports that quoted him as saying that "there is no place now for old officials." "I appreciate and respect all members of the council's committees for their ....
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Rice harvest season kicks off in Kafr El Sheikh: agriculture ministry
Date: 2015-08-08 17:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:3124297
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Aug 8 (MENA) – The agriculture department in the Nile delta governorate of Kafr El Sheikh on Saturday said that the rice harvest season in the governorate has kicked off. In statements earlier in the day, Undersecretary of ....
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5 workers killed in fire at foodstuffs factory in Shobra el Khima
Date: 2015-08-08 12:17:45 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:3122341
BANHA, Egypt, Aug 8 (MENA) – Five laborers were killed Saturday in a huge fire at a starch and glucose factory in Shobra el Khima in Qalubiya. The fire was due to a blast in one of the boilers in the factory. Civil protection forces rushed to ....
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Police official inspects security measures at Cairo airport
Date: 2015-08-07 14:06:00 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:3118521
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Tareq Fat'hi, Cairo airport's police chief, inspected security measures at the airport on Friday as international dignitaries who attended the inauguration of the New Suez Canal were ready to depart. Fat'hi also inspected ....
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Huge fire guts carton factory in 10th of Ramadan city; no casualties reported
Date: 2015-08-07 13:20:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:45 - ID:3118293
ZAGAZIG, Aug 7 (MENA) – A huge fire broke out at a carton factory in the 10th of Ramadan City, causing losses worth millions of pounds. There were no casualties reported, Sharqiya's police chief Khaled Yahia said Friday. He said 33 fire trucks ....
