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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Four wounded in Beheira's road accident

    Date: 2015-08-07 12:10:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:35 - ID:3117809

    DAMANHOUR, Aug 7 (MENA) – Four people were wounded when two pick-up trucks collided in Beheira on Friday. The four were moved to a nearby hospital and an investigation was opened into the accident. (MENA) M S E/M A E ....

  • Aswan governor directs to host 267 tourists at hotel over delay in program

    Date: 2015-08-06 14:27:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:95 - ID:3113709

    ASWAN, Egypt, Aug 6 (MENA) - Aswan Governor Mostafa Yousry has directed to host 267 tourists at an Abu Simbel hotel due to the delay in the travel program because of a sand storm on Aswan-Abu Simbel road. The governor also asked Aswan Security ....

  • Qena security chief vows to continue combating terrorism

    Date: 2015-08-05 15:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:97 - ID:3107045

    QENA, Upper Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) - Terrorism seeking to shake the country's stability will be confronted until it is totally uprooted, said Qena security chief Salah el Din Hassan. In press statements on Wednesday, Hassan said that the Upper ....

  • Environment min: New Suez Canal "historic" achievement for coming generations

    Date: 2015-08-05 12:05:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:43 - ID:3103265

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy asserted that the New Suez Canal is "a historic achievement" for the coming generations, calling on Egyptians to see their national project on ground. In statements to MENA, Fahmy said the ....

  • 43 killed, wounded in bus crash on eastern desert road

    Date: 2015-08-05 12:03:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:3104325

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed and 37 others wounded in a bus crash on the eastern desert road in the direction of the Upper Egyptian city of Minya. Coming from Cairo, a public transport bus overturned ....

  • Cairo governor invites Egyptians to celebrate new Suez Canal inauguration

    Date: 2015-08-05 07:54:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:11 - ID:3102601

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Galal Mostafa Saeed called on Egyptians to take part in the nation-wide celebrations marking the inauguration of the new Suez Canal, terming this achievement as "historic" which proved the steadfastness and ....

  • Petroleum minister agrees to provide 2,000 tons of fuel oil to cement company

    Date: 2015-08-04 23:42:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:118 - ID:3101941

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail on Tuesday agreed to provide 2,000 tons of fuel oil to operate furnaces of two production lines of Tora Cement Company. Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahid Ashrie had asked the Petroleum ....

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