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Agriculture ministry gears up for Ramadan

Date: 2015-05-29 14:25:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:58 - ID:2690153

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - The Agriculture Ministry has provided 150 low-price foodstuff bags as part of its preparations for the holy month of Ramadan. An operations room has been formed to follow up prices of commodities. The room will also act ....

Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq dies at age of 58

Date: 2015-05-29 13:07:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:2689589

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq died on Friday at the age of 58. The veteran reporter, who served as a correspondent for the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in Yemen, Ramallah and Tunisia, joined the state-run news agency in 1981, ....

238 Egyptians back home from Libya via Salloum crossing

Date: 2015-05-29 12:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:46 - ID:2689449

MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, May 29 (MENA) - As many as 238 Egyptians have returned from Libya via Salloum crossing over the past 24 hours, said Marsa Matrouh Security Director General Anani Hamouda. In statements on Friday, he said 93 of the returnees ....

Fire at EgyptAir office in Cairo Airport put out

Date: 2015-05-28 22:05:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:130 - ID:2686985

CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) – Firefighters at Cairo International Airport on Thursday put out a fire that broke out in an EgyptAir office. A short circuit was blamed the fire, said a security source. No causalities were reported. (MENA) M I ....

Crisis between Journalists' Syndiacte, Zamalek Club over

Date: 2015-05-28 19:16:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:120 - ID:2686257

CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz on Thursday managed to end a crisis between the Syndicate of Journalists and Zamalek Sports Club Chairman Mortada Mansour. Earlier in the day, a delegation from Zamalek, under ....

Zagazig-Mansoura train movement back to normal

Date: 2015-05-28 11:40:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:2682777

ZAGAZIG, Egypt, May 28 (MENA) - The Zagazig-Mansoura train movement is back to normal, after three explosive devices were planted on the railway tracks by unidentified people on Thursday. The damage was fixed and sappers combed the area to make ....

Health minister meets father of martyred Military Academy student

Date: 2015-05-28 10:27:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:2681813

CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Health Minister Adel Adawy met on Thursday the father of martyr Mohamed Eid Abdel Nabi, the Military Academy student who was killed in the Kafr el Sheikh stadium blast. The minister told the father, who is suffering from ....

2 killed, 14 wounded in collision on Zafarna/Red Sea road

Date: 2015-05-28 08:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:16 - ID:2680881

SUEZ, May 28 (MENA) - Two people were killed and 14 others wounded in a collision on Zafarna/Red Sea road on Thursday. The wounded were taken to Suez hospital for treatment. The reason behind the crash between a travel bus and a private car ....

Fire at northwest coast power generator contained

Date: 2015-05-28 05:02:43 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:1 - ID:2680197

MARSA MATROUH, May 28 (MENA) - Civil defense forces put out a fire that broke out in a power generator in one of the tourist resorts along the northwest coast with no reports of casualties reported. High temperature and strong winds were behind ....

13 fires break out in Damietta due to high temperature

Date: 2015-05-27 19:27:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:149 - ID:2679061

DAMIETTA, Egypt, May 27 (MENA) – Thirteen fires broke out Wednesday in Damietta due to the increase in temperature. The civil protection troops managed to control the fires, with no casualties reported. (MENA) M I N/A S E ....