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  • Irrigation min. leads campaign to remove encroachement on Nile River in Damietta

    Date: 2015-06-07 09:21:04 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:2744757

    DAMIETTA, June 7 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazy and Damietta Governor Ismail Abdel Hamid led a large-scale campaign to remove encroachment on the River Nile banks in the governorate. As many as 1,016 fish cages ....

  • Beni Suef lawyers stage strike upon Bar Association call

    Date: 2015-06-06 21:29:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:121 - ID:2743481

    BENI SUEF, June 6 (MENA) - Lawyers in Beni Suef staged a strike on Saturday upon a call from their Bar Association in Cairo in protest against "police breaches". "The association will combat these irresponsible practices by some policemen against ....

  • Cabinet to sponor conference on preparing national strategy to combat human trafficking, terrorism

    Date: 2015-06-06 13:07:59 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:2740709

    CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Saturday received Head of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Human Trafficking and Assistant Justice Minister for Human Rights Councilor Medhat Bassiouny who submitted to the ....

  • 200 detained students to have Thanaweya Amma exams

    Date: 2015-06-05 16:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:85 - ID:2736561

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) – Procedures are over for 200 detained students to have their Thanaweya Amma exams, said a top official with the Egyptian Interior Ministry Friday. The Thanaweya Amma exams will be held in six prisons across the country, ....

  • 18 houses catch fire in Assiut

    Date: 2015-06-04 15:34:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:79 - ID:2730717

    CAPITALS OF GOVERNORATES, Egypt, June 4 (MENA) – A huge fire erupted in 18 houses in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut with no casualties reported. Civil defense forces rushed to the scene and contained the flames. Twenty heads of cattle died in ....

  • Transport min. inspects Wadi el Natroun-Alamein road

    Date: 2015-06-04 11:02:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:2728205

    CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hany Dahy visited on Thursday Wadi el Natroun-Alamein road to follow up the workflow there. In statements, Dahy said a decision was taken to seal off a side lane of the road to overcome obstacles facing ....

  • Huge fire at company store in Qalubiya controlled

    Date: 2015-06-03 20:49:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:160 - ID:2725577

    BANHA, Egypt, June 3 (MENA) – Qalubiya Civil protection troops on Wednesday controlled a huge fire erupted at the store of a company for motorcycles in the province's district of Qalioub. Upon a tip-off, fire engines rushed to the scene to ....

  • Two fires in New Valley, Suez controlled

    Date: 2015-06-03 19:00:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:143 - ID:2725049

    KHARGA, SUEZ, June 3 (MENA) – Civil protection troops on Wednesday controlled two fires in New Valley and Suez governorates. In New Valley, a fire broke out in palm plantations in the governorate's district of Dakhla. In Suez, a fire broke ....

  • PM renews tenure of cabinet's secretary general

    Date: 2015-06-03 16:13:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:108 - ID:2723849

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued a decision on Wednesday renewing the tenure of Amr Abdel Moneam as Secretary General of the Cabinet. The one-year term will be effective as of this month. (MENA) M I E/M O H ....

  • Tellawi underlines importance of revitalizing joint Arab action

    Date: 2015-06-03 13:36:14 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:2721329

    ALEXANDRIA, June 3 (MENA) - Director General of the Arab Woman Organization (AWO) Mervat Al Tellawi has underlined the importance of reviving joint Arab action through women involvement in all aspects of life in the various Arab ....

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