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  • 4 killed, 11 wounded in road accident across country

    Date: 2015-05-20 18:47:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:131 - ID:2631221

    CAPITALS OF GOVERNORATES, May 20 (MENA) – Four people were killed and 11 others injured in road accidents across the country on Wednesday. In Menoufia, a truck hit two people, claiming their lives. In Damanhour, a truck hit a motorbike, ....

  • Huge fire erupts in building in central Cairo

    Date: 2015-05-20 10:53:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:36 - ID:2627081

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - A huge fire erupted in a building on Sabtiya Street in central Cairo earlier Wednesday. Firefighters are acting to put out the flames in el Gomrok building. Twelve fire engines rushed to extinguish the blaze, said ....

  • 59 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-05-20 10:02:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:2626789

    ISMAILIA, May 20 (MENA) - Fifty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of about 3.14 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 24 vessels carrying 1.47 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 35 ships ....

  • Cabinet discusses number of political, security files

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:09:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:25 - ID:2626109

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA)- The Cabinet under Ibrahim Mahlab held its weekly meeting on Wednesday to discuss a number of political and security files. The meeting will review efforts to fight terrorism and restore order on streets. The meeting will ....

  • New development projects in Red Sea discussed

    Date: 2015-05-19 21:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:146 - ID:2624197

    HURGHADA, May 19 (MENA) – News development projects in the Red Sea were discussed Tuesday during a meeting of the Red Sea governor and ministers of housing and planning. Red Sea governor Ahmed Abdullah met Tuesday with Minister of Housing Mostafa ....

  • New power plant to reduce blackout - Qalubia governor

    Date: 2015-05-19 20:26:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:138 - ID:2624025

    BANHA, May 19 (MENA) – The inauguration of the new power plant in the Qalubia's city of Banha will reduce blackout in governorates, Qalubia's governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher said Tuesday. The new power plant is one of the major projects in Egypt, ....

  • Minister launches new waste collection system in Port Said

    Date: 2015-05-19 18:59:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:132 - ID:2623609

    PORT SAID, May 19 (MENA) – Minister of Urban Development and Slum Areas Laila Iskandar launched on Tuesday a new process for waste collection and segregation in Port Said. The new mechanism would be carried out by 17 companies in the canal ....

  • Education Minister says measures taken to prevent electronic cheating in Thanaweya Amma exams

    Date: 2015-05-19 14:11:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:78 - ID:2621169

    CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - Counting down to the Thanaweya Amma exams, the Education Ministry in Egypt has taken measures to prevent electronic cheating in all tests of the General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC). Moheb el Rafie, the Education ....

  • 13 farm workers injured in car accident in Beheira

    Date: 2015-05-19 09:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:2618529

    DAMANHUR, May 19 (MENA) - At least three farm workers were killed and 10 others injured when their vehicle over turned in a farm in Wadi el Natroun, Beheira governorate. Beheira Security Director General Mohammad Fathi Ismail said he received a ....

  • Suez mega culvert to be completed before opening of new canal – min.

    Date: 2015-05-18 15:59:06 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:2613929

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, May 18 (MENA) – A project is underway to construct a culvert to transfer Nile water beneath the new Suez Canal expansion. The project will be completed in early July before the inauguration of the new Suez Suez Canal scheduled on ....

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