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  • Hurghada port closed over bad weather

    Date: 2015-04-23 13:20:38 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:84 - ID:2441509

    HURGHADA, Egypt, April 23 (MENA) - Hurghada Port authorities closed the harbor to navigation on Thursday due to bad weather. Wind reached 30 knots while waves three meters high, said spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rehim ....

  • Plan to observe environmental sites in North Coast - minister

    Date: 2015-04-23 12:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:2440953

    CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - The Head of the Regional Branches in the Environment Ministry Gamal el Saidy underlined that there is a plan to observe the environmental sites especially lakes in the North Coast; from Salloum to Rafah. El Saidy told ....

  • MB asset-management committee foils fund smuggling bid

    Date: 2015-04-23 12:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:65 - ID:2440553

    CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) – A committee assigned with freezing and running the assets of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group foiled a bid by the wife of a Moslem Brotherhood leader to smuggle $400,000. The wife of Ibrahim Ebeid, whose funds and ....

  • Cabinet official calls for recruiting youth as project managers

    Date: 2015-04-23 11:53:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:60 - ID:2440737

    CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - Ghada Labib, the head of the premier's office, called on Thursday for giving the youth a chance to serve as project managers during the coming period. Addressing a youth recruitment workshop, Labib said this move will ....

  • 6,000 tons of butane gas arrive at Zaytiat port

    Date: 2015-04-23 08:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:2438645

    SUEZ, Egypt, April 23 (MENA) - Suez's Zeiteyat port received Thursday a ship laden with 6,000 tons of butane gas. The ship came from the Saudi port of Yanbu. Also, Adabiya port has received a ship carrying 412 tons of electrical equipment and ....

  • Interior, health ministers lead mourners at policemen funeral

    Date: 2015-04-22 11:47:50 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:2433365

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Interior Minister General Mady Abdel Ghaffar and Minister of Health Adel Adawi led mourners at the funeral of two policemen killed at a terror attack in Cairo's district of Ain Shams. The funeral procession were held at ....

  • Water in Qena not affected by sunken phosphate tanker - local official

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:26:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:136 - ID:2428949

    QENA, April 21 (MENA) - Chairman of Qena's drinking water and sanitation company Hani Mahmoud Hamdi on Tuesday said water was not affected by a phosphate tanker that sank earlier in the day in the Nile within the governorate. Hamdi added that all ....

  • Environment ministry to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow

    Date: 2015-04-21 13:48:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:87 - ID:2426969

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - The Environment Ministry will celebrate the Earth Day Wednesday at Wadi Degla club in Maadi. A workshop and a cleanliness campaign will be held on the sidelines of the celebrations. The Earth Day is an annual event ....

  • 32 ships cross Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-21 13:46:15 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:84 - ID:2427121

    ISMAILIA, April 21 (MENA) - Thirty-two ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 1.791 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 25 vessels carrying 1.501 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included seven ....

  • Solar power future of Egypt's energy -- Expert

    Date: 2015-04-21 12:31:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:64 - ID:2424113

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - Renewable energy, namely solar power is the future of energy in Egypt, an adviser to the environment minister said. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, Hussein Abaza underscored the importance of adopting strategies of ....

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