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  • 23 injured as bus overturns in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-04-18 09:12:52 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:28 - ID:2402485

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, April 18 (MENA) - At least 23 people were injured Saturday when their bus overturned and six vehicles crashed into it on Abu-Hamad-el Abbasa road in Sharqiya governorate. Security leaders rushed to the scene. Initial ....

  • Higher Education min. pays visit to New Suez Canal project

    Date: 2015-04-16 12:26:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:72 - ID:2391297

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, April 16 (MENA) – Higher Education Minister El Sayed Abdel Khaleq visited on Thursday the site of the New Suez Canal project. The minister was accompanied by a number of university presidents and medicine faculties' ....

  • Giza governorate seeks eradication of illiteracy of one million citizens within two years -- Governor

    Date: 2015-04-16 12:25:10 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:70 - ID:2390909

    Giza, April 16 (MENA) – Giza governorate seeks to eradicate the illiteracy of one million Egyptians within two years, Giza Governor Khaled Zakaria said on Thursday. This came during a honoring ceremony in which the governor honored eight NGOs ....

  • Database to be prepared about NGOs in governorate - official

    Date: 2015-04-16 11:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:2391385

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Galal Moustafa Said underlined the importance of cooperation between civil society represented by the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with the government's executive apparatuses so as to implement ....

  • Ashraf chief urges Egyptians to support leadership to confront terrorism

    Date: 2015-04-16 10:54:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:2390237

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) – Head of the Syndicate of Ashraf in Egypt Mahmoud el Sharif called on Egyptians to support Egypt's leadership in order to confront all forms of terrorism. In a press release on Thursday, Sharif said terrorism will not be ....

  • Higher education minister calls for linking university education to labor market

    Date: 2015-04-15 13:26:12 GMT - France - Local - SN:63 - ID:2383817

    PARIS, April 15 (MENA) - Egyptian Higher Education Minister el Sayyed Abdel Khaleq has pressed for linking university education to the labor market. This, and technical education, should be a top priority issue in the current stage of ....

  • 2 schools named after martyrs in Fayyoum

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:47:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:52 - ID:2384513

    FAYYOUM, Upper Egypt, April 15 (MENA) - Fayyoum governor Wael Makram has decided to name two primary schools in the Upper Egyptian city after martyrs Shaaban Farag and Abdel Hakim Mahmoud, who fell victim to black terrorism in Sheikh Zuwaid. The ....

  • NCW calls for increasing seats of women candidates in parliament

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:38:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:49 - ID:2384037

    CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - The National Council for Women (NCW) has called for increasing the number of seats allocated for women candidates in the coming parliament. The women's quota should be maintained during the coming parliamentary elections, ....

  • Damietta port receives 9 vessels

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:2378513

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, April 14 (MENA) - Damietta port received on Tuesday nine vessels, including a container vessel and eight cargo ships, spokesperson for Damietta Port Authority Mamdouh Al Sheity said. A ship loaded with 63,000 tons of wheat sailed ....

  • Grains stock at Alex. port hits 1.128m tons

    Date: 2015-04-14 11:56:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:29 - ID:2376025

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, April 14 (MENA) - Two Russian ships carrying 126,000 tons of wheat and two ships hoisting the flags of Ukraine and carrying 82,000 tons of corn arrived on Tuesday at Alexandria Port, the port head said. Abdel Qader Darwish ....

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