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  • 576 passengers arrive at Nuweiba Port

    Date: 2015-05-08 17:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:87 - ID:2545901

    EL TUR, Egypt, May 8 (MENA) - As many as 576 passengers, including 221 pilgrims, have arrived at Nuweiba Port over the past 24 hours. Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Moustafa said that 52 trucks, five pilgrimage buses and ....

  • 14 houses burned in fire in Sohag

    Date: 2015-05-08 16:41:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:78 - ID:2545761

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, May 1 (MENA) – Civil defense troops managed on Friday to control a fire that burnt 14 houses in Nazlet Emara of Tahta township in Sohag governorate. No casualties were reported. A probe was launched. (MENA) M M E/M A E ....

  • 1 person killed in Behira car accident

    Date: 2015-05-08 12:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:2544209

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, May 8 (MENA) - One person was killed when a train collided with a truck in the city of Behira. The truck was crossing the railway barrier at Badr Station when it was hit by a cargo train bound for Cairo. The body of Mohamed Ahmed ....

  • NCHR calls for releasing students detained without conviction

    Date: 2015-05-07 15:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:81 - ID:2539761

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) – The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called for the release of students detained without a conviction ruling. The council held a monthly meeting Thursday to discuss a number of files related to its activities. It ....

  • Gov't seeks to apply full decentralization -- PM

    Date: 2015-05-07 13:18:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:59 - ID:2538101

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said his government seeks to apply full decentralization as part of its overall reform policy. Mahlab was speaking on Thursday during a meeting with governors. He asserted that corruption ....

  • Govt working on removing obstacles at model village – min.

    Date: 2015-05-07 12:54:05 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:56 - ID:2538397

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) – The government is keen on removing any obstacles facing the transformation of a village in Ismailia into a model for youths village under the national one-million-feddan reclamation project, Agriculture Minister Salah Eddin ....

  • Min.: Vegetables, fruits price at cooperatives down by 20%

    Date: 2015-05-07 11:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:47 - ID:2537565

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) – Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy decided on Thursday to reduce prices of vegetables and fruits by 20% at all cooperatives, wholesale companies and outlets of the Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC). The aim behind the ....

  • NUCA puts out 4 new public biddings in 4 new cities

    Date: 2015-05-07 10:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:42 - ID:2537341

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) will put out during the coming two days four new public tenders in four new cities. This comes within an overall plan that aims to develop the new cities, Kamal Fahmy, Vice ....

  • PM chairs governors' meeting

    Date: 2015-05-07 10:51:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:41 - ID:2537261

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab chaired on Thursday a governors' meeting to discuss a number of domestic issues. During the meeting, the premier stressed the importance of providing supply commodities and meeting the basic ....

  • PM directs supply min. to introduce price controls on food commodities

    Date: 2015-05-07 10:30:36 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:35 - ID:2536777

    CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab directed Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy to work on introducing price controls on food commodities especially vegetables and poultry after some commodities price hike during the last few days. In ....

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