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  • EGP 2.78 bln allocated to replace street lamps nationwide -- Min.

    Date: 2015-04-09 11:53:48 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:54 - ID:2344673

    CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) – Minister of Local Development Adel Labib said the ministry has allocated 2.78 billion pounds to replace street lamps nationwide. In statements on Thursday, Labib added that the lamps will be replaced with other lamps that ....

  • 4 Suez ports reopened after weather improved

    Date: 2015-04-09 08:50:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:26 - ID:2342925

    SUEZ, April 9 (MENA) – Four ports in Suez governorate were reopened on Thursday after an improvement in weather conditions. The reopened ports are Adibiya, Zaytiyat, Port Tawfiq and Ain Sokhna harbors, said spokesman for the Red Sea Port ....

  • 1 killed, 8 wounded in road collision in Sohag

    Date: 2015-04-09 05:02:08 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:3 - ID:2342053

    SOHAG, April 9 (MENA) - One man was killed and eight were wounded in a road collision between a truck and a microbus in Sohag early Thursday. The accident is blamed on the driver of the over-speedy microbus, who run away from the scene before the ....

  • PM says heavy fuel, cooking gas cylinder crisis now under control

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:14:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:2337053

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stressed that all follow up reports indicate that the crisis of heavy fuel and cooking gas cylinders is now under control. Mahlab, during the weekly cabinet meeting, gave orders to provide all ....

  • Electricity grids in Baer Abd replaced, renewed -- official

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:27:20 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:39 - ID:2329545

    ARISH, Egypt, April 7 (MENA) - Electricity grids in Baer Abd city have been replaced and renewed, municipality chairman Adly el Yamani said Tuesday. The replacement and renovation cost a total of five million pounds, Yamani said, noting that 60 ....

  • Yemen Crisis: 89 fleeing Egyptians arrive in Cairo

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:24:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:2330089

    CAIRO. April 7 (MENA) - Two flights carrying 89 Egyptians, who fled Yemen violence into Saudi Arabia, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, an aviation ministry source said. As many as 284 Egyptians were brought home from Jeddah so far, the source added. ....

  • Egypt, JICA sign deal to upgrade Gabal el Zeit power plant

    Date: 2015-04-07 11:47:01 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:2329405

    CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Electricity Ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed on Tuesday an agreement to upgrade Gabal el Zeit power plant, western Egypt, Chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company Ahmed el ....

  • 1 killed, 17 injured in S. Sinai road accident

    Date: 2015-04-07 07:56:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:7 - ID:2327601

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, April 7 (MENA) - A 33-year old man was killed and 17 others injured on Tuesday when their bus turned over on Ahmed Hamdy-Sharm el Sheikh road in South Sinai, a medical source said. Head of the ambulance service in South ....

  • Trade Union slams Tourah Cement for suspending production

    Date: 2015-04-06 22:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:161 - ID:2326841

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – The General Trade Union for Workers of Construction and Timber has slammed Tourah Portland Cement Company, which suspended production and blamed the laborers. In press statements on Monday, union chief Abdel Moneim el ....

  • Legalizing hashish threatens societal peace: Anti-addiction fund

    Date: 2015-04-06 21:46:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:156 - ID:2326801

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – The Drug Control and Addiction Treatment Fund of the Solidarity Ministry voiced on Monday its deep concern over recent calls to legalize the hashish trade in Egypt. "Legalizing hashish threatens the peace of the community ....

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