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  • 17 killed, wounded in car crash on ring road

    17 killed, wounded in car crash on ring road

    Date: 2016-01-16 06:46:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4122805

    At least six people have been killed and 11 more wounded in a car crash on the ring road in Mounib. A truck collided with a taxi and a micro bus before the three vehicles fell off the bridge overnight Saturday. Traffic police immediately acted ....

  • Egypt’s parliamentary elections: Setting record straight

    Egypt’s parliamentary elections: Setting record straight

    Date: 2016-01-15 15:39:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4120881

    On Sunday, January 10, Egypt’s new Parliament was sworn in, completing the final phase of the political “Road Map” envisioned by representatives of various Egyptian political currents. This is an important milestone for Egypt, after a period of ....

  • Sisi presides over National Defense Council meeting

    Sisi presides over National Defense Council meeting

    Date: 2016-01-14 09:02:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4111797

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided over a meeting of the National Defense Council on Thursday. The prime minister, the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, interior and finance, the Armed Forces chief of staff, intelligence and ....

  • Police denies unknown people behind underground train halt

    Police denies unknown people behind underground train halt

    Date: 2016-01-14 06:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4110821

    The interior ministry has denied reports that unknown elements brought underground (Metro) train movement in Cairo to a halt. "It was a technical malfunction that brought the train to a halt," said the media center of the ministry. The problem ....

  • Interior ministry reviews 10 new forced disappearance cases

    Interior ministry reviews 10 new forced disappearance cases

    Date: 2016-01-13 11:28:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4105897

    The Interior Ministry reviewed 10 new forced disappearance cases to refer reports to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) . The Interior Ministry underlined the importance of continuing cooperation between the ministry and the NCHR and ....

  • Cabinet holds weekly meeting

    Cabinet holds weekly meeting

    Date: 2016-01-13 10:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4105025

    The cabinet convened on Wednesday under Sherif Ismail to review a host of political, economic, social and security files. The talks tackled means of securing staple commodities at low price in lien with directives of President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • Sisi orders army teams to remove debris of Sharqiya's collapsed building

    Sisi orders army teams to remove debris of Sharqiya's collapsed building

    Date: 2016-01-13 07:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4103773

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, ordered army rescue teams Tuesday to join efforts exerted to remove debris of a collapsed building in Sharqiya. A heavy army's crane was sent to the area to help ....

  • Train derails in Giza after two explosions

    Train derails in Giza after two explosions

    Date: 2016-01-13 07:22:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4103765

    Two rail cars derailed Tuesday after two explosions were heard near el Blida town, Giza, an Interior Ministry official told MENA. In exclusive statements, the official clarified that the derailment happened immediately following the explosions, ....

  • Aswan-Cairo train traffic back to normal

    Aswan-Cairo train traffic back to normal

    Date: 2016-01-13 07:04:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4103657

    Train traffic along Cairo-Aswan railway line was back to normal early Wednesday after one carriage of a cargo train derailed in Kom Ombo, a source at the Railway Authority said. The train service was suspended for three hours until the derailed ....

  • Violence against women serious problem: Talawi

    Violence against women serious problem: Talawi

    Date: 2016-01-12 17:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4102169

    Chairman of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat el Talawi inaugurated a training course which targets 40 judges on combating violence against women. The event is held by the NCW in cooperation with the UN Development Program (UNDP) and ....

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