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  • No national reconciliation before accountability – min.

    No national reconciliation before accountability – min.

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:09:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2706801

    National reconciliation cannot be achieved before accountability and can only happen under the people’s consensus, Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim el Henedi said. During a press conference Monday, Henedi said he does not mind national ....

  • 22 defendants sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on violence charges

    22 defendants sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on violence charges

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2706769

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Monday 22 defendants to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fined them 20,000 pounds on charges of violence. The court also placed them under state parole supervision for an additional five years. Seven other ....

  • Housing Ministry agrees to increase lot coverage of public schools

    Housing Ministry agrees to increase lot coverage of public schools

    Date: 2015-06-01 10:18:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2706269

    Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli had agreed to increase the maximum lot coverage of public schools from 30 to 35%, Education Minister Moheb el Rafei said. The decision was taken after the education minister had sent a letter to the housing ....

  • 1 killed, 10 wounded in road accident in Zafarna

    1 killed, 10 wounded in road accident in Zafarna

    Date: 2015-06-01 09:46:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2705965

    One person was killed and 10 were wounded in an accident on Zafarna-Koraimat road on Monday. A truck carrying a number of workers overturned while making a U-turn on the road as the driver lost control over the steering wheel. Five ambulances ....

  • New train between New Borg el Arab, Sidi Gaber goes into effect

    New train between New Borg el Arab, Sidi Gaber goes into effect

    Date: 2015-06-01 09:45:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2705953

    A new train between New Borg el Arab and Sidi Gaber stations in Alexandria is now operative, said Ahmed Ibrahim el Desqouki, the chairman of the New Borg el Arab city administrative department, Monday. Four trips will be conducted on a daily ....

  • New fossil museum to open soon in Fayoum

    New fossil museum to open soon in Fayoum

    Date: 2015-06-01 08:44:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2705413

    The new fossil museum of Wadi Al Hitan “Whale Valley” will open soon in Fayoum to display the valuable fossil remains of whales and sharks unearthed in the area bearing the same name, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said. Due to the importance ....

  • Social solidarity minister denies news about donation requests by foundation for handicapped

    Social solidarity minister denies news about donation requests by foundation for handicapped

    Date: 2015-06-01 08:43:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2705397

    Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali has denied news about donation requests by the Walaa wel Amal foundation for the handicapped. The story appeared on social networking websites and claimed that the foundation was not able to feed its ....

  • Mahlab inaugurates 3 new electricity units at Assiut power station

    Mahlab inaugurates 3 new electricity units at Assiut power station

    Date: 2015-06-01 08:28:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2705313

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab is to inaugurate three new units of electricity production at Assiut power station on Monday. The capacity of each unit is 125 megawatt. Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker will attend the ....

  • File on treatment of sulfur water referred to consultancy body

    File on treatment of sulfur water referred to consultancy body

    Date: 2015-06-01 08:27:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2705309

    A file on the treatment of sulfur water in Helwan has been referred to a consultancy body for assessment, deputy Cairo governor el Sayyed Nasr has said. In a meeting with an official at the executive office of the sewage and drinking water ....

  • Employee arrested in Qena for manufacturing weapons

    Employee arrested in Qena for manufacturing weapons

    Date: 2015-06-01 07:57:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2705021

    Qena police arrested an employee who runs his house as a workshop for manufacturing and selling weapons. Two pistols, 50 bullets and two cartouche bullets along with other weapons were found with the 46-year-old employee. Suez police arrested ....

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