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Train fire controlled, says railway authority
Date: 2017-01-09 08:31:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6297425
The Egyptian National Railways said that a fire was controlled at dawn Monday on the train line of Qabari-Matrouh. No passengers were in the two carriages where the fire broke out, the authority said in a statement. The blaze was put out and ....
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Alexandria, Dekheila straits still closed over bad weather
Date: 2017-01-09 08:29:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6297421
The Alexandria Port Authority on Monday decided to keep the Alexandria and Dekheila straits closed for the third day in a row due to bad weather and high wind velocity. The decision is meant to prevent any collision of ships and ensure safety of ....
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Iran declares three days of national mourning after demise of ex-president
Date: 2017-01-09 08:27:54 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6297413
The Iranian cabinet on Sunday declared three days of public mourning following the passing away of former president and the Chairman of the country’s Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Tasnim News Agency reported. “The cabinet declares ....
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Sharm el Sheikh port closed over bad weather
Date: 2017-01-09 08:24:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6297385
Sharm el Sheikh Port in South Sinai was closed on Sunday due to bad weather, said spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Malak Youssef. The move came after the wind speed reached 24/25 knots and the wave height to 3/4 meters. Youssef said ....
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Mexico arrests American in US consular official's shooting
Date: 2017-01-09 07:13:32 GMT - Mexico - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6296885
A US citizen has been arrested in Mexico in connection with the shooting attack on a US consulate official, authorities here announced, adding he will be deported to face inquiry at home. “A US citizen was identified and detained for his presumed ....
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Iraqi PM says Turkey pledges to withdraw troops from Nineveh
Date: 2017-01-07 15:40:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6289969
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said Saturday Ankara had pledged to withdraw its troops from Nineveh's Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq. At a press conference in Baghdad on Saturday with visiting Turkish Premier Binali Yildirim, Ababdi said Turkey ....
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Egypt's Xmas celebrations, Sisi's speech to boost tourism - min.
Date: 2017-01-07 15:31:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6289945
Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed expected a boost in tourism in view of Egypt's Christmas celebrations and the speech delivered by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral which sent a message to the whole world that ....
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Al Azhar tunnel re-opened after removing overturned car
Date: 2017-01-07 13:43:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6289513
Al Azhar tunnel was re-opened after removing the wreckage of the overturned car, said the head of the media department at the general administration of Cairo traffic Emad Hammad. Hammad told MENA that the director of the general administration of ....
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Christmas is feast for all Egyptians: parl't speaker
Date: 2017-01-07 12:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6289201
Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said on Saturday that Christmas is a feast for all Egyptians. He recalled the words of late Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria: "Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us". Greeting Pope ....
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8 water, sanitation projects finalized in Giza, Minya - ministry
Date: 2017-01-07 12:35:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6289145
Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Minister Moustafa Madboli announced that eight water and sanitation ventures in Giza and Minya governorates were finalized at a total cost of EGP 782 million. The minister said that a huge sanitation ....
