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Interior Ministry starts collecting lottery Hajj fees
Date: 2016-05-09 07:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4869881
The Interior Ministry will start collecting Hajj fees from winners of the pilgrimage lottery as of today and until May 18. A statement by the Interior Ministry put the value of the fees at 27,000 pounds, besides the air ticket worth 6,420 per ....
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32 fire engines rushed to Attaba to control Rowaey fire
Date: 2016-05-09 07:22:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4869873
Firefighters and civil protection forces continued efforts to control the massive fire that broke out in a hotel in el Rowaey in Attaba downtown Cairo. According to MENA, 30 people were injured in the fire so far and 32 fire engines were rushed ....
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Hotel in Rowaey surroundings evacuated over Attaba fire, no news on fatalities
Date: 2016-05-09 07:21:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4869861
The civil protection forces and firefighters evacuated a hotel in el Rowaey market's surroundings in Attaba area downtown Cairo, Assistant Interior Minister Abu Bakr Abdel Karim told MENA Monday. The fire engines were increased to more than 15 to ....
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Cairo security chief arrives to Ataba to follow up Rowaey blaze
Date: 2016-05-09 07:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4869845
Cairo Security Director Khaled Abdel Aal arrived to Ataba in downtown Cairo to follow up efforts exerted by the civil protection forces and firefighters to control the fire that broke out last night in a hotel and vendors' possessions in el Rowaey ....
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Security source: 14 persons injured in hotel in Attaba
Date: 2016-05-09 07:17:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4869837
As many as 14 persons were injured in the huge fire that broke out in a hotel in Attaba's district in central Cairo, said a security source at Cairo Security Directorate. In statements to MENA, the source said six persons suffered suffocation and ....
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Huge fire reportedly breaks out at vendors market in central Cairo
Date: 2016-05-09 07:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4869829
A huge fire reportedly broke out Sunday night at the vendors market in Attaba district in central Cairo. In statements to MENA, a source at the civil protection administration said fire extinguishers immediately moved to the reported scene upon ....
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Bin Heli: Unprecedented challenges faced AL due to Arab region development since 2011
Date: 2016-05-08 13:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4865813
Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Bin Heli said unprecedented challenges faced the AL due to the developments that rocked the Arab region since 2011. In his speech before the parliament's Arab Affairs Committee on Sunday, Bin Heli ....
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PM mourns 8 policemen killed in Helwan
Date: 2016-05-08 11:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4865185
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail mourned the death of eight policemen, who were killed while on patrol in the capital's southern district of Helwan in the early hours of Sunday. The prime minister prayed to the Almighty Allah to grant the martyrs' ....
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British PM pledges to tackle global corruption
Date: 2016-05-08 10:59:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:4864457
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he wants to put tackling corruption at the "top of the international agenda" ahead of a London summit on the issue, according to the BBC. The international anti-corruption summit - the first of its ....
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Jewish settlers renew storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2016-05-08 09:56:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4863841
Jewish settlers on Sunday renewed their storming of Al Aqsa Mosque precincts from Bab el Maghreba gate backed by elements from the Israeli occupation forces. Also, Jewish settlers who pushed deep into the mosque from Bab el Rahma gate performed ....