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  • Premature baby dies of heavy smoke in Sharqiya hospital

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:52:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:162 - ID:912823

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – A newborn died of heavy smoke in the incubator unit of a private hospital in Sharqiya on Monday. The smoke was blamed for a short circuit in the external electricity connections of the unit. Another 14 premature ....

  • 42 injured Palestinian kids cross Rafah terminal for Germany

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:51:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:161 - ID:912820

    RAFAH, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – Forty-two Palestinian children who sustained wounds during the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip crossed the Rafah border terminal Monday en route to Germany via Cairo International Airport, said a well-placed ....

  • Egypt shares UNHCR concerns over situation in Syria, Libya, Iraq: envoy

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:39:11 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:160 - ID:912816

    GENEVA, Sept 8 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Ambassador Amr Ramadan asserted on Monday that his country shares concerns of new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein over the continued crisis in ....

  • Arms depot seized in Rafah

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:11:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:155 - ID:912790

    RAFAH, Egypt, Sept 9 (MENA) - Police forces seized Monday the second arms depot during the past 24 hours in the city of Rafah in North Sinai, well-placed security forces said. The depot, owned by Takfiri elements, included two tons of explosives ....

  • Etisalat Misr board accredits Gamal Sadat to hand donation check to PM

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:09:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:154 - ID:912792

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – mobile phone operator Etisalat Misr said that its chairman Gamal El-Sadat met on Monday with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. In a press release, the company said Sadat handed over a 50 million pounds check to Mahlab as a ....

  • PM meets with members of National Population Council

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:153 - ID:912793

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting on Tuesday with members of the National Population Council. The meeting comes to confirm the political leadership's and government's interest in the population and development ....

  • Expert urges efforts to attract global oil companies

    Date: 2014-09-08 20:01:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:152 - ID:912687

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Egypt's energy expert Tarek Heggy has called for exerting further efforts to attract global companies to pump their investments in exploration projects in Egypt. "Attracting global companies to explore petroleum and natural ....

  • Terrorist attacks 'cowardly acts': Minya security director

    Date: 2014-09-08 19:59:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:912777

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – Minya Security Director Maj. Gen. Osama Metwaly denounced terrorist attacks as "cowardly acts". "Anyone trying to threaten domestic security is playing with fire," he told MENA's video service. He added ....

  • Wafd Party lauds youths' political reform initiative

    Date: 2014-09-08 19:37:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:912778

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Al-Wafd Party leader el-Sayyed el-Badawi on Monday lauded a new initiative for political reform launched by Egypt's youth alliance. "The initiative stresses the integrity and safety of the societal fabric and the stability ....

  • ETUF rejects nomination of ex-minister for ALO director

    Date: 2014-09-08 19:36:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:912749

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) has categorically rejected the nomination of Ahmed el-Borei, former minister of social solidarity, to be the new general director of the Arab Labor Organization. In a letter sent ....

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