Egypt

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  • 40 criminals arrested in Security campaign in N.Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:375826

    ARISH, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Security forces arrested on Thursday 40 criminals who were on the run as part of a security campaign in North Sinai. The fugitives are wanted for different misdemeanor and criminal cases. (MENA) AB/AR ....

  • 618 people cross Rafah terminal

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:43:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:375829

    RAFAH, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - As many as 618 passengers crossed the Egypt-Gaza Rafah terminal on Thursday on both directions. About 255 persons crossed the terminal into Gaza Strip, while 363 coming from the besieged enclave were allowed into ....

  • 9 new cases of mumps infection in Gharbiya governorate- official

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:375823

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Nine new cases of mumps infection have been detected in Gharbiya, raising the toll to 303 cases since September, a Health Ministry official said. Health teams are roving schools in Gharbiya to report any new cases and ....

  • Army delivers strong blow to smugglers in Sinai, destroys three underground oil tanks

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:30:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:375813

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – Egypt's border guards in cooperation with military engineers delivered Thursday a strong blow to smugglers in Sinai as troops destroyed eight tunnels and three underground oil tanks, said Ahmed Ali, the army spokesman. The ....

  • Finland plans to make use of Egypt's expertise in Education accreditation

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:139 - ID:375790

    BANHA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Finland plans to form a body for quality assurance in Education and to make use of Egyptian expertise in this respect, said Magdi Abdul Wahab, head of the National Authority of Quality Assurance and accreditation in ....

  • Fire in residential building in Minoufiya contained

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:18:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:138 - ID:375807

    SHEBIN AL KOUM, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Civil defense squads managed Thursday in containing a fire that erupted in a residential building in Shebin Al Koum city of Minoufiya governorate. Four fire engines rushed to the site and put out the ....

  • Satirist Bassem Youssef back to Cairo

    Date: 2013-11-07 21:06:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:137 - ID:375792

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Bassem Youssef, the satirist TV host, returned to Cairo on Thursday coming from Saudi Arabia. Last week, Youssef left Cairo to UAE after his show "el-Bernameg" was suspended. (MENA) MM/AR ....

  • Scores protest assaulting MBC correspondent by police in Menya

    Date: 2013-11-07 20:58:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:136 - ID:375766

    MENYA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - Dozens of journalists and media men staged a protest Thursday to condemn assaulting MBC Egypt correspondent Islam Fathy and holding him in Minya police station. The rally included members of Tamaroud and April 6 ....

  • Consitution panel's assistant rapporteur threatens to withdraw over cancelling Shra Council

    Date: 2013-11-07 20:41:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:375758

    Cairo, Nov 7 (MENA) - Ahmed Khairy, assistant rapporteur for the 50-member constitution committee, threatened on Thursday to withdraw from the panel, after it approved the cancellation of the Shura Council. In an emotional talk with chief of the ....

  • Civil defense teams trying to contain huge fires in Beheira, Minoufiya

    Date: 2013-11-07 20:21:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:134 - ID:375753

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Fire squads are trying to contain two separate huge fires which erupted in a factory in Beheira and in a residential building in Minoufiya on Thursday. A fire broke out in a textile factory in the industrial city of Kafr ....

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