Egypt

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  • 4 drivers provisionally held for 4 days on charges of driving under influence of drugs

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:36:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1316645

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, Nov 12 (MENA) - The prosecution office in Minya Wednesday remanded in custody for four days four drivers pending a probe into charges of driving under the influence of drugs. The drivers were driving on a highway. (MENA) MA/RG ....

  • Hurghada airport transformer station now linked to national power grid - official

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:35:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1316509

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said on Wednesday that Hurghada airport power transformer station was now linked to the national power grid. He said the linkage cost the ministry 28 million pounds. The move comes as part ....

  • 15 Egyptian fishermen return home from Yemen

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1316477

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Fifteen Egyptian fishermen returned home Wednesday coming from Yemen. They were deported to Egypt after being held for fishing in Yemen's territorial waters. The fishermen say they mistakenly entered the Yemeni ....

  • Conservatives party: Integrated electoral program outlined for Wafd alliance

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:22:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1316185

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Conservatives Party Sherif Hamouda asserted that Al-Wafd alliance has outlined an integrated electoral program for the economic, social, legal and legislative domains and it will be revealed in the ....

  • Cairo security director makes surprise tour at Cairo districts

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:06:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1316173

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Assistant Interior Minister and Director of Cairo Security Directorate General Ali Al-Demerdash on Wednesday made a surprise tour to check on security bodies and traffic at several districts in Cairo. General Demerdash ....

  • Minister orders examining smuggled ivory in Safaga

    Date: 2014-11-12 09:06:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1316109

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi ordered on Wednesday the formation of a committee to examine a quantity of ivory that was seized at Safaga port. The parcel, weighing 300 kilograms, was seized in a private car coming from ....

  • Head of Babtain prize foundation arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2014-11-12 08:29:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:1315789

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Head of the Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain arrived here on Wednesday on a private plane for talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Babtain is accompanied by a delegation of ....

  • Ring Road blast caused by motorbike - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2014-11-12 08:28:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1315545

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - A motorbike was behind the explosion on the Giza Ring Road that left one person killed and another wounded, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The blast left the driver, a 23-year-old technician, dead while the police ....

  • Minister: Egypt, France have great opportunities for joint investments in mega projects

    Date: 2014-11-12 08:27:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1315805

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Supply and Internal Trade Dr Khaled Hefni asserted that Egypt and France have good relations in all fields and could join hands in establishing investments in the mega national projects which are currently under construction ....

  • Railway traffic on Mansoura-Zaqziq line back to normal

    Date: 2014-11-12 08:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1315541

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Railway traffic on Mansoura-Zaqziq line returned to normal two and a half hours after the explosion of two bombs, said head of the Railway Authority Samir Nawar. The watchman at a level crossing between Abu Shoukouk and Kafr ....

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