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  • Police intensify measures to identify perpetrators of central Cairo blast

    Date: 2014-10-14 23:08:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:193 - ID:1127289

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that the blast that hit downtown Cairo at 11:15 p.m. in el-Isaaf Square resulted from an explosive device planted beneath the walkway metal wall, leaving a dozen injured. Firm security ....

  • Mahlab says social workers syndicate respected

    Date: 2014-10-14 23:03:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:192 - ID:1127261

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has appreciated the social workers syndicate saying he respected it. This came during a meeting with Manpower Minister Nahid el-Ashri and heads of several syndicates including those of teachers ....

  • Prosecutors arrive at location of central Cairo blast

    Date: 2014-10-14 22:46:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:191 - ID:1127225

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – A team of public prosecutors arrived late Tuesday at the location of the explosion that hit downtown Cairo and injured 13 people. The prosecutors began a visual inspection amid tight security measures. Meantime, ....

  • Blast hits downtown Cairo -- Interior Ministry

    Date: 2014-10-14 22:22:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:187 - ID:1127097

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – An explosion hit a square in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, a security source at the Interior Ministry told MENA. According to the source, the explosive experts were dispatched to Al Isaaf Square near Gamal Abdel Nasser Metro ....

  • Home-made bomb behind downtown Cairo blast : source

    Date: 2014-10-14 22:21:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:190 - ID:1127165

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The explosion that took place at a square in downtown Cairo was caused by a home-made explosive device, a security source said. The blast left 12 people injured, the source told MENA. No deaths were reported, the source ....

  • 12 injured in Cairo blast; no deaths reported - official

    Date: 2014-10-14 22:20:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:189 - ID:1127129

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – At least twelve people were injured in an explosion that hit el-Isaaf Square in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, while nobody was killed, Head of Emergency Department at Health Ministry Mohamed Sultan said. All the injured were ....

  • Metro movement unaffected by downtown explosion- official

    Date: 2014-10-14 22:16:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:188 - ID:1127133

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – Movement of the underground Metro was not affected by the explosion of a home-made bomb in the vicinity of Gamal Abdel Nasser Metro station, the spokesman for the Metro told MENA Tuesday. Train movement was not disrupted by ....

  • Gas pipeline bombed in Arish

    Date: 2014-10-14 21:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:186 - ID:1127069

    ARISH, Egypt, Oct 14 (MENA) – Unidentified militants bombed Tuesday a gas pipeline in southeastern Arish city in North Sinai, a security source said. All valves of the pipeline have been closed, according to officials of the gas company. The ....

  • Civil defense chief denies finding bomb near health ministry

    Date: 2014-10-14 21:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:185 - ID:1127021

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – Head of Cairo Civil Defense Department Maj. General Mamdouh Abdel Kader denied Tuesday media reports that an explosive device was found near the Health Ministry building in downtown Cairo. Explosive experts were called to ....

  • Upcoming polls chance for women to exercise political work- Tellawi

    Date: 2014-10-14 21:38:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:184 - ID:1127025

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) – The upcoming parliamentary elections represent a big chance for Egyptian women to exercise political work, head of the National Council for Women said on Tuesday. Mervat el-Tellawi made the remarks in a press conference ....

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