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Transport minister orders EGP 20,000 in damages to each family of victim of train crash
Date: 2013-11-18 12:18:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:393401
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Ibrahim el-Demiri called for the need to swiftly pay damages to families of the victims of the Dahshour train accident which took place early Monday. Demiri, who rushed to the scene of the accident, ....
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Egyptian company, GE sign $500-mln project agreement
Date: 2013-11-18 12:17:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:77 - ID:393335
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Carbon Holdings and General Electric Co signed a $500-million dollar agreement on Monday to provide support in the building of a liquid cracker at a petrochemicals complex on the Gulf of Suez. Trade and Industry ....
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Arms manufacturing workshop seized in Sohag
Date: 2013-11-18 12:12:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:393520
SOHAG, Nov 18 (MENA) - Sohag police forces seized a workshop manufacturing arms during a security crackdown. A number of arms and bullets were found inside the workshop owned by a 55-year-old driver. The man confessed of manufacturing arms for ....
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Mubarak retrial adjourned to Dec. 14
Date: 2013-11-18 12:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:393511
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Cairo criminal court adjourned to December 14 the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons, Alaa and Gamal, and his interior minister Habib Adly over charges of killing protesters during the January 25 ....
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Death toll from Dahshur train accident rises to 27 - ambulance
Date: 2013-11-18 12:10:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:393372
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the Dahshur train accident in Giza on Monday rose to 27, said Egypt's Ambulance Service. Speaking to MENA, the service head Ahmed el-Ansari said thirty-four people were wounded when a cargo train hit a ....
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Libya elected member of FANA general secretariat
Date: 2013-11-18 12:09:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:393316
TRIPOLI, Nov 18 (MENA) - Libya has unanimously been elected as a member of the general secretariat of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA), the Libyan News Agency reported. Libya's election took place during the 41st Conference of the ....
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Public prosecution asks for report on outcome of initial investigations into assassination of national security officer
Date: 2013-11-18 12:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:393379
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat asked the national security sector and the criminal investigation department of the Interior Ministry to submit a report on their investigations into the assassination of Lt. Col. Mohamed ....
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Code of judicial conduct drafted -- minister
Date: 2013-11-18 11:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:393304
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hameed said on Monday his ministry is preparing a draft code of conduct of the judiciary. The bill drafting is being done in cooperation with the anti-corruption national committee, he said. ....
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NTSB chief to visit Seoul over Asiana crash in U.S.
Date: 2013-11-18 11:45:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:70 - ID:393396
SEOUL, Nov 18 (MENA) - The head of the U.S. federal agency charged with investigating civil aviation accidents plans to visit Seoul this week for talks with South Korean officials over a fatal plane crash in July, Yonhap news agency reported quoting ....
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Ninawa police director survives assassination attempt
Date: 2013-11-18 11:43:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:393203
BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA) - Police Commander of Ninawa survived an assassination attempt when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) placed on the side of the road ripped through his convoy in southern Mosul, situated some 405 kilometers north of ....