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  • Academic year in schools starts in 12 governorates

    Academic year in schools starts in 12 governorates

    Date: 2014-09-20 07:10:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:973297

    Academic year in schools started Saturday in 12 governorates. More than 18 million students went to schools today. Education Minister Mahmoud Abul-Nasr said that the ministry took all the necessary preparations to start the new academic year. ....

  • Train movement along 2nd subway line partially suspended

    Train movement along 2nd subway line partially suspended

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:23:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:973081

    A malfunction in a metro train led to a partial suspension of the second subway line on Saturday. The idle train will be dragged so that journeys can resume along the second subway line, spokesman for the metro company Ahmed Abdel-Hadi told ....

  • Awqaf minister praises decision of Saudi king to finance renovation of Al-Azhar Mosque

    Awqaf minister praises decision of Saudi king to finance renovation of Al-Azhar Mosque

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:22:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:973073

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has praised a decision by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz to finance the renovation of Al-Azhar Mosque. Riyadh will cover the finances in appreciation of the role played by Al-Azhar in promoting the values ....

  • Egypt FM presses for int'l action against Daesh

    Egypt FM presses for int'l action against Daesh

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:21:39 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:973061

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has pressed for an international action to counter the threat of Daesh and other terrorist organizations in Iraq and the region. It is the only way to uproot terrorism and end the doctrinal division in the Levant, ....

  • Egypt leadership sets Palestinian cause back to top of agenda -- Amb. to Palestine

    Egypt leadership sets Palestinian cause back to top of agenda -- Amb. to Palestine

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:16:21 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:973025

    Wael Nasr Al-Din, Egyptian ambassador to Palestine, asserted that the Palestinian people are now at crossroads and that the stance of Egypt and Egyptian leaderships, led by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, is to set the Palestinian cause back to the ....

  • Movement at Egypt, Sudan crossing goes smoothly - official

    Movement at Egypt, Sudan crossing goes smoothly - official

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:11:01 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:972993

    The Sudanese General Union of Transport Chambers said Friday that trade exchange between Sudan and Egypt kicked off at the newly opened Ashkit-Qustul crossing. Trucks loaded with different crops were operated en route to Egypt, the union ....

  • Security official denies clashes with families of escaping inmates in Mahalla

    Security official denies clashes with families of escaping inmates in Mahalla

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:06:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:972953

    A security official on Friday denied media reports that clashes erupted between security forces and a number of families of inmates who escaped from Mahalla police station in Gharbiya. "No clashes or casualties took place," Mahalla security chief ....

  • Party leader hails Sisi's speech on Farmers' Day occassion

    Party leader hails Sisi's speech on Farmers' Day occassion

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:05:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:972921

    Ali Khater, the senior leader of Sadat Democratic Party, lauded President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's speech on the occasion of the Farmers' Day on Thursday. In a press release on Friday, Khater said that decisions announced by Sisi yesterday asserts ....

  • 8 shotguns, 196 bullets found in train in Qena

    8 shotguns, 196 bullets found in train in Qena

    Date: 2014-09-20 06:00:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:972929

    Security forces found Friday eight shotguns and 196 bullets in a train heading to Aswan from Cairo. The weapons were discovered in a bag in the train near Qift town in Qena, about 43 km north of Luxor. An investigation was started into the ....

  • EgyptAir operates 12 flights to Jeddah, Madina as of today

    EgyptAir operates 12 flights to Jeddah, Madina as of today

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:971093

    EgyptAir chairman Hisham el-Nahhas said Friday the national flag carrier has started operating 12 flights to Jeddah and Madina to ferry pilgrims to the holy lands. As of today, seven flights will leave for Jeddah and five for Madina, Nahhas ....

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