Egypt
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Huge fire reportedly breaks out at vendors market in central Cairo
Date: 2016-05-09 07:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4869829
A huge fire reportedly broke out Sunday night at the vendors market in Attaba district in central Cairo. In statements to MENA, a source at the civil protection administration said fire extinguishers immediately moved to the reported scene upon ....
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PM mourns 8 policemen killed in Helwan
Date: 2016-05-08 11:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4865185
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail mourned the death of eight policemen, who were killed while on patrol in the capital's southern district of Helwan in the early hours of Sunday. The prime minister prayed to the Almighty Allah to grant the martyrs' ....
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Interior min. mourns Helwan incident martyrs, gives directions to determine criminals
Date: 2016-05-08 07:40:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4862901
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar gave directions to swiftly identify the criminals in the attack that targeted a police unit in Helwan, killing a police officer and seven non-commissioned officers. In statements to MENA, a senior security ....
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145 tourists fly in 8 hot air balloon rides in Luxor
Date: 2016-05-08 07:39:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4862897
Eight hot air balloon flights by six different travel agencies were launched at dawn Sunday in Luxor, said Ahmed Aboud, the head of the Egyptian union for balloon flights. As many as 145 tourists from different nationalities were on board the ....
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Agriculture Ministry delegation visits Eritrea to boost cooperation
Date: 2016-05-08 07:38:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4862885
Egyptian Embassy in Asmara received an Egyptian delegation from Agriculture Ministry led by farms project executive director Maher Abdel Moneim. In a press release on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said the delegation met with Eritrean Agriculture ....
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Interior Ministry: Four gunmen carried out Helwan attack
Date: 2016-05-08 07:37:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4862881
A reliable source at the Interior Ministry's media center said a police officer and seven conscripts were killed in an attack on their vehicle on the Nile Corniche in Helwan. The source said the policemen, who were dressed up in civilian clothes, ....
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Egypt, Hungary hold session of consultations; Hungarian PM to visit Egypt soon
Date: 2016-05-07 12:29:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4859237
Egypt and Hungary on Saturday held a session of consultations under the co-chairmanship of Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ambassador Hossam Zaki and a visiting Hungarian official in the presence of Hungarian Ambassador in Cairo ....
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Egyptian court sentences 6 defendants, not including Morsi, to death on spy charges
Date: 2016-05-07 11:40:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4858797
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Saturday six defendants, not including ousted president Mohamed Morsi, to death on spy charges. A final ruling against Morsi and four other defendants should be issued on June 18, the court said ....
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Supply, planning ministers brief WB official on Egypt's successful supply system
Date: 2016-05-07 09:49:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4857933
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy and Planning Minister Ashraf el Araby met Saturday with Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Bank Sri Mulyani Indrawati to discuss ways to support Egypt's successful supply system. They also ....
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Aswan governor receives bodies of Egyptians killed in Libya
Date: 2016-05-07 07:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4857157
Aswan Governor Magdy Hegazy received on Friday the bodies of six Egyptians who were killed in Libya last week. Earlier, the governor decided to disburse financial aid to the victims' families and to assign ambulances to move the bodies to their ....