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  • Huge fire reportedly breaks out at vendors market in central Cairo

    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 ....

  • PM mourns 8 policemen killed in Helwan

    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' ....

  • Interior min. mourns Helwan incident martyrs, gives directions to determine criminals

    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 ....

  • 145 tourists fly in 8 hot air balloon rides in Luxor

    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 ....

  • Agriculture Ministry delegation visits Eritrea to boost cooperation

    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 ....

  • Interior Ministry: Four gunmen carried out Helwan attack

    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, ....

  • Egypt, Hungary hold session of consultations; Hungarian PM to visit Egypt soon

    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 ....

  • Egyptian court sentences 6 defendants, not including Morsi, to death on spy charges

    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 ....

  • Supply, planning ministers brief WB official on Egypt's successful supply system

    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 ....

  • Aswan governor receives bodies of Egyptians killed in Libya

    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 ....

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