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  • Train derails in Giza after two explosions

    Train derails in Giza after two explosions

    Date: 2016-01-13 07:22:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4103765

    Two rail cars derailed Tuesday after two explosions were heard near el Blida town, Giza, an Interior Ministry official told MENA. In exclusive statements, the official clarified that the derailment happened immediately following the explosions, ....

  • Aswan-Cairo train traffic back to normal

    Aswan-Cairo train traffic back to normal

    Date: 2016-01-13 07:04:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4103657

    Train traffic along Cairo-Aswan railway line was back to normal early Wednesday after one carriage of a cargo train derailed in Kom Ombo, a source at the Railway Authority said. The train service was suspended for three hours until the derailed ....

  • Violence against women serious problem: Talawi

    Violence against women serious problem: Talawi

    Date: 2016-01-12 17:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4102169

    Chairman of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat el Talawi inaugurated a training course which targets 40 judges on combating violence against women. The event is held by the NCW in cooperation with the UN Development Program (UNDP) and ....

  • House: Decision to stop broadcasting sessions applied only to the live airing

    House: Decision to stop broadcasting sessions applied only to the live airing

    Date: 2016-01-12 16:23:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4101585

    The House of Representative Secretariat has announced that the decision to stop the broadcasting of the House sessions will be applied only to the live airing. In a statement on Tuesday, the secretariat said the decision to ban the live ....

  • Shoukry conveys greetings of Sisi to German majority leader

    Shoukry conveys greetings of Sisi to German majority leader

    Date: 2016-01-12 15:40:29 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4101237

    Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday conveyed greetings of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to majority leader of the German Parliament Volker Kauder, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid. In ....

  • Turkish court releases Egyptians held for attempting to join Daesh

    Turkish court releases Egyptians held for attempting to join Daesh

    Date: 2016-01-12 14:58:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4100829

    A Turkish court decided Tuesday to release 12 Egyptian citizens, including three children, the Turkish authorities had arrested in Adana for attempting to join the terrorist group of Daesh through crossing the Turkish borders, an assistant to the ....

  • Parliament agrees to stop airing sessions live

    Parliament agrees to stop airing sessions live

    Date: 2016-01-12 07:53:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4096425

    The new House of Representatives agreed on Monday to suspend airing its sessions live. Forty lawmakers have proposed to stop the live broadcast of the sessions, Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said. Press is allowed in the house and will continue its ....

  • 19 parliament committees formed to review previous laws

    19 parliament committees formed to review previous laws

    Date: 2016-01-12 07:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4096313

    The House of Representatives agreed on Monday to form 19 subcommittees under Speaker Ali Abdel Aal to discuss the decree laws that had been issued in the absence of the parliament. The subcommittees should end their task on Saturday. Earlier ....

  • 2 bodies, 3 injured retrieved, 7 missing in Sharqia collapsed building

    2 bodies, 3 injured retrieved, 7 missing in Sharqia collapsed building

    Date: 2016-01-12 07:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4096273

    Two bodies of 15-year-old and 7-year-old sisters were recovered from the six-storey building which collapsed in Sharqia's town of Minya El Qamh, the governorate's Security Chief, Major General Hassan Seif, said Monday night. Also, three injured ....

  • Parliament secretary: No fire in parliament building, short circuit prompted fire sirens to ring

    Parliament secretary: No fire in parliament building, short circuit prompted fire sirens to ring

    Date: 2016-01-11 11:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4090933

    Secretary of the House of Representatives Counselor Ahmed Saad Eldin on Monday denied reports that a fire broke out in the parliament building, noting that such reports are groundless. In statements to MENA, Saad Eldin said a limited short ....

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