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Airport shuttle damaged in storm to be replaced by French manufacturer
Business

Airport shuttle damaged in storm to be replaced by French manufacturer

Cairo Airport Company Chairman Hassan Rashed has decided to send the electric shuttle train intended to link Cairo International Airport’s…
Striking truck drivers destroy 9 vehicles; 80 strikers arrested
Business

Striking truck drivers destroy 9 vehicles; 80 strikers arrested

Egyptian trucker drivers, who have now been on strike for ten consecutive days, have destroyed nine vehicles
Ministry reverses planned tax increase following truckers’ strike
Business

Ministry reverses planned tax increase following truckers’ strike

The Egyptian Finance Ministry on Tuesday gave in to the demands of truck drivers--on strike since Friday--by reversing an earlier…
Crisis chief blames antiquated vessel for bitumen spill off Port Tewfik
Environment

Crisis chief blames antiquated vessel for bitumen spill off Port Tewfik

Mahmoud Ismail, head of the Environment Ministry’s crisis management department, has criticized the government for allowing antiquated vessels to sail…
Ex-minister: Road accidents claim dozens of Egyptian lives daily
Egypt

Ex-minister: Road accidents claim dozens of Egyptian lives daily

Road accidents in Egypt kill an average of 30 people every day, former transportation minister Essam Sharaf said at a…
Four countries endorse pan-Arab air transport agreement
Business

Four countries endorse pan-Arab air transport agreement

The 23rd session of the Arab Transport Ministers Council wrapped up in Alexandria on Wednesday after participants failed to reach…
Tuesday’s papers: redirected trains, two-headed babies and alleged Israeli carpetbagging
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: redirected trains, two-headed babies and alleged Israeli carpetbagging

Today the front pages of state-owned papers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar share identical headlines, photographs and reports on President Hosni Mubarak’s…
Ex-minister: Road accidents claimed 7000 Egyptian lives in 2009
Egypt

Ex-minister: Road accidents claimed 7000 Egyptian lives in 2009

Some 30,000 road accidents took place in Egypt last year alone, killing 7000 people and injuring a further 30,000, according…
Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident
Egypt

Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident

Angry residents of the village of Beni Helal in Sohag blocked the Cairo-Aswan agricultural road on Sunday night after four…
Eleven killed, 23 injured in Fayoum microbus crash
Egypt

Eleven killed, 23 injured in Fayoum microbus crash

Eleven people were killed and 23 injured in a road accident on Qarun Lake Road near Fayoum's Shakshook Village, a…
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