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CBE: Oct Witnessed Highest Rates of Inbound Tourism In 2012
According to the data of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), 1.163 million tourists visited Egypt last October, which…
Qatari PM Says Will Stand By Egypt
Qatar's prime minister said on Tuesday his country would stand by Egypt and did not want to see it go bankrupt, a…
Death Toll In Collapse Of Apartment Building In Egypt Has Risen To 14
A senior government official says the death toll from the collapse of an apartment building in Egypt’s coastal city…
Witnesses, Survivors Recount Egypt’s Deadly Badrashin Train Crash
Hours after the tragic train crash that killed at least 19 passengers and injured scores of others in the Giza…
Egypt’s Brotherhood Calls For Railway Development Plan
The Muslim Brotherhood has called for an investigation into the Badrashin train accident and for a plan to prevent…
Three Islamist And Liberal Parties Call For Egypt’s PM Dismissal
Two of Islamist political parties in Egypt, the Reform and Development Party and Al-Wasat party, have called for…
Egyptian Government To Pay 30,000 EGP To Badrashin Victims
Egypt's Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has ordered the payment of 30,000 EGP in compensation to the families of those…
Morsi Visits Train Crash Victims At Maadi Military Hospital
President Mohamed Morsi visited victims of the Badrashin train crash at Maadi Military Hospital on Tuesday…
Ahmed Al-Gezawi Sentenced To 300 Lashes, Prison in Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian lawyer whose arrest on drug smuggling charges in Saudi Arabia last year caused a diplomatic row between…
Upper Egypt’s Trains Lines Suspended Over Victims’ Families Protest
The movements of Upper Egypt's trains were suspended due to the protests in El Badrasheen; calling for the rights…