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Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010
Business

Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010

A new study issued by the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said the country’s total number of…
Fact box: Almost 500,000 lost their jobs in 2011
Business

Fact box: Almost 500,000 lost their jobs in 2011

In March, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics published a new book that revealed 483,000 Egyptians had lost…
Suez Canal fees to increase in May
Business

Suez Canal fees to increase in May

The Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it would increase fees up to 5 percent for the vital waterway as of…
Update: Death toll rises to 51 in Assiut train-bus collision
Egypt

Update: Death toll rises to 51 in Assiut train-bus collision

State TV has reported that the number of people killed in a collision between a school bus and a train…
10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road
Egypt

10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road

  Ten people died and six others were injured after a bus overturned on the Safaga-Qena road late Monday. The…
Microbus accident kills 14, injures six
Egypt

Microbus accident kills 14, injures six

  In one of the biggest car accidents in recent months, fourteen people were killed and six others injured as…
Striking microbus drivers reach agreement
Egypt

Striking microbus drivers reach agreement

Microbus drivers would pay 20 percent the value of fines imposed on them in return for six-month temporary permits under…
Microbus drivers go on partial strike
Egypt

Microbus drivers go on partial strike

Microbus drivers went on a partial strike Tuesday in Cairo and Giza to call for the cancellation of “hefty fines”…
Fuel crisis sweeps governorates on first day of school
Egypt

Fuel crisis sweeps governorates on first day of school

Egypt’s fuel crisis entered its second week Saturday, with drivers continuing to queue in front of gas stations, causing the…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a microbus driver
Life & Style

Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a microbus driver

As he speeds across the Mehwar, the highway that runs between Giza and 6th of October City, Mohamed Hassan reflects…
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