ferry
Ferry sinks in Monufiya, killing 4
Egypt
July 20, 2012
Ferry sinks in Monufiya, killing 4
Rescue workers have recovered four bodies from the area where a ferry sank in the Nile on Thursday evening. The…
Court sets July date for sentencing over ferry disaster
Egypt
June 27, 2012
Court sets July date for sentencing over ferry disaster
Safaga Misdemeanor Court on Wednesday postponed the trial of a maritime fleet commander and another defendant in the case over…
Authorities rescue French ship off Alexandria coast
Egypt
April 18, 2012
Authorities rescue French ship off Alexandria coast
The Alexandria Port Authority in cooperation with naval forces rescued on Wednesday a French ship that went adrift west of…
MENA: Border guards foil attempt to smuggle in 4 tons of marijuana
Egypt
February 11, 2012
MENA: Border guards foil attempt to smuggle in 4 tons of marijuana
Border guards foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly 4 tons of marijuana into Egypt on Saturday, according to the state-run news agency.…
Burned ferry capsizes off Jordanian coast
Egypt
November 7, 2011
Burned ferry capsizes off Jordanian coast
The Egypt-bound passenger ferry that caught fire Thursday in the Red Sea capsized Monday off the coast of Jordan, sources…
One dead, over 1200 rescued as ferry burns off Egyptian port
Egypt
November 3, 2011
One dead, over 1200 rescued as ferry burns off Egyptian port
One Egyptian ferry passenger has died, and nearly 1230 others rescued, after fires erupted aboard a vessel bound for Nuweiba…
ElBaradei picks on Mubarak off-the-cuff joke
Egypt
November 6, 2010
ElBaradei picks on Mubarak off-the-cuff joke
Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency and potential contender in the 2011 presidential election, has publicly…
Church officials blame govt for boat accident
Egypt
July 16, 2010
Church officials blame govt for boat accident
Giza Archbishop donned a black robe on Friday as funerals were held for four girls who drowned in a Nile…
850 Egyptian pilgrims stranded in Jordan
Egypt
May 11, 2010
850 Egyptian pilgrims stranded in Jordan
A government source has reported that over 850 Egyptian pilgrims are stranded on the border between Saudi Arabia and Jordan,…
Pilgrims’ ferry averts catastrophe
Egypt
April 25, 2010
Pilgrims’ ferry averts catastrophe
Egyptian passengers averted catastrophe in the Red Sea on a trip from Saudi Arabia to the Egyptian port of Safaga,…