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Official: Bird flu endemic in Egypt

Seventy percent of poultry farms are unlicensed and bird flu has become endemic in Egypt, said President of the General Authority for Veterinary Services Ibrahim Mahrous. Egypt has been unable to fully control the bird flu outbreak because of the … read more

Blast kills civilian north of Cairo

A bomb exploded late Saturday in a road tunnel in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiya, killing one person, in the latest of a wave of bombings across the country, state news agency MENA said. The blast in Al-Shabab tunnel … read more