Egypt:   PM Heads to Assuit to Follow Up the Assiut Traffic Accident

Egypt Online, 17 November 2012

Prime Minister Hisham Qandil along with the ministers of education and health arrived in Assiut to follow up the Assiut traffic accident, said Assiut Governor Yehiha Keshk. Read more »

Egypt:   Mursi to Decide on Transport Minister's Resignation - PM Kandil

Aswat Masriya, 17 November 2012

President Mohamed Mursi will decide on the resignation of Transport Minister Mohamed Rashad al-Matini, Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Saturday. Read more »

Egypt:   Children Killed as Train Hits School Bus

Tunis Afrique Presse, 17 November 2012

President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki offered his heartfelt condolences to Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi after the death of 48 children and the injury of 18 others in a… Read more »

Egypt:   47 Children Dead, 13 Injured in Assiut Crash - Interior Ministry

Aswat Masriya, 17 November 2012

Death toll of the Assiut train-bus crash rose to 47 children in addition to their bus driver while 13 others were injured, the Interior Ministry's media office official said on… Read more »

Egypt:   Death Toll of Assiut Crash Rises to 50, 15 Injured

Aswat Masriya, 17 November 2012

The death toll of the Assuit bus-train crash rose to 50, al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr channel reported head of the health administration in Assiut's Manfalout as saying on Saturday. Read more »

Egypt:   Transport Minister, Head of Railways Resign After Assiut Crash

Aswat Masriya, 17 November 2012

Egypt's Transport Minister Mohamed Rashad al-Matini announced on Saturday his resignation from his post out of his political responsibility for today's Assiut bus-train crash. Read more »