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Cairo - Egypt - Africa
Added on the 05/03/2013 - Copyright : World Travel Guide
The Egyptian government is collaborating with private Nile taxi companies to encourage more people to take to Cairo's waterways as an alternative to using the gridlocked roads. Kirsty Basset reports.
Cairo, Mar 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mohamed Hossam) More and more women in Egypt are starting to ride scooters for multiple reasons, mainly for freedom of mobility and to avoid being victims of harassment in public transport.Walaa Zohier, founder of Women Drive Scooters Academy, opened an academy to help more women learn to drive in Cairo.FOOTAGE OF A LEARNING SESSION IN CAIRO
The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a Gaza strike are transported out of the war-torn Palestinian territory via Egypt as Israel faced a chorus of outrage over their deaths. Israeli bombardment killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen on Monday in an attack that UN chief Antonio Guterres labelled "unconscionable" and "an inevitable result of the way the war is being conducted". IMAGES
Images of demolition crews working on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, Maryland, which was destroyed in seconds last Tuesday when a cargo ship lost power and hit a bridge support column, killing six people. Authorities hope that removing the bridge -- by cutting it into smaller sections and lifting them out -- will help rescuers recover all the victims' bodies and eventually reopen the crucial shipping lane. IMAGES
Images show the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore as workers have lifted out the first 200-ton chunk of the bridge. Work is underway to complete the lengthy process of removing the structure, which collapsed when the Dali cargo vessel lost power and struck the bridge, killing six people. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, as efforts intensify to secure a truce in Gaza after months of war that have devastated the Palestinian territory and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine. IMAGES
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