8 September 2008, 2:17 am
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The death toll from the collapse of a cliff in eastern Cairo rose to 38, the government's MENA news agency said, as rescuers struggled to move giant slabs of rock to get to victims crushed and trapped below.... read more
8 September 2008, 1:19 am
Egyptian officials have confirmed that 38 people died in a weekend rock slide in a shantytown near Cairo.... read more
8 September 2008, 1:00 am
The day after massive boulders, some larger than houses, tumbled down a Cairo cliff and crushed much of a city slum, killing scores, frustration continued to grow over the government rescue effort that residents say is more focused on security than on saving lives.... read more
7 September 2008, 12:42 pm
Egyptian workers cut through a railway embankment on Sunday to bring heavy earth-moving equipment to the site of a rock fall which killed at least 34 people in a Cairo shantytown.... read more
7 September 2008, 8:16 am
Hopes of finding survivors trapped under giant boulders began to fade on Sunday, a day after a massive rockslide flattened homes in a north Cairo shantytown, burying whole families under the rubble.... read more
7 September 2008, 12:38 am
At least 30 people were killed after dozens of homes in a northern Cairo shantytown were crushed by a massive rockslide, state television reported on Sunday, updating an earlier toll.... read more
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