EGYPT'S TRANSPORT MINISTER, IBRAHIM AL-DEMERI, HAS RESIGNED FOLLOWING ...

World | February 23, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Egypt's Transport Minister, Ibrahim al-Demeri, has resigned following the country's worst ever train fire, which claimed over 370 lives. The head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, has also tendered his resignation over Wednesday's disaster. President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak has accepted both resignations, and promised a thorough investigation into the inferno. The cause of the accident on the night train from Cairo to Luxor was initially blamed on passengers using portable cookers.

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