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Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping
ReutersEL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. Radical...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Israel, Religion and Belief
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Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues
CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...
Tags: Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Egypt, Armed Conflicts, Kidnapping
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Supporters of abducted soldiers keep Sinai-Gaza border shut
CAIRO — The families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped last week in North Sinai kept Egypt’s borders with the Gaza Strip closed Sunday for the third day in a row. Nearly 170 demonstrators have gathered inside the...
Tags: Fatah, Hamas, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
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Protesting Egyptian police block Israel border crossing
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday to pressure the Cairo government to help free the men, security...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi
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Police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Mursi protest
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces clashed with young men in central Cairo after a protest by several thousand opponents of President Mohamed Mursi, state news agency MENA reported. The forces fired tear gas at the youths throwing firebombs and...Tags: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
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One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt
ReutersALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the...Tags: Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Suspected militants kidnap 7 Egyptian security personnel in Sinai
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. The...Tags: Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, Egypt, Hamas, Hosni Mubarak
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The Benghazi talking points
The furor over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a "sideshow." Finally, on Wednesday, the White House released more...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, White House, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Egypt says disputes with Dubai's DAMAC are resolved
ReutersCAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Wednesday it had settled disputes with the Dubai-based developer DAMAC involving projects dating back to the Mubarak era - an agreement the government hopes will reassure prospective investors. The government...Tags: Crimes, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Egypt, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Hosni Mubarak
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Egypt judges suspend talks with president after parliament pushes ahead with controversial law
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a renewed push by...Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Laws, Egypt, National Government
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Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market
CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips. They are rare in a nation where revolution...
Tags: Egypt, Mohamed ElBaradei, Hosni Mubarak, Finance, Political Dissent
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Egypt judges suspend talks with Mursi over disputed reforms
Reuters* Critics say Brotherhood trying to monopolise power * Row over judges has widened political rifts * Judge calls parliament decision "a farce and a joke" By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Senior Egyptian judges halted talks with...Tags: Career and Workplace, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Egypt, Parliament, Hosni Mubarak
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