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  New Israeli Ambassador Arrives In Egypt

  World | December 12, 2011 17:59 IST

  Cairo, Dec 12: Israel's new ambassador to Egypt arrived in Cairo on Monday, airport officials said, three months after rioters ransacked the Israeli Embassy here.Yaakov Amitai will join a small number of Israeli diplomatic staff

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  New Cabinet Named By Egypt PM

  World | December 08, 2011 8:33 IST

  Cairo, Dec 8 : A new 30-member Egyptian cabinet under caretaker premier with greater powers to tackle the crisis in the country was sworn in on Wednesday , amid major gains by the Islamist parties

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  Moderate Islamists Set To Be Dominant Force In Egypt

  World | December 01, 2011 22:38 IST

  Cairo, Dec 1: Moderate Islamists linked to Muslim Brotherhood are expected to emerge as the dominant political force in Egypt in the first phase of historic parliamentary polls in the post-Mubarak era, in which radicals

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  80 Hurt In Night Clashes At Cairo's Tahrir Square

  World | November 30, 2011 14:10 IST

  Cairo, Nov 30: An Egyptian security official says about 80 people were hurt when clashes erupted between protesters and angry street vendors at Cairo's Tahrir Square.The violence broke out after polls closed on Tuesday night

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  Egyptians Wait In Long Lines To Elect A Parliament

  World | November 29, 2011 7:42 IST

  Cairo, Nov 29: They waited in long lines for hours to vote, despite a new wave of unrest, fears about a sharply divided society and uncertainty over the nation's future.For the millions of Egyptians who

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  Three American Students Arrested In Cairo Leave Egypt

  World | November 26, 2011 19:54 IST

  Cairo, Nov 26: Three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo caught flights out of Egypt early Saturday, according to an airport official and an attorney for one of the trio.The three were arrested

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  French TV Journalist Assaulted By Cairo Protesters

  World | November 25, 2011 23:23 IST

  Paris, Nov 25: A French TV journalist said Friday she was punched and roughed up, then sexually assaulted while covering protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square, the second attack reported in a single day on women

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  4 Killed, 800 Injured In Egypt

  World | November 21, 2011 7:19 IST

  Cairo, Nov 21 : Thousands of protesters on Sunday  clashed with riot police for the control of the iconic Tahrir Square here with violence spreading to three other cities, leading to the death of four

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  2 Dead, 800 Injured As Protests Spread To More Egyptian Cities

  World | November 20, 2011 14:17 IST

  Cairo, Nov 20: The violent clashes between thousands of demonstrators and police in Cairo and three other Egyptian cities left two people dead and about 800 others wounded, as protesters tried to occupy the iconic

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  Egypt's Military Sparks Furore With New Proposals

  World | November 04, 2011 11:50 IST

  Cairo, Nov 4: Fear that Egypt's ruling generals are working to perpetuate their hold on power is causing a political furor, threatening a “second revolution” and sending relations between the generals and activists to new

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  New Outcry Erupts In Egypt Against Military Rulers

  World | November 03, 2011 21:05 IST

  Cairo, Nov 3: Egypt's military rulers have triggered a new public outcry with a proposal that critics see as an attempt to enshrine a supreme political role for themselves in the new constitution.The furor is

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  Egypt's Deputy PM Quits Over Deadly Sectarian Violence

  World | October 11, 2011 21:50 IST

  Cairo, Oct 11: Egypt's deputy prime minister today quit in protest against the way the military-led government handled the sectarian violence that claimed at least 25 lives in clashes between Coptic Christians, Muslims and the

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  Egypt Freezes New Satellite TV Station Licenses

  World | September 08, 2011 20:53 IST

  Cairo, Sept 8: Egypt's military rulers have frozen new licenses for private satellite TV stations and are taking steps against broadcasters they say are inciting violence, restrictions activists say harken to the crackdown on freedom

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  Egypt Defeats Austria To Advance In U-20 World Cup

  Football | August 05, 2011 10:26 IST

  Cartagena, Colombia , Aug 5 : Mohamaed Ibrahim scored three goals as Egypt defeated Austria 4-0 on Thursday to advance to the second round of the Under-20 World Cup.After Mohamed Ghazi opened the scoring in

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  Mubarak Refusing To Eat Food As His Trial Approaches

  World | July 27, 2011 15:14 IST

  Cairo, Jul 27:  To go on trial next week on charges that could carry the death penalty, deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is refusing to eat solid food in jail and is suffering from “severe

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  Egypt To Have General Elections In October

  World | July 21, 2011 18:38 IST

  Cairo, Jul 21: Egypt will go for new general elections in October, the country's military council has announced, but has barred international monitors to observe the upcoming polls, designed to move the nation back to

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  Thousands Protest In Egypt Demanding Justice For Victims Of Mubarak

  World | July 08, 2011 21:34 IST

  Cairo, Jul 8: Egyptians held one of their biggest protests in months as tens of thousands took to the streets in Cairo and other cities on Friday to demand justice for victims of Hosni Mubarak's

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  Muslim Brotherhood Recognised As Political Party In Egypt

  World | June 07, 2011 15:58 IST

  Cairo, Jun 7: Eight decades after it was formed, the Muslim Brotherhood movement will now come overground for the first time to operate as a legal political force, to contest the first free general elections

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  Virginity Checks Conducted On Women During Tahrir Square Protests In Egypt

  World | May 31, 2011 9:37 IST

  Cairo, May 31: A senior Egyptian general  has admitted that  "virginity checks" were  conducted on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities, reports CNN.The allegations

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  Al Qaeda Releases Osama's Posthumous Audio Praising People Of Egypt, Tunisia

  World | May 19, 2011 17:02 IST

  Washington, May 19: Al-Qaeda has released the first audio message of Osama bin Laden after his death, praising the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and predicting that the revolt would engulf the entire Arab region.“The