Egypt
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Portuguese Coach Barely Escapes Egypt Violence
Football | Feb 03, 2012, 12:36 PM ISTLisbon, Portugal, Feb 3: A Portuguese member of Al-Ahly's coaching staff says he ran for his life and made a narrow escape when fans stormed the field after an Egyptian match and caused a riot
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Egyptian Soccer Fans Stampede After Game, 74 Dead
Football | Feb 02, 2012, 09:41 AM ISTCairo, Feb 2: Soccer fans rushed the field after the home team won an unexpected victory over Egypt's top squad Wednesday, setting off clashes and a stampede that left at least 74 people dead and
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Egypt Defends Storming Of Civil Society Groups
World | Jan 02, 2012, 01:17 PM ISTCairo, Jan 2: A top Egyptian official responsible for overseeing civil society groups on Sunday defended sweeps through the offices of 10 human rights and pro-democracy organizations, rejecting denunciations from the U.S., U.N. and Germany.It
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Trial Of Mubarak Resumes
World | Dec 29, 2011, 08:45 AM ISTCairo, Dec 29: The trial of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who has been accused of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising which ousted him in February, resumed on Wednesday after
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Mubarak Returns To Court After Three Months
World | Dec 28, 2011, 09:30 PM ISTCairo, Dec 28: Egypt's ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak returned to court today, wheeled in on a stretcher, for the resumption of his trial after three months on charges of ordering the shooting of anti-regime protesters.
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New Israeli Ambassador Arrives In Egypt
World | Dec 12, 2011, 05:59 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Dec 08, 2011, 08:33 AM ISTCairo, 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 | Dec 01, 2011, 10:38 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 30, 2011, 02:10 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 29, 2011, 07:42 AM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 26, 2011, 07:54 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 25, 2011, 11:23 PM ISTParis, 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 | Nov 21, 2011, 07:19 AM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 20, 2011, 02:17 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 04, 2011, 11:50 AM ISTCairo, 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 | Nov 03, 2011, 09:05 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Oct 11, 2011, 09:50 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Sep 08, 2011, 08:53 PM ISTCairo, 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 | Aug 05, 2011, 10:26 AM ISTCartagena, 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 | Jul 27, 2011, 03:14 PM ISTCairo, 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