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Egypt antiquities official held (BBC News)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:21:08 GMT

A top official in Egypt's authority of antiquities is arrested as part of probe into restoration project bribes.


Eritrean migrant shot dead on Egypt-Israel border (AlertNet)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:09:22 GMT

Source: Reuters ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Egyptian border guards shot dead an Eritrean man trying to cross the border from Egypt to Israel, Egyptian police sources said on Monday. The guards detained ...


Eritrean migrant shot dead on Egypt-Israel border (Deepika)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:38:23 GMT

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sep 17 (Reuters) Egyptian border guards shot dead an Eritrean man trying to cross the border from Egypt to Israel, Egyptian police sources said today.


Egypt: Ban of Brotherhood Event (The Daily Comet)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:32:46 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt The Egyptian government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood's largest annual social gathering for the first time in 20 years, part of a concerted crackdown against the country's opposition, the group's leadership said Sunday.


Egypt: Ban of Brotherhood event (El Paso Times)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:29:35 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt—The Egyptian government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood's largest annual social gathering for the first time in 20 years, part of a concerted crackdown against the country's opposition, the group's leadership said Sunday.


Mashreqbank in Egypt bid (AME Info)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:26:57 GMT

The UAE's Mashreqbank is weighing up a plan to bid for a sizeable stake in Egypt's state-owned Banque du Caire, reported Gulf News citing the Al Alam Al Youm Arabic newspaper.


Egypt slams US report over religious freedom (Gulf Times)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:18:06 GMT

CAIRO: Cairo yesterday rejected a US government report warning of deteriorating religious freedoms in Egypt as proof of Washington’s “ignorance”. “Most of the content in the American report is rejected in form and in content,” the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement.


Egypt to close rights group aiding torture victims (Christian Today)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:50 GMT

Egypt has told a rights group that aids torture victims it will be shut down for financial misdeeds the group said on Thursday in what activists called a government effort to quash criticism


BSA and ITIDA hold first Regional Workshop on cyber crime and IPR in Egypt (MENAFN)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:03:47 GMT

BSA and ITIDA hold first Regional Workshop on cyber crime and IPR in Egypt


Egypt extends crackdown to press (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:01:33 GMT

The arrest of Ibrahim Eissa and three other opposition journalists is the latest signal of tightening government control, reflecting anxiety over presidential succession.