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Egypt unrest: Two shot dead in clashes after football deaths - BBC News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:43:47 GMT

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Egypt unrest: Two shot dead in clashes after football deaths
BBC News
Two people have been killed and more than 400 injured in protests across Egypt sparked by the deaths of 74 people after a football match. The two killed were shot by police trying to disperse angry crowds in the city of Suez, medical officials said.
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Egyptian comedian sentenced for offending Islam - Chicago Sun-Times Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:27:50 GMT

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Egyptian comedian sentenced for offending Islam
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11, 2005 file photo, Egyptian film actor and comedian Adel Imam, right, walks with Egyptian actress Laila Elwi, left, during the Second Dubai Interational Film Festival red carpet reception, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Egyptian comedian gets 3 months in jail for 'defaming Islam'Fox News

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Egypt Soccer Riot: African Cup Soccer Shadowed By Violence In Egypt - Huffington Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:02:53 GMT

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Egypt Soccer Riot: African Cup Soccer Shadowed By Violence In Egypt
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By GERALD IMRAY 02/ 2/12 01:43 PM ET AP FRANCEVILLE, Gabon -- With soccer reeling from the violence in Egypt, players on the other side of the continent at the African Cup of Nations tried to make sense of the "death and sadness" now gripping their ...
African Cup soccer shadowed by violence in EgyptFox News

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Official: 2 protesters killed in Suez, Egypt - Atlanta Journal Constitution Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:12 GMT

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Official: 2 protesters killed in Suez, Egypt
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By SARAH EL DEEB AP CAIRO — A health official says two protesters have been killed by police gunfire in clashes with police in Suez, Egypt. An injured man is carried after arriving from Port Said at a train station in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb.


As Egypt mourns deaths of 74 soccer fans, activists blame military, police for ... - Washington Post (blog) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:53:22 GMT

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As Egypt mourns deaths of 74 soccer fans, activists blame military, police for ...
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CAIRO — Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country's worst ever ...
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Clashes in Egypt continue after soccer riot (0:40) - Washington Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:47 GMT

Clashes in Egypt continue after soccer riot (0:40)
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Egyptian police fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protesting the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 people. (Feb 2) (/The Associated Press) Correction: ...

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Egypt's new parliament orders soccer deaths probe - ABC Online Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:04:37 GMT

Egypt's new parliament orders soccer deaths probe
ABC Online
PETER CAVE: Thousands of angry protesters and supporters of Cairo's Al Ahly soccer club, known as the Ultras, were on streets of the capital demanding answers and many were blaming Egypt's military ruler, the head of the armed forces.

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Egypt shura poll in UAE begins today - Khaleej Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:36:31 GMT

Egypt shura poll in UAE begins today
Khaleej Times
Mohab Nasr, Consul-General of Egypt in Dubai and Northern Emirates, said as many as 37222 Egyptians have already registered in the electoral college in the UAE for voting in the two-stage shura council elections. The Egyptian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and ...
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Seized Chinese Workers Freed in Egypt - ABC News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:39 GMT

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Seized Chinese Workers Freed in Egypt
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A group of Chinese workers was freed Wednesday, a day after being taken hostage in Egypt, while another group of workers remained captive for a fifth day in Sudan, in separate incidents that show the dangers China faces as its worldwide presence grows.
Sudan, Egypt abductions highlight risks to ChineseThe Associated Press
Chinese workers kidnapped in Egypt freedReuters

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Football violence fits in a worsening pattern in Egypt - The National Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:29:12 GMT

Football violence fits in a worsening pattern in Egypt
The National
and are sparked from a culture of football hooliganism (thriving in Europe for decades and more recently in Egypt too), poor security and the tendency of panicked crowds to stampede. Sounds plausible enough, right? But few in Egypt would buy that story ...
Opposition blames Egypt's military for football tragedyMonsters and Critics.com

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