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Egypt's president claims victory in release of 7 security personnel abducted ... - Washington Post Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:16 GMT

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Egypt's president claims victory in release of 7 security personnel abducted ... Washington Post CAIRO — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass ... Seven Egypt security force hostages freed in SinaiBBC News Military: 7 kidnapped soldiers freed in EgyptCNN Sinai kidnappers free Egypt police, soldiersGulf Times CBS News -Deutsche Welle -Yahoo! News all 318 news articles »

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In Brotherhood's Egypt, blasphemy charges against Christians surge ahead - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 22 May 2013 14:31:00 GMT

In Brotherhood's Egypt, blasphemy charges against Christians surge ahead Christian Science Monitor A blasphemy trial against a Christian teacher in this Egyptian city renowned for its Pharaonic monuments is among a wave of cases that have Egyptian Christians worried they can be jailed for insulting Islam on the flimsiest of evidence. Skip to next ... Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bailKXAN.com all 3 news articles »

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Oppenheimer tells Apache to sell its Egypt assets - MarketWatch (blog) Wed, 22 May 2013 22:36:10 GMT

Oppenheimer tells Apache to sell its Egypt assets MarketWatch (blog) Apache is one of Egypt's largest acreage holders, controlling 9.7 million gross acres in the country's Western Desert. Only 18% of the acreage has been developed, “providing us with considerable exploration and development opportunities,” the company ...

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Egypt TV: 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed - CBS News Wed, 22 May 2013 06:18:43 GMT

CBS News

Egypt TV: 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed CBS News CAIRO Egyptian state TV says six policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed. The report says the men were let go in the middle of the desert by their captors and the military was ...

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Egypt: Security Forces Fire on Funeral - New York Times Wed, 22 May 2013 04:34:35 GMT

Egypt: Security Forces Fire on Funeral New York Times Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel. The officials say the troops thought the funeral convoy was carrying gunmen who refused ...

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Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest - Al-Arabiya Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:29 GMT

Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest Al-Arabiya An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut, state news agency MENA reported. The four were found guilty of killing Reverend ... and more »

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Mursi appeals to Egypt opposition for unity - Al-Arabiya Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:12 GMT

Mursi appeals to Egypt opposition for unity Al-Arabiya “To all those who love Egypt, to the opposition, those who love this country and care for its interests, let's proceed together... help each other, love each other more... and move forward,” said Mursi. The Islamist president was speaking after a ...

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Q&A with US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson - Ahram Online Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:56 GMT

Ahram Online

Q&A with US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson Ahram Online Black and white photos of Egypt's late president's catch the eye, along with an iconic photo of jazz legend Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet next to the pyramids and sphinx. Patterson, who has been in the post for two years, remained welcoming ... New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikesYahoo! News Egypt: Echoes of the revolution far from CairoBBC News Egypt's songs of revolution have given way to a literature of despairHaaretz Globe and Mail -NBCNews.com (blog) -Deutsche Welle all 40 news articles »

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Egyptian soldiers' kidnapping was unplanned: Anonymous source - Ahram Online Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:27 GMT

Ahram Online

Egyptian soldiers' kidnapping was unplanned: Anonymous source Ahram Online The abduction of seven Egyptian security personnel last week in the Sinai Peninsula was an unplanned act by aggrieved local Sinai residents, a high-ranking government official was quoted as saying by Ahram's Arabic-language website on Wednesday.

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Egypt still 'safe place for Americans': Attacked US scholar - Ahram Online Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:36 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt still 'safe place for Americans': Attacked US scholar Ahram Online Egyptian resentment toward US government policies may be justified – but this doesn't make Egypt a dangerous place for Americans, Christopher Stone, the American scholar stabbed outside the US embassy in Cairo earlier this month, told Ahram Online. The struggle: Egyptians obtaining foreign visasDaily News Egypt all 2 news articles »