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Egypt extends emergency laws for 2 months - Al Jazeera America Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:23:13 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Egypt extends emergency laws for 2 months
Al Jazeera America
Egypt's interim president on Thursday extended a nationwide state of emergency for two more months, citing continued security concerns, as a senior Egyptian official warned of more attacks in the wake of a failed assassination attempt against the ...
Egypt extends emergency laws for two monthsUSA TODAY
Al-Jazeera takes legal action over treatment of its journalists in EgyptThe Guardian
Egypt extends emergency law, citing security concernsCBS News
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Coptic Christians Eager to Start Lives in U.S., But Still Call Egypt 'Home' - PBS NewsHour Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:35:09 GMT

PBS NewsHour

Coptic Christians Eager to Start Lives in U.S., But Still Call Egypt 'Home'
PBS NewsHour
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Fairfax, Va., has 3,500 members and counting. Photos by Larisa Epatko. When Mary, a 29-year-old Coptic Christian from Minya, Egypt, landed seven months ago at Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia, many thoughts were ...
'Egypt Emergency Fund' to aid persecuted ChristiansPR Newswire (press release)

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Across Egypt, piles of ash where church pews once stood (+video) - Christian Science Monitor Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:41:27 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Across Egypt, piles of ash where church pews once stood (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
14 and the consistent failure to provide security in places like Delja, is a reminder that, Islamists in power or not, Egypt has a history of failing to secure and protect Christians or bring their attackers to justice, a failure that continues today ...

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Egypt's Interim Prime Minister Promises to Fight Persecution of Military Critics - PBS NewsHour Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:47:53 GMT

Egypt's Interim Prime Minister Promises to Fight Persecution of Military Critics
PBS NewsHour
Margaret Warner talks to Egyptian interim prime minister Hazem el-Beblawi about the ouster of former President Morsi, the military's influence on the government, the crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood, protecting liberal critics of the military ...

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Egypt's Latest Conspiracy Theories Target the Country's Syrian Refugees - The Atlantic Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:00:24 GMT

The Atlantic

Egypt's Latest Conspiracy Theories Target the Country's Syrian Refugees
The Atlantic
Syrian protesters living in Egypt take part in a demonstration in support of President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Arab League headquarters. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters). It's been almost a month since Egyptian security forces brutally dispersed ...
Egypt: Detained Morsi supporters denied their rightsAmnesty International
Egypt is facing a new Islamist insurgencyNew Statesman
Uncertain Future for Egypt's Muslim BrotherhoodVoice of America
euronews -Open Democracy -Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Gaza Palestinians feel pain of new Egypt border restrictions - Reuters Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:49:17 GMT

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Gaza Palestinians feel pain of new Egypt border restrictions
Reuters
For the 57-year-old Palestinian seeking a kidney transplant in Cairo, that means the border crossing from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, whose army-backed government has sharply limited entry from the Islamist Hamas-run territory since the military deposed ...
Egypt tanks cross fence leading to GazaFox News
Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai bombingAljazeera.com
Suicide Bombs Hit Egypt Military in Sinai, Kill 9ABC News
Gulf Times -The Nation.
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Are 'opportunistic armed men' reviving an Egyptian insurgency? - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:45:35 GMT

NBCNews.com (blog)

Are 'opportunistic armed men' reviving an Egyptian insurgency?
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Louisa Loveluck, GlobalPost Contributor. CAIRO, Egypt — In a cramped Cairo hospital waiting room on Sep. 5, an army lieutenant colonel held a battered copy of a list of names of policemen injured in an assassination attempt against Interior ...


Militants Kill Soldiers in Sinai, and Egypt's Military Broadens Its Crackdown - New York Times Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:20:42 GMT

Militants Kill Soldiers in Sinai, and Egypt's Military Broadens Its Crackdown
New York Times
CAIRO — Suicide bombers killed at least six soldiers in two separate attacks in Sinai on Wednesday, security officials said, as the new government said it was stepping up its crackdown on Islamist militants there and also appeared to be moving against ...


In Sensitive Case, Egypt Acquits Alleged Killers of 2011 Protesters - Voice of America Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:56:51 GMT

Voice of America

In Sensitive Case, Egypt Acquits Alleged Killers of 2011 Protesters
Voice of America
The verdict could add to tensions in Egypt, which has been gripped by a political crisis since the army overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood on July 3 after mass protests against his rule. The Brotherhood and some human rights ...


CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Egypt owes foreign oil companies $6 billion, says PM - Reuters Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:45:40 GMT

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Egypt owes foreign oil companies $6 billion, says PM
Reuters
CAIRO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Egypt is close to agreeing a schedule for repaying $6 billion in outstanding debt to foreign oil companies, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. Beblawi also told Al Masry Al ...
Egypt To Repay $6 Billion Debt Owed To Oil FirmsVentures Africa
Egypt, UAE discuss plan for supporting Egyptian economyEgypt SIS (press release)
Apache, BP among oil companies owed billions in EgyptHouston Business Journal (blog)

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