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31 Egyptian Soldiers Are Killed as Militants Attack in Sinai - New York Times Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:13:08 GMT

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31 Egyptian Soldiers Are Killed as Militants Attack in Sinai
New York Times
EL ALAMEIN, Egypt — Two attacks on Egyptian military positions in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday killed at least 31 soldiers, according to security officials and the state news media. The first attack killed at least 28 soldiers, making it the ...
Attacks in Egypt's Sinai kill 33 security personnelReuters
Egypt Declares Emergency in Northern SinaiABC News
Egypt: 29 killed as Sinai attacks target security forcesBBC News
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New generation of archaeologists takes ancient Egypt into 21st century - The Guardian Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:15:55 GMT

The Guardian

New generation of archaeologists takes ancient Egypt into 21st century
The Guardian
Five years ago, if archaeologists digging up pharaonic ruins in Egypt found any human bones, they would usually throw them away. “Most Egyptian archaeological missions looked at human remains as garbage,” said Afaf Wahba, a young official at Egypt's ...


Sinai attacks kill at least 30 Egyptian soldiers - Al-Arabiya Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:32:43 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Sinai attacks kill at least 30 Egyptian soldiers
Al-Arabiya
Similar previous operations have been claimed by Egypt's most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqsis. Following the attacks Egypt National defiance Council, convened by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, declared a three-month state of emergency in ...


Egypt: At least 10 soldiers killed, dozens more wounded by car bomb at Sinai ... - Jerusalem Post Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:37:10 GMT

Arab News

Egypt: At least 10 soldiers killed, dozens more wounded by car bomb at Sinai ...
Jerusalem Post
At least 25 soldiers were killed and dozens more were wounded by a car bomb that targeted a Sinai checkpoint near the border with the Gaza Strip. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the guard of honor upon arriving at ...
Masked men burn two Saudi Arabia consulate cars in Egypt: sourcesReuters
Masked men burn Saudi consulate cars in Egypt - sourcesReuters UK

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Israeli soldiers wounded in Egypt border attack - The Guardian Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:34:44 GMT

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Israeli soldiers wounded in Egypt border attack
The Guardian
“Two soldiers were injured by fire directed at them from Egypt,” a statement from the Israeli military added, without identifying the attackers. The army said a female officer and a male soldier had been injured, both of whom were members of the ...
Two IDF soldiers injured in cross-border shooting from EgyptJerusalem Post
Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Egypt border attackHaaretz
Missile, Fire From Egypt Wounds 2 Israeli TroopsABC News
Los Angeles Times -Ma'an News Agency
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Al Jazeera staff held for 300 days in Egypt - Aljazeera.com Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:43:37 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Al Jazeera staff held for 300 days in Egypt
Aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera English journalists Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste are marking the 300th day since their arrest in Egypt. Greste and Fahmy received seven-year jail terms, while Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years, after they were accused ...
Egypt flags release for jailed journalist Peter Greste: reportSydney Morning Herald

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Dozens die in Sinai army checkpoint attack - Aljazeera.com Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:49:04 GMT

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Dozens die in Sinai army checkpoint attack
Aljazeera.com
At least 26 soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army checkpoint in Egypt's North Sinai, state media has reported. The attack on Friday afternoon hit an army checkpoint at Karm al-Qawadeis, southwest of Sheikh Zuweid. Egyptian sources told Al ...


The Mirage of the 'New Egypt' - New York Times Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:20:16 GMT

New York Times

The Mirage of the 'New Egypt'
New York Times
This portrait of perfection, an ad introducing a “New Egypt: Peace, Prosperity & Growth,” was posted last month in Times Square. What, exactly, is the “New Egypt”? Three very different answers appeared on three different billboards over three recent weeks.
Islamism in Egypt and beyondAhram Online
Egypt's Christians, attacked for supporting Sisi, patiently await payback (+video)Christian Science Monitor
Mubarak Nostalgia is the Winning Strategy in Egyptian Politics Right NowThe New Republic

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Bomb blast in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is deadliest attack on army in decades - Washington Post Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:00:56 GMT

Bomb blast in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is deadliest attack on army in decades
Washington Post
CAIRO — More than two dozen Egyptian soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack at a military checkpoint in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Friday, marking one of the deadliest insurgent actions in the country in years, even as authorities have vowed to ...


Attack on Egypt army post kills 26 - TheNewsTribune.com Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:06:14 GMT

Attack on Egypt army post kills 26
TheNewsTribune.com
EL-ARISH, Egypt — An assault on an army checkpoint in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday caused a large explosion and killed at least 26 troops, making it the deadliest single attack in decades on the military, which has been ...