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Egypt mosques: Weekly sermon themes set by government - BBC News Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:50:32 GMT

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Egypt mosques: Weekly sermon themes set by government
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Mosques across Egypt have witnessed the first Friday sermon on a set theme chosen by the government as part of newly introduced controls on Muslim places of worship. The policy is controversial in a country that is deeply polarised after the army ...
Tony Blair praises Egypt coup as military leader aims for presidencyTelegraph.co.uk
Egypt military: Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militantsWashington Post
Egypt says it killed 13 'extremists' in Sinai airstrikesCNN
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Living dangerously in the 'new' Egypt - Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:14:16 GMT

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Living dangerously in the 'new' Egypt
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It doesn't take long for a crowd to turn on you on the streets of Egypt these days. A finger pointed, an accusation levelled, and you are literally running for your life. For months now I have been hesitant to even pull my notebook from my bag when I ...
Egypt Tries to Reassure Journalists From AbroadNew York Times
Egypt says 20 journalists 'facing charges'BBC News
Egypt: Detained Al Jazeera journalists and others face criminal trialCNN
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Ruins of bustling port unearthed at Egypt's Giza pyramids - Fox News Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:53:50 GMT

Ruins of bustling port unearthed at Egypt's Giza pyramids
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Several discoveries at the city and Khentkawes town suggest Giza was a thriving port, said archaeologist Mark Lehner, the director of Ancient Egypt Research Associates. For instance, Lehner's team discovered a basin beside the Khentkawes town just 1 ...


UN urges Egypt to release foreign journalists, including Peter Greste - The Guardian Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:34:11 GMT

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UN urges Egypt to release foreign journalists, including Peter Greste
The Guardian
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the release of foreign journalists, including Australian Peter Greste, who is detained in Egypt. Greste, 48, and two al-Jazeera English network colleagues were arrested at a Cairo ...
Egypt's 'severe clampdown' on journalists condemned by UNAl Jazeera America
UN Denounces Egypt's Clampdown on JournalistsVoice of America
Egypt: UN human rights office voices concern at growing clampdown, attacks on ...UN News Centre
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Egypt to put 20 journalists on trial on terrorism-related charges - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:59:25 GMT

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Egypt to put 20 journalists on trial on terrorism-related charges
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By Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent, NBC News. Egypt said 20 Al-Jazeera journalists, including both Egyptians and foreigners, will face trial on terrorism-related charges. Among them are three journalists employed by Al-Jazeera English, the Qatari-based ...


UNESCO team express 'shock' at Egypt's Islamic museum losses, pledges ... - Fox News Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:48:53 GMT

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UNESCO team express 'shock' at Egypt's Islamic museum losses, pledges ...
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CAIRO – UNESCO pledged Friday to help restore a renowned museum dedicated to Islamic history in Cairo that was devastated by a bomb last week, with officials expressing "shock" at the scale of the damage. The Museum of Islamic Art was across the ...
UNESCO team 'shocked' at Egypt Islamic museum lossWashington Post

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Changing Egypt Offers Hope to Long-Marginalized Nubians - National Geographic Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:32:49 GMT

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Changing Egypt Offers Hope to Long-Marginalized Nubians
National Geographic
For decades, they've tiptoed around the fringes of mainstream Egyptian society, stranded in the political wilderness as they've waged a long and largely fruitless campaign to return to their historic homeland along the border of southern Egypt and ...


Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy denounces trial - CNN Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:45:17 GMT

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Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsy denounces trial
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(CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, appearing before a Cairo court Tuesday to face charges related to a 2011 jailbreak, denounced the process as unfair and unjust. Speaking from inside a soundproof glass enclosure, Morsy demanded to ...
Egypt's Ruler Eyes Riskier Role: The PresidencyNew York Times
Egypt's generals give Sisi green light to run for presidentReuters
Aide to Egypt's interior minister killed; ousted president Morsi appears in courtWashington Post
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Ruins of barracks, port unearthed at Egypt's Giza Pyramids - NBCNews.com Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:16:50 GMT

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Ruins of barracks, port unearthed at Egypt's Giza Pyramids
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Several discoveries at the city and Khentkawes town suggest Giza was a thriving port, said archaeologist Mark Lehner, the director of Ancient Egypt Research Associates. For instance, Lehner's team discovered a basin beside the Khentkawes town just 1 ...
Ancient Egyptian ruins of a once bustling barracks and port unearthed next to ...Daily Mail
Barracks, port unearthed near Egypt's Giza PyramidsCatholic Online

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Egypt to have presidential elections first - CNN Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:45:36 GMT

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Egypt to have presidential elections first
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(CNN) -- Egypt will elect a president before voting on a parliament, interim President Adly Mansour said Sunday, amending a road map laid down last summer. Parliamentary elections were supposed to be held first under a timetable agreed to after Egypt's ...
Peter Greste: Egypt detention is 'attack on press freedom'BBC News

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