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Egypt ex-PM: presidential poll will be fixed - Aljazeera.com Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:17:13 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Egypt ex-PM: presidential poll will be fixed
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One of Egypt's top politicians, the former prime minister Ahmed Shafik, has pulled out of the country's upcoming presidential election saying it will be fixed in favour of the army chief. In a leaked recording broadcast by Al Jazeera on Thursday ...
Former Egyptian General Calls Promise of Free Elections a 'Farce'New York Times
Egyptian candidate questions Sisi's commitment to democracyReuters
Sisi mania: Egypt prepares for presidential bid announcementAl-Arabiya
gulfnews.com -The Daily Star
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Egypt's Ancient Snark - New York Times Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:26:26 GMT

Egypt's Ancient Snark
New York Times
CAIRO — In 1798, after Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Egypt, some local grandees wanted to get close to him, so they gave him six slave girls. At that time, Egyptians were under the influence of the Turkish taste that considered a fulsome figure a ...

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Egypt's Jewish community buries deputy leader - Aljazeera.com Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:01:21 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt's Jewish community buries deputy leader
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In the past, Egypt was seen as a safe haven for Jews, absorbing many who were fleeing pogroms in Eastern Europe and Russia in the late 19th century. In the early 1920s, Cairo developed a thriving Jewish population in the Darb al-Barabira district, with ...
Nadia Haroun, deputy head of Egypt's dwindling Jewish community, diesJewish Telegraphic Agency

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Egypt military: Islamists targeted army bus - Al-Arabiya Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:24:42 GMT

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Egypt military: Islamists targeted army bus
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Thursday, 13 March 2014. Egypt's army blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for an attack on an army bus which killed one officer and injured three others in Cairo on Thursday, Reuters reported. “Masked armed men belonging to the terrorist Brotherhood targeted ...
Egypt summons Europe envoys over concernsAljazeera.com
Egypt's army blames Muslim Brotherhood for attack on army busReuters
Egypt summons European envoys over human rights statementAhram Online
Fox News -euronews -BBC News
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In Egypt, the Military Means (Big) Business - Businessweek Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:21:32 GMT

In Egypt, the Military Means (Big) Business
Businessweek
Field Marshal Abdelfatah al-Seesi, the army chief who ousted the freely elected government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood, flew to the United Arab Emirates on March 12 to observe military maneuvers. A few days before ...
Egypt's law comes to the aid of Mubarak's former croniesAlaska Dispatch

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Egypt: Presidential elections before July 17 - Asharq Alawsat English Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:12:50 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt: Presidential elections before July 17
Asharq Alawsat English
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour announced on Wednesday that presidential elections will take place before July 17 as Egypt's presidential race heated up this week. The news follows a reported assassination attempt against ...
Egypt may have to wait for presidential voteLos Angeles Times
Egypt presidential elections to end before JulyAhram Online
Egypt's presidential elections to end before July 17Al-Bawaba
AllAfrica.com
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Egypt make big leap in latest Fifa rankings - BBC Sport Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:32:19 GMT

BBC Sport

Egypt make big leap in latest Fifa rankings
BBC Sport
Egypt have climbed up more places than any other African country in Fifa's latest world rankings for March. The Pharaohs rose 12 positions to be listed as the 26th best team in the world - the third highest African team, behind Ivory Coast and Algeria.
England, Egypt and Panama climbFifa.com
Egypt jump 12 places in March FIFA World RankingsKing Fut

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Egypt says two Brotherhood members arrested in the Gulf - Reuters Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:01:35 GMT

The Nation

Egypt says two Brotherhood members arrested in the Gulf
Reuters
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are among the Gulf nations that have pumped billions of dollars into Egypt since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last July following mass protests against him. "The office of the public prosecutor has received a ...
Egypt fears backlash if it cuts ties with QatarAl-Monitor

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Egypt refuses Hamas request to mediate cease-fire - WND.com Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:24:46 GMT

Ma'an News Agency

Egypt refuses Hamas request to mediate cease-fire
WND.com
In a nearly unprecedented development, Egypt has refused a Hamas request to mediate a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip with Israel, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials. The officials told WND that the request was made by Hamas via Qatar.
Egypt Ignores Hamas, Talks with Islamic JihadArutz Sheva
Egypt 'intentionally' ignored Hamas on Gaza ceasefireMa'an News Agency
Gaza's Islamic Jihad Reports Egypt-Brokered Truce With IsraelBloomberg
Telegraph.co.uk -euronews -Jerusalem Post
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Egypt's Sisi in UAE in first visit to Gulf - Aljazeera.com Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:21:15 GMT

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Egypt's Sisi in UAE in first visit to Gulf
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Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country which was a strong supporter of his July ousting of President Mohamed Morsi. Field Marshal Sisi, who is Egypt's defence minister and deputy prime ...