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Egypt: El-Sissi in Final Step to Run for President - ABC News Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:12:06 GMT

The Nation

Egypt: El-Sissi in Final Step to Run for President
ABC News
Egypt's former military chief on Monday took the final formal step to run in next month's presidential election, submitting to the election commission eight times the number of signatures required, his campaign said in a statement. Abdel-Fattah el ...
Egypt arrests alleged 'terrorist' who fought in SyriaReuters
Sisi makes pre-vote campaign splash in EgyptDAWN.com

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Death sentences in Egypt lead to international outrage - Al Jazeera America Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:41:51 GMT

Death sentences in Egypt lead to international outrage
Al Jazeera America
MATAI, Egypt — As far as Hana Gamel was concerned, things had been going as well as they could. In September 2013 her husband, Sheik Ahmed Qorani, a respected preacher in the city of Minya, was arrested a few miles away in his hometown of Matai.


Egypt to raise electricity prices before election -minister - Reuters Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:08:12 GMT

International Business Times UK

Egypt to raise electricity prices before election -minister
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Egypt plans to boost electricity prices for the richest 20 percent of its citizens before the presidential elections at the end of May, as the country has 'no time to waste' in starting reforms, the planning minister said. Ashraf ...
Egypt to raise electricity prices before electionsAsharq Alawsat English
Egypt: Electricity Price Hikes Shock Rich as Further Reforms FloatedInternational Business Times UK

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Egypt brushes aside criticism of latest anti-terror measures - Los Angeles Times Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:53:44 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Egypt brushes aside criticism of latest anti-terror measures
Los Angeles Times
CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday sharply rejected a prominent human rights group's criticism of two tough new draft anti-terror laws. The measures, which have yet to be signed into law by interim President Adly Mansour, so sweepingly define terrorism that ...
'Muslim Brotherhood' members killed in EgyptAljazeera.com
Egypt's Tahrir Square dream fades as Sisi builds powerReuters
AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror lawJURIST
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Baird's office won't commit to confronting Egypt over jailed journalist - iPolitics.ca (subscription) Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:01:24 GMT

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Baird's office won't commit to confronting Egypt over jailed journalist
iPolitics.ca (subscription)
As Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird prepares for his first bilateral trip to Egypt this week, it is still not clear whether he will raise with Egyptian officials the case of jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, currently being held in a Cairo ...
Baird's Egypt visit sends wrong messageToronto Star
John Baird heading to EgyptCANOE
Canadian FM scheduled to visit CairoDaily News Egypt

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NATO secretary general's visit to Egypt to be arranged soon: spokesperson - Ahram Online Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:52:06 GMT

NATO secretary general's visit to Egypt to be arranged soon: spokesperson
Ahram Online
NATO's secretary general could visit Egypt soon, thanks to an invitation from Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, says NATO deputy spokeswoman Caren Romero. Earlier this month, Fahmy met current Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in ...


Dialogue ongoing between Hezbollah, Egypt - The Daily Star Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:38:16 GMT

The Daily Star

Dialogue ongoing between Hezbollah, Egypt
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Hezbollah will appoint lawyers to defend members of the party in Egyptian courts who fled from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's envoy to Lebanon told The Daily Star. “The party requested that they be ...


Egypt to Introduce Smart-Card System for Subsidized Bread - Wall Street Journal Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:22:49 GMT

Today's Zaman

Egypt to Introduce Smart-Card System for Subsidized Bread
Wall Street Journal
Egypt will introduce a nationwide smart-card system for subsidized bread by July, in an attempt to trim waste in its massive government wheat-purchasing program. Through a state agency, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, or GASC, Egypt is ...
Egypt to introduce smart card for subsidised breadThe Africa Report
Egypt to introduce smart card for subsidized bread by JulyToday's Zaman
Egypt minister proposes five loaves of bread per day for every citizenMiddle East Monitor
Daily News Egypt
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Retired army general wants Egypt's St. Catherine's Monastery demolished - Ahram Online Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:48:28 GMT

Ahram Online

Retired army general wants Egypt's St. Catherine's Monastery demolished
Ahram Online
A retired army general says he has filed a court case pushing for Egypt's historic Saint Catherine's Monastery to be demolished and its Greek monks deported on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security. In May 2012, Ahmed Ragai Attiya ...
Ex-Egypt general wants UNESCO site demolishedAl-Arabiya
Pyramid Tour Guides Turn to Opium Farming as Visitors Shun EgyptInternational Business Times UK

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Egypt gives Hamas and Gaza the cold shoulder - BBC News Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:19:03 GMT

BBC News

Egypt gives Hamas and Gaza the cold shoulder
BBC News
Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has led to a sharp deterioration in relations with the Islamist group Hamas in neighbouring Gaza, and the people there are paying the price. As a coach forces its way through the crowds on the Palestinian ...

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