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Egypt Stops Attempt to Smuggle Jewish Artifacts - ABC News Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:27:33 GMT

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Egypt Stops Attempt to Smuggle Jewish Artifacts
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Authorities in Egypt say they have seized a cache of Jewish religious artifacts that smugglers wanted to ship to Belgium at one of the country's main ports. Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a statement Friday that officials found the ...
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Baird raises jailed Canadian journalist's case in Egypt - The Globe and Mail Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:41:41 GMT

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Baird raises jailed Canadian journalist's case in Egypt
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he raised the case of a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt when he met with his counterpart in Cairo this week, noting concerns about Mohamed Fahmy's medical needs and the importance of a fair and timely trial.
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Canada calls for fair Egypt journo trialSBS
Fahmy: Silent feds cite privacy, expert calls 'bulls**t'iPolitics.ca (subscription)
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Egypt's Population Boom Threatens Cultural Treasures - National Geographic Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:47:28 GMT

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Egypt's Population Boom Threatens Cultural Treasures
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Frequent changes in government personnel since then—the most recent of which saw the resignation of the interim prime minister and the replacement of many top ministers in late February—have further imperiled Egypt's prize monuments by paralyzing key ...
Cairo Court Rejects Lawsuit to Ban All Israeli Activities in EgyptAlgemeiner
Policeman killed in Egypt's Cairo bomb blastXinhua
Cairo court rejects lawsuit trying to ban Israeli activites in EgyptAhram Online
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Rate of Christian girls abducted and attacked by extremists on the rise in Egypt - Fox News Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:18:42 GMT

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Rate of Christian girls abducted and attacked by extremists on the rise in Egypt
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The girls are often assaulted, raped, kidnapped, forced to change their faith and sometimes killed, the ICC said.Making matter worse, nothing is being done by local authorities to prevent it in provinces across Egypt, according to officials from both ...
Attacks, rapes and forced conversions to Islam spike for Egypt's Christian ...Washington Times
'PERVASIVE' VIOLENCERate of Christian girls attacked on rise in EgyptBayoubuzz
Number of Young Christian Girls Raped, Killed in Egypt Increasing Quickly--and ...Gospel Herald

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Egypt's gay community fears government crackdown - The Guardian Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:51:56 GMT

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Egypt's gay community fears government crackdown
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While homosexuality is technically legal in Egypt, citizens suspected of being gay have long been the target of sporadic detentions – with those arrested often convicted of debauchery or insulting public morals. But some activists claim the recent ...
Egypt: Surge in anti-gay raids sparks fears of crackdownPinkNews.co.uk

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An Egypt Expert Doesn't Share IMF's Hopeful View - Forbes Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:15:38 GMT

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An Egypt Expert Doesn't Share IMF's Hopeful View
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Before you think that Gen. Abdul-Fatah al-Sisi's booting of the Muslim Brotherhood from power and legitimacy in Egypt has restored a sort of Mubarak-y order, consider this week's grim report: The senior fellow for the Mideast at the Council on Foreign ...


Haifa Wehbe film withdrawn from Egypt cinemas - Asharq Alawsat English Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:11:11 GMT

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Haifa Wehbe film withdrawn from Egypt cinemas
Asharq Alawsat English
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has ordered Haifa Wehbe's latest cinematic offering, Halaweet Rooh (Beauty of the Soul), withdrawn from cinemas, a state-owned news agency reported on Wednesday. The film had ...
Egypt's government pulls film starring Arab 'sex symbol', awaits review by censorsAhram Online
Egypt pulls Lebanese star's 'adults only' movieYahoo!7 News
Egypt pulls Lebanese star's "adults only" movieYour Middle East
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Egypt's Enduring Passion for Soccer - New York Times Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:18:07 GMT

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Egypt's Enduring Passion for Soccer
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CAIRO — Egyptians are attached to soccer the way the French are to wine. It's well-nigh impossible to find an Egyptian who is not a fan. When major matches are being broadcast, Cairo turns into a quasi ghost town. The only sounds are the shouts of the ...
Egypt: Epidemic of sexual violence continuesFIDH
Epidemic of sexual violence in Egypt: reporteNCA
Egypt presidential hopeful urges political unityThe Daily Star
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Probing Egypt's most powerful agencies, corruption watchdog faces heavy ... - Toronto Star Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:40:27 GMT

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Probing Egypt's most powerful agencies, corruption watchdog faces heavy ...
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CAIRO—Hesham Genena has created an uproar by trying to actually do his job. The head of one of Egypt's foremost government oversight agencies says he has uncovered billions of dollars worth of corruption, involving some of the country's most ...

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The revolutionary dials spin in Egypt - Aljazeera.com Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:39:41 GMT

The revolutionary dials spin in Egypt
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After three short but dense years of hopes created, chiselled, mislaid, abused, dismissed, shattered or else retrieved, the blogosphere is replete today with words and images of the different forms of uprisings that shook Egypt ever since those heady ...