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Egypt's Judges Flex Their Muscles - TIME Tue, 13 May 2014 20:38:05 GMT

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Egypt's Judges Flex Their Muscles
TIME
EGYPT-UNREST-TRIAL-ISLAMIST-VERDICT Egyptians react outside the courtroom in Egypt's southern province of Minya after an Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and other alleged Islamists to death on April 28, 2014.
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Dirty Dancing in Egypt - New York Times Tue, 13 May 2014 10:46:24 GMT

Dirty Dancing in Egypt
New York Times
In just one recent month, a video by the Egyptian-Armenian dancer Safinaz was viewed by Egyptians more than four million times. The Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe's dance video got more than 10 million hits. Oriental dance evidently provides light relief ...

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Egypt exposes 'terror cell' with 225 members - Al-Arabiya Tue, 13 May 2014 11:20:19 GMT

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Egypt exposes 'terror cell' with 225 members
Al-Arabiya
The Egyptian interior ministry on Monday said security forces had uncovered at least 44 alleged terror cells with links to the now banned Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohammad Morsi. Authorities had apprehended 225 cells members for targeting ...
Egypt's Sissi is a no-show at his own campaign rally, but most don't careWashington Post
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Concern for Health of 2 Political Prisoners in Egypt - New York Times (blog) Tue, 13 May 2014 21:07:44 GMT

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Concern for Health of 2 Political Prisoners in Egypt
New York Times (blog)
Mr. Soltan, who has dual American and Egyptian citizenship and whose Egyptian father belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, was shot in the arm as he documented the raid on Twitter. Mr. Elshamy, a correspondent for the Qatari network that gave sympathetic ...
Jailed journalist on hunger strike in Egypt 'critical'The Daily Star
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Imprisoned in Egypt, hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist is close to deathRaw Story
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Mummified Fetus Found in Tiny Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus - Discovery News Tue, 13 May 2014 10:54:38 GMT

Mummified Fetus Found in Tiny Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus
Discovery News
A suspected fake mummy currently on display at an Egypt center in Wales, in fact contains a fetus 12 to 16 weeks into development, CT scan has revealed. Known as W1013, the 20-inch artifact is a case made of cartonnage — layers of linen stiffened with ...


Egyptian Tourism's Message to World: Come Anyway - New York Times Fri, 09 May 2014 23:59:26 GMT

Egyptian Tourism's Message to World: Come Anyway
New York Times
CAIRO — “We've missed you,” Egypt's ministry of tourism says in its new advertising campaign, a plaintive plea for summer visitors from wealthy countries in the Persian Gulf. That is putting it mildly. For three years now, political turmoil has scared ...


Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists - BBC News Mon, 12 May 2014 21:40:19 GMT

Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists
BBC News
A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation after the death of a 13-year-old girl last year. The girl's father, who took her to the clinic, is also being tried in the landmark prosecution. It was June ...

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Egypt Court Sentences 36 Students for Protesting - ABC News Sun, 11 May 2014 09:52:47 GMT

Egypt Court Sentences 36 Students for Protesting
ABC News
An Egyptian judge sentenced Sunday 36 students from an Islamic university in Cairo to four years imprisonment for taking part in a protest against the overthrow of the former Islamist president that turned violent, court officials said. The verdict ...


West 'misunderstood' Egypt crises - foreign minister - BBC News Wed, 14 May 2014 00:27:35 GMT

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West 'misunderstood' Egypt crises - foreign minister
BBC News
That's the warning given by Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy just hours ahead of his meeting on Wednesday with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague. In a veiled criticism of lukewarm support from Western governments, he told the BBC the West ...
FM: International stances shifted in favor of EgyptEgypt SIS (press release)

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Theater Production Workshop presents bittersweet 'Little Egypt' - Bates Magazine Tue, 13 May 2014 12:55:38 GMT

Bates Magazine

Theater Production Workshop presents bittersweet 'Little Egypt'
Bates Magazine
A Bates College cast and crew present Lynn Siefert's 1987 play Little Egypt, a bittersweet comedy about romance's roller-coaster rides in a small Midwestern town, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 15-16; 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17; and ...