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Zahi Hawass is on the stump again for ancient Egypt's Pharaohs - Los Angeles Times Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:45:17 GMT

Zahi Hawass is on the stump again for ancient Egypt's Pharaohs
Los Angeles Times
For many years, Zahi Hawass has been the living face of ancient Egypt, an ambassador for long-dead Pharaohs who uses his high-wattage personality, telegenic showmanship and knack for wading confidently into controversy to preserve both their star ...


Egypt Violence Kills 2 Civilians, 4 Conscripts - ABC News Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:36:45 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Egypt Violence Kills 2 Civilians, 4 Conscripts
ABC News
Militants in Egypt's northern Sinai shot and killed four conscripts returning from holidays to their duty station Saturday, hours after two homemade bombs killed a teenager and her mother in a construction site near Cairo, security officials said. The ...
Why Is the World Silent?New York Times
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Four policemen killed in Egypt attack3News NZ

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Egyptian military backtracks on Aids cure claims - The Guardian Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:23:32 GMT

The Guardian

Egyptian military backtracks on Aids cure claims
The Guardian
The Egyptian military appears to have rowed back on claims that it has invented a "miraculous" cure for Aids, HIV and hepatitis C, saying its devices will need a further six months of testing. The equipment, which had been due to be introduced in army ...
Despite ridicule, Egypt pushes ahead with AIDS, hepatitis 'cure'Los Angeles Times
Egypt's Army Says 'Virus Cure' Needs More TestsABC News

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Family, supporters rally for man held in Egypt without charge - Toronto Star Sun, 29 Jun 2014 02:20:53 GMT

Toronto Star

Family, supporters rally for man held in Egypt without charge
Toronto Star
The replica prison cell that had been built to help people understand the horror of the solitary confinement unit her husband Khaled Al-Qazzaz, arrested in Egypt almost a year ago, has been locked into was structurally incorrect. Qazzaz's cell in Cairo ...
Free Khaled Al-Qazzaz rally urges Ottawa 'do the right thing'CTV News
Khaled Al-Qazzaz, Mohamed Fahmy supported at rallies to improve prison ...CBC.ca

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Egypt to Repay Some of The $5.9 Billion It Owes Energy Firms - Wall Street Journal Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:11:22 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Egypt to Repay Some of The $5.9 Billion It Owes Energy Firms
Wall Street Journal
LONDON—Egypt plans to pay back some of its ballooning debt to international energy companies in a bid to revive confidence in its flagging hydrocarbon sector and boost production, the country's oil minister Sherif Ismail said Thursday. Egypt currently ...
Egypt says BP gas project restarted, pledges to pay gas firm debtsAl-Arabiya
Egypt sees production from BP project in 2017Arab News
UPDATE 2-Egypt says BP gas project restarted, pledges to pay gas firm debtsReuters

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Egypt's “Marriott Terror Cell” Travesty - New Yorker (blog) Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:35:48 GMT

New Yorker (blog)

Egypt's “Marriott Terror Cell” Travesty
New Yorker (blog)
Monday's sentencing, by a judge in Cairo, of three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and ten years in prison for the crime of “defamation of Egypt,” and for using “unlicensed equipment” to perpetrate it, was a glaringly egregious judicial sham.
Convicted al-Jazeera journalist makes donation to Egyptian state fundThe Guardian
Jailing of Peter Greste in Egypt reveals principles are the first casualty in ...The Age
Egypt defends itself at UN amid outcry over jailing of journalistsReuters
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Egypt's Sisi and Sudan's Bashir meet amidst controversy - Middle East Eye Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:06:23 GMT

Middle East Eye

Egypt's Sisi and Sudan's Bashir meet amidst controversy
Middle East Eye
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took a brief stopover in Sudan on Friday on his way back from Equatorial Guinea where he was attending the African Union summit. Sisi spent a few hours in Sudan, conducting “a short visit to hold talks with ...
Will Sisi guarantee freedom of expression?Aljazeera.com
Algeria-Egypt summit to support rebel Libyan generalMiddle East Monitor
Egypt's Al-Sisi in Sudan after Africa 'terrorism' warningDaily News Egypt
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Ronhaldinho in talks with Egypt's Zamalek - Al-Arabiya Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:29:14 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Ronhaldinho in talks with Egypt's Zamalek
Al-Arabiya
“If we can get Ronhaldinho to play in Egypt we will make the world focus on the country,” Mansour said, giving the example of Qatar which drew the world's attention by recruiting international players to its local football team. The 34-year-old striker ...


Apache stays strong in Egypt - FuelFix (blog) Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:36:20 GMT

Houston Chronicle

Apache stays strong in Egypt
FuelFix (blog)
HOUSTON — Houston-based Apache Corp. is one of the most active foreign oil and gas producers in Egypt, and Apache's production there last year was second only to what it pumps in the United States. Despite political turmoil that has rocked Egypt for ...
Apache stays strong in Egypt despite turmoilHouston Chronicle

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2 homemade bombs kill teenage girl and wound mother in Egypt - Globalnews.ca Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:24:19 GMT

2 homemade bombs kill teenage girl and wound mother in Egypt
Globalnews.ca
CAIRO, Egypt – Two homemade bombs placed in a government construction site on the outskirts of Cairo exploded Saturday, killing a teenage girl and wounding her mother, officials said. The explosion tore through a government telecommunication building ...