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Egypt's decision to side with Israel has cost Gaza dear - The Guardian Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:45:36 GMT

The Guardian

Egypt's decision to side with Israel has cost Gaza dear
The Guardian
Last week a convoy carrying medical supplies to Gaza from Egypt was turned back by Egyptian soldiers over 100km from the border. The convoy's organisers knew they risked being stopped – but that was part of the point. “It was expected,” said Salma Said ...
Egyptian media reveals just how isolated Hamas isWashington Post (blog)
Iran says Egypt dragging its feet on allowing aid to GazaReuters
Egypt and Palestine: Who is defending who?Al-Arabiya
Irish Times -The Electronic Intifada -Ahram Online
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Arabs, Africa and the vacuum Egypt left behind - Al-Arabiya Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:25:30 GMT

Arabs, Africa and the vacuum Egypt left behind
Al-Arabiya
In the past, during social and geography lessons, we were taught about the circles Egypt is linked to - the Arab, African and Muslim circles as well as non-aligned movement states. In the past, we also read and enthusiastically followed up on Egypt's ...

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Egyptian citizens campaign against harassment of women - USA TODAY Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:14:00 GMT

Egyptian citizens campaign against harassment of women
USA TODAY
Dozens of civilians, including women, distributed leaflets to raise awareness about sexual harassment, criminalized for the first time in Egypt last month. Others in a separate campaign focused on catching and punishing harassers, some of whom landed ...
Anti-harassment campaigns report harassment cases during EidEgypt Independent

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Why Egypt Has A Direct Interest In A Gaza Cease-Fire - International Business Times Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:34:40 GMT

International Business Times

Why Egypt Has A Direct Interest In A Gaza Cease-Fire
International Business Times
Though many have tried, Egypt may be the only mediator with a chance of success. Last week, both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the only pitch the two would consider was the one currently being ...
Charles Krauthammer: Kerry the CluelessIndianapolis Star
Clueless in GazaWashington Post

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The Egyptian-Ethiopian divide - Al-Arabiya Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:20:10 GMT

Ahram Online

The Egyptian-Ethiopian divide
Al-Arabiya
We have settled with confirming on what's non-negotiable - that would be Egypt's right to get its share and the amount of water it needs from the Nile River. We have for long insisted on this and neglected to see other Nile Basin countries' opposing ...
Egypt-Ethiopia relations cannot be reduced to dam issue: Egypt's FM tells ...Ahram Online
Egypt approves Ethiopia's request to postpone Nile tripartite talksEgypt SIS (press release)

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Egypt to restore daylight saving time Thursday at midnight - Ahram Online Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:44:47 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt to restore daylight saving time Thursday at midnight
Ahram Online
Egypt will move clocks ahead by one hour on Thursday 31 July at 11:59 pm to restore daylight saving time, state news agency MENA has reported. Re-applied more than two months ago as a measure to alleviate a worsening energy crisis, the decision was ...
Egypt to reapply Daylight Saving TimeZee News

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Egypt appoints new ambassador to Lebanon - The Daily Star Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:13:48 GMT

Egypt appoints new ambassador to Lebanon
The Daily Star
The appointment was announced in a statement from the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut, which explained that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi had reshaped and changed Egyptian representatives across the globe. Zayed, whose mission will begin in ...


Will Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood return to political violence? - BBC News Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:49:50 GMT

BBC News

Will Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood return to political violence?
BBC News
Like most social movements that survived adverse conditions for decades, there are a few constants about the Muslim Brotherhood. One of them is change. Between 1928 and 2014, the organisation has transformed multiple times -updating its world view, ...
Egyptian Media: 3 Militants Die in Car ExplosionABC News
Deaths reported in Egypt bomb blastAljazeera.com
Three killed in car bomb in Cairo: Egyptian state-run TVReuters
Ahram Online -The Daily Star -Al-Shorfa
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Libya's rouge general Haftar denies fleeing to Egypt - Middle East Eye Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:57:25 GMT

Middle East Eye

Libya's rouge general Haftar denies fleeing to Egypt
Middle East Eye
Media reports suggested earlier that Haftar had left to Egypt after his forces had been defeated. Since mid-July, Haftar's forces have been fighting Islamist militias in Libya's restive eastern city of Benghazi. Libya has been in turmoil since a bloody ...
Newspaper: Haftar, family moved to EgyptEgypt Independent

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Fahmy imprisoned in Egypt weighs appeal - Mississauga Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:30:49 GMT

Fahmy imprisoned in Egypt weighs appeal
Mississauga
Fahmy was working in Cairo as a bureau chief for Al-Jazeera English when he and his two colleagues — Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed — were arrested last December. They were accused of supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood ...