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Egypt's grim summer: Islamic State affiliate claims latest bombing - Los Angeles Times Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:20:00 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Egypt's grim summer: Islamic State affiliate claims latest bombing
Los Angeles Times
It's been a very hot summer in Egypt, with not only more scorching temperatures than usual, but an accelerating tempo of violence. Rights groups and political opponents blame increasingly repressive policies by the government of President Abdel Fattah ...
How Islamic State Pushes Egypt Toward ChaosBloomberg View
Egyptian security building in Cairo rocked by bomb blastBBC News
ISIS claims responsibility for Cairo car bomb that wounds 29CNN
Sky News -Washington Times
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Amid Threats And Turmoil, Egypt, Saudi Arabia Sign 3-Month Oil Deal Worth $1.4B - International Business Times Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:10:40 GMT

International Business Times

Amid Threats And Turmoil, Egypt, Saudi Arabia Sign 3-Month Oil Deal Worth $1.4B
International Business Times
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed a $1.4 billion deal for Aramco, the Saudi state oil company, to supply Egypt with oil for three months, beginning in September, Egyptian Oil Minister Sherif Ismail said Thursday. The deal further cements the ...
Egypt, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4 bln oil products dealAl-Arabiya
Egypt signs $1.4 billion oil deal with Saudi AramcoAl-Bawaba
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Covet New Assault ShipsSTRATFOR

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Egypt invites expert behind new theory on Nefertiti's tomb - Fox News Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:46:54 GMT

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Egypt invites expert behind new theory on Nefertiti's tomb
Fox News
The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry is inviting British-educated expert Nicholas Reeves to Cairo to debate his theory that the tomb of Queen Nefertiti may be located behind King Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings.
Nefertiti archaeologist invited to Egypt over theory of hidden tombThe Guardian

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Insecurity Rises In Egypt And Tests El-Sisi Government - Here And Now Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:42:21 GMT

Here And Now

Insecurity Rises In Egypt And Tests El-Sisi Government
Here And Now
Egypt's reaction to the problem has drawn criticism from rights groups around the world. This week, the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi passed anti-terrorism legislation that frees up the military to use more force without legal ...
Egypt to cut taxes in bid to woo firmsThe National
Egypt to freeze capital gains tax, in two weeksgulfnews.com

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Hamas members seized from bus near Egypt-Gaza border - BBC News Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:51:57 GMT

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Hamas members seized from bus near Egypt-Gaza border
BBC News
Hamas has called on Egypt to secure the members' release. Relations between the militant group and Egypt have been strained since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power two years ago. Hamas is an offshoot of Mr Morsi's Muslim ...
Egypt reportedly seizes 4 senior Hamas naval commandos heading to IranJewish Telegraphic Agency
Four Palestinian Hamas militants abducted in Egypt's Sinai: sourcesReuters Africa
Gaza families call on Egypt to save abducted PalestiniansThe Daily Star
Reuters UK -Deutsche Welle -Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The Questionable Legality of Military Aid to Egypt - New York Times Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:21:29 GMT

New York Times

The Questionable Legality of Military Aid to Egypt
New York Times
One notable exception is Senator Patrick Leahy, who is raising alarm about human rights abuses Egyptian security forces have committed as they battle militants in the Sinai Peninsula. He recently asked Secretary of State John Kerry in a letter whether ...
US may pull out Sinai force that helps keep Israel-Egypt peaceThe Times of Israel
Obama mulls pulling US peacekeepers from Egypt's Sinai PeninsulaJNS.org

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HRW Criticizes Egypt's New Anti-Terror Law - Voice of America Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:12:02 GMT

Voice of America

HRW Criticizes Egypt's New Anti-Terror Law
Voice of America
Human Rights Watch leveled harsh criticism Wednesday at Egypt's new anti-terrorism law, saying the measure has an overly broad definition of what constitutes a terrorist act and leaves Egyptians open to stiff sentences for things that may amount to ...
Human rights group slams Egypt's new anti-terrorism lawMacon Telegraph
Egypt's Sisi is making a mockery of US diplomatic effortsBusiness Insider
Egypt's Sisi to visit Russia on Aug. 25Anadolu Agency
The Times of Israel
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'The Automobile Club' Tours Egypt's Troubled History - NPR Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:04:46 GMT

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'The Automobile Club' Tours Egypt's Troubled History
NPR
In his new novel, The Automobile Club Of Egypt, the beloved, best-selling, award-winning Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany finds an interesting solution. He starts his book three times. First, there is a kind of meta-beginning — a scene in which a famous ...

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In Egypt, the disappeared resurface on TV to confess to 'terrorism' - Grand Forks Herald Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:54:00 GMT

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In Egypt, the disappeared resurface on TV to confess to 'terrorism'
Grand Forks Herald
Such detentions and videotaped confessions are a new feature of a crackdown on dissent launched after the military toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 -- Egypt's first freely-elected president -- after mass protests, rights groups say.
In Egypt, the "disappeared" resurface on TV as terroristsYahoo News UK

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Egypt's Ezz Steel says output hit by forex shortages - gulfnews.com Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:52:00 GMT

Egypt's Ezz Steel says output hit by forex shortages
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Cairo: Egypt's largest steel maker Ezz Steel's first-quarter net loss increased to 136 million Egyptian pounds (Dh63.76 million, $17 million) from 19 million pounds in the same period last year, hit by foreign currency shortages, the company said on ...

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