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Egypt's Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists - Reuters Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:10:07 GMT

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Egypt's Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists Reuters The Al Jazeera journalists, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste, were sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial last month for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt. Egypt Pardons Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, Al Jazeera JournalistsNew York Times 2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned, released in EgyptU.S. News & World Report Egypt's president pardons 2 Al-Jazeera journalists ahead of visit to United ...Minneapolis Star Tribune FOX40 all 915 news articles »

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France Says Egypt To Buy Mistral Warships - DefenseNews.com Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:13:55 GMT

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France Says Egypt To Buy Mistral Warships DefenseNews.com PARIS — French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis. The deal is the second big military contract this year between ... Egypt agrees to buy warships built for Russia from FranceBBC News Egypt buys 2 warships from France, 2nd big military purchaseU.S. News & World Report France to sell Egypt two warships previously contracted to RussiaCNN Wall Street Journal -Financial Times all 330 news articles »

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Egypt pardons 100 prisoners including three journalists - euronews Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:51:10 GMT

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Egypt pardons 100 prisoners including three journalists euronews I have been working on a charter in the prison cell to introduce to the Egyptian journalism syndicate and to the presidency in Egypt to improve press freedoms for both, Egyptian journalists and foreign journalists working in Egypt.” The three men were ... and more »

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Bodies of 8 Mexicans killed in Egypt return home - USA TODAY Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:29:00 GMT

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Bodies of 8 Mexicans killed in Egypt return home USA TODAY MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of eight Mexican tourists killed in a mistaken attack by Egyptian security forces earlier this month have been returned to Mexico. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says the bodies arrived on a commercial flight ... Bodies of eight Mexican tourists killed by Egyptian forces are returned homeThe Guardian Bodies of Tourists Killed in Egyptian Desert Attack Sent Back to MexicoVICE News all 69 news articles »

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France is selling Vladimir Putin's warships...to Egypt - Fortune Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:02:39 GMT

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France is selling Vladimir Putin's warships...to Egypt Fortune The Elysée palace announced Wednesday that it will sell the two Mistral-class helicopter carrying assault ships to Egypt instead, in a move that will ease the pressure on France's public finances but raise eyebrows among its allies. France had agreed ... and more »

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Canadian journalist pardoned in Egypt - Waterloo Record Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:07:56 GMT

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Canadian journalist pardoned in Egypt Waterloo Record Canadian Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, right, listens to his lawyer, Khaled Abou Bakr in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 1, 2015. The Canadian journalist imprisoned in Egypt on widely-denounced terror charges has been pardoned by the ...

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Egypt condemned over human rights record in northern Sinai - The Guardian Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:12:00 GMT

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Egypt condemned over human rights record in northern Sinai The Guardian The government has evicted 3,200 families over the past two years and razed hundreds of hectares of farmland and thousands of homes in its bid to destroy smugglers' tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip with Egypt's northern Sinai peninsula, the rights ... Egypt 'demolishes thousands of homes' for Sinai buffer zoneBBC News Egypt Destroying Far More Homes Than Buffer-Zone Plan Called For, Report SaysNew York Times Rights group says civilians harmed in Egypt's Sinai campaignBusiness Insider Human Rights Watch all 587 news articles »

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Egypt OKs radar quest for queen's crypt in Tut's tomb - CBS News Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:49:00 GMT

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Egypt OKs radar quest for queen's crypt in Tut's tomb CBS News The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry granted preliminary approval for the use of a non-invasive radar to verify a theory that Queen Nefertiti's crypt may be hidden behind King Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb in the famous Valley of the Kings, a ministry ... Official says Egypt approves radar for Nefertiti tomb questSunHerald.com Nefertiti mystery: Egypt approves radar tests on Tutankhamun tombBBC News all 122 news articles »

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Egypt Reportedly Pardons Political Prisoners Including Human Rights Defender ... - Human Rights First Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:21:46 GMT

Egypt Reportedly Pardons Political Prisoners Including Human Rights Defender ... Human Rights First “Releasing human rights activists and other prisoners in Egypt is long overdue, and is a rare glimmer of good news in widespread repression. The move suggests that Egypt isn't impervious to international pressure, and the United States and other ... Egypt: Prisoner pardons a relief but little more than token gestureAmnesty International all 6 news articles »

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Two Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned by Egypt leader are freed - NorthJersey.com Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:26:01 GMT

Two Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned by Egypt leader are freed NorthJersey.com CAIRO (AP) — Egypt released two journalists for Al-Jazeera English TV from prison after a presidential pardon on Wednesday, a dramatic development in a case that has been widely condemned by human rights groups and international organizations.