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Egypt is giant prison, activists banned from travel say - Reuters Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:29:44 GMT

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Egypt is giant prison, activists banned from travel say
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The veteran human rights lawyer and feminist was one of at least six activists, lawyers and journalists prevented from leaving Egypt in the space of a week. Rights groups say 217 people were banned from travel between June 2014 and September 2016 ...

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Operation Mummy's Curse returns ancient artifacts including child's sarcophagus to Egypt (PHOTOS) - RT Sat, 03 Dec 2016 03:19:39 GMT

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Operation Mummy's Curse returns ancient artifacts including child's sarcophagus to Egypt (PHOTOS)
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As part of an ongoing initiative to smash international smuggling networks, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated five antiquities to Egypt in a ceremony at the nation's Washington embassy on Thursday. Among the historical ...
US Repatriates Artifacts to EgyptArchaeology
US, Egypt Sign Agreement to Thwart Trade in Illegal AntiquitiesNational Geographic

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Egypt and Turkey Soften Positions on Syria, Benefiting Assad - New York Times Sat, 03 Dec 2016 01:45:13 GMT

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Egypt and Turkey Soften Positions on Syria, Benefiting Assad
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Egypt and Turkey, countries that were once vocal opponents of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, have, to varying degrees, softened their positions. Egypt, the region's most populous Sunni country and wary of Iran's Shiite theocracy, has made its ...

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Lion tamer mauled to death during live show in Egypt - The Independent Fri, 02 Dec 2016 21:16:00 GMT

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Lion tamer mauled to death during live show in Egypt
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A crowd watched on in horror as a lion tamer was mauled to death during show in Egypt. Footage shows trainer Islam Shaheen, 35, inside an enclosure with two trainers and three lions in Alexandria, in the north of the country. As dance music is heard in ...

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US Returns Seized Artifacts to Egyptian Government, Including Mummies - ABC News Fri, 02 Dec 2016 01:04:00 GMT

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US Returns Seized Artifacts to Egyptian Government, Including Mummies
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The United States government returned a collection of stolen artifacts to Egypt on Thursday, including an ancient wooden sarcophagus, a mummy shroud and mummified hand. The items were seized by federal agents after dual investigations: "Operation ...
ICE returns ancient artifacts to EgyptU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom

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What Explains Our Obsession With Ancient Egypt? - New York Times Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:09:16 GMT

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What Explains Our Obsession With Ancient Egypt?
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Egypt has exerted a peculiar charm since ancient times. The Greeks and Romans deferred to it as a far older civilization, whose monuments and writing seemed both baffling and magical. Egyptian culture appeared to have emerged fully formed and to have ...

Irish student facing death sentence in Egypt 'begs to be buried back home' if he cannot be saved - The Independent Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:14:00 GMT

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Irish student facing death sentence in Egypt 'begs to be buried back home' if he cannot be saved
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An Irish student who has been detained without trial in Egypt for three years has written home begging to be buried back in Ireland if he does not make it out of jail alive. Ibrahim Halawa was arrested for allegedly taking part in protests in Cairo in ...

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Egyptian man grows 'Beard of Bees', hopes to promote apian benefits - Reuters Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:24:15 GMT

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Egyptian man grows 'Beard of Bees', hopes to promote apian benefits
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Mohamed Hagras, 31, performs the 'Beard of Bee' before the upcoming Egyptian Agricultural Carnival of Beekeeping in his farm at Shebin El Kom city in the province of Al- Al-Monofyia, northeast of Cairo, Egypt November 30, 2016. Picture taken November ...

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In Egypt, journalism is a crime - Middle East Eye Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:47:05 GMT

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In Egypt, journalism is a crime
Middle East Eye
In Egypt, independent thought and journalism have indeed become a crime, while the true crime of state propaganda is, somehow, viewed as journalism. And exactly how propaganda power players have become the state's "journalists" and how journalists ...
Egyptian pilots unlikely to join combat in Syria says Russian military expertMiddle East Monitor

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Islamist mob destroys Christian homes in Egypt – CatholicHerald.co.uk - Catholic Herald Online Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:45:41 GMT

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Islamist mob destroys Christian homes in Egypt – CatholicHerald.co.uk
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The homes and properties of Coptic Christians in Egypt have been attacked by radical Islamists after reports surfaced that a new church was going to be built.
Muslim radicals raze Coptic Christian village in Egypt - Christian TimesThe Christian Times

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