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No Signal: Egypt blocks the encrypted messaging app as it continues its cyber crackdown - TechCrunch Mon, 26 Dec 2016 19:39:21 GMT

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No Signal: Egypt blocks the encrypted messaging app as it continues its cyber crackdown
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After a week of blocking the secure messaging app Signal in Egypt the service is back online thanks to new features added by its parent company Open Whisper Systems. Last week Egyptian users raised the alarm about their inability to access the highly ...

Egypt's Failed Revolution - The New Yorker Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:00:15 GMT

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Egypt's Failed Revolution
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The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who came to power in a coup that, in its aftermath, resulted in the massacre of more than a thousand supporters of his predecessor, has a reputation for speaking very softly. This quality often disarms ...
New Egyptian law establishes media regulator picked by presidentReuters
Egypt targeting 5% growth by mid-2018Saudi Gazette
Egypt, Djibouti should enhance economic cooperation: President SisiAhram Online
Jerusalem Post Israel News -The Guardian
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Al Jazeera condemns arrest of its journalist in Egypt - Aljazeera.com Sun, 25 Dec 2016 21:49:06 GMT

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Al Jazeera condemns arrest of its journalist in Egypt
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Al Jazeera Media Network has denied "fabricated charges" against its news producer who was arrested in Egypt on Friday. The Qatar-based network on Sunday demanded Mahmoud Hussein's immediate release, saying that he was in Egypt on holiday and ...
Egypt arrests Al-Jazeera journalist over 'provoking sedition'The Guardian
Egypt detains Al Jazeera journalist for alleged false reportingVanguard
Al-Jazeera Says Egypt Holds Producer on 'Fabricated Charges'New York Times
Voice of America -Deutsche Welle
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Calgary's Egyptian community rallies behind daughters of parents killed in highway crash - CBC.ca Mon, 26 Dec 2016 22:10:13 GMT

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Calgary's Egyptian community rallies behind daughters of parents killed in highway crash
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​There has been an outpouring of support online from the city's Egyptian community and Elsayad told CBC News she plans to set up a bank account on Tuesday for donations to the couple's three daughters — Sara, Salma and Dina — who were all injured in ...

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'They started to die together': Can Egypt protect migrants in 2017? - Middle East Eye Mon, 26 Dec 2016 15:34:45 GMT

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'They started to die together': Can Egypt protect migrants in 2017?
Middle East Eye
He had some near-misses, including a boat capsizing after he boarded it off the coast of Rosetta in northern Egypt in September. “I was the last person who got on the boat, the last man,” said Hassan, explaining how smugglers had transferred them from ...
Egypt braces for cold weather to last till New YearAhram Online

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Ethiopia awaiting Egypt's response on dissident opposition groups - africanews Tue, 27 Dec 2016 01:13:02 GMT

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Ethiopia awaiting Egypt's response on dissident opposition groups
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According to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, who was speaking to the Middle East news website, even though his government maintains cordial relations with Egypt, they have yet to get a response to their request. ''We informed our ...
Ethiopia asks Egypt to respond to allegations over alleged support of opposition groups - Daily News EgyptDaily News Egypt
Ethiopian FM: Opposing Groups are Working in Egypt, Authorities yet to CommentAsharq Al-awsat English
Ethiopia awaits Egypt's response to complaint regarding opposition groupsEgypt Independent
Middle East Monitor
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US Issues Travel Advisories For Egypt And Jordan - NPR Sat, 24 Dec 2016 20:29:00 GMT

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US Issues Travel Advisories For Egypt And Jordan
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The State Department recommends that U.S. citizens traveling in Egypt avoid the Western Desert and the Sinai Peninsula beyond the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh. In the case of Jordan, the State Department warned against traveling to and throughout the ...
US issues travel warnings for Jordan, EgyptThe Times of Israel
Americans warned against Egypt and Jordan travelAl-Arabiya
Jordan Travel WarningDepartment of State at www.travel.state.gov. - US Department of State
Department of State at www.travel.state.gov. - US Department of State
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Jordanian lawyer arrested in Egypt over selfie near defence ministry - Jordan Times Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:23:59 GMT

Jordanian lawyer arrested in Egypt over selfie near defence ministry
Jordan Times
AMMAN — Jordanian lawyer Shadi Shabana was arrested on December 12 in Cairo after taking selfies in front of Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque, a member of the Jordan Bar Association (JBA) said on Monday. Shabana arrived in Egypt on November 9 for ...

Eleventh hour 'drama' between Egypt and the Obama administration - Jerusalem Post Israel News Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:07:49 GMT

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Eleventh hour 'drama' between Egypt and the Obama administration
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A statement released by Egypt's Foreign Ministry says its top diplomat, Sameh Shoukry, initiated a call to Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator and secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee, “to continue ...
Egypt given ultimatum on Israeli settlements voteAljazeera.com
Egypt's FM explains reason behind withdrawing UN resolution on PalestineAhram Online
Egypt delays UN motion on Israel as Trump intervenesBBC News
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Egypt looks to growing Chinese tourism to help economy - CCTV-America Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:03:52 GMT

Egypt looks to growing Chinese tourism to help economy
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With Chinese tourism to Egypt on the rise and a unique travel practice is gaining wider notice. It's a Chinese take on tipping that doesn't involve cash but instead a small, red ointment-filled tin. The balm is said to have a myriad of uses. CCTV's ...

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