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Italy Recalls Envoy to Egypt Over Inquiry Into Student's Death - New York Times Fri, 08 Apr 2016 20:57:44 GMT

New York Times

Italy Recalls Envoy to Egypt Over Inquiry Into Student's Death
New York Times
Maurizio Massari, the Italian ambassador to Egypt, in February, when he was arriving at the morgue where the body of Giulio Regeni was taken. Mr. Massari was recalled to Italy on Friday. Credit Mohamed El-Shahed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.
Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt for talks about death of studentThe Guardian
Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt in row over student's murderReuters
Giulio Regeni murder: Italy recalls ambassador to EgyptBBC News
Washington Post -ABC News -TIME
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Saudi Arabia, Egypt to Partner on Bridge in Southern Sinai - Wall Street Journal Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:46:23 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Saudi Arabia, Egypt to Partner on Bridge in Southern Sinai
Wall Street Journal
Saudi Arabia will partner with Egypt to build a bridge connecting the Sinai Peninsula to the Gulf kingdom, part of a cash injection into Egypt's economy agreed upon during a visit by Saudi King Salman. The causeway proposal revives an initiative ...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt to build bridge over the Red SeaThe Guardian
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Want to Build a Bridge Over the Red SeaTIME
Saudi Arabia and Egypt announce Red Sea bridgeBBC News
FRANCE 24 -Mirror.co.uk -Daily Mail
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Congress Ponders 'Marshall Plan' for Egypt - U.S. News & World Report Fri, 08 Apr 2016 17:29:49 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Congress Ponders 'Marshall Plan' for Egypt
U.S. News & World Report
A top US senator is floating an ambitious proposal to rebuild Egypt and other Middle East trouble spots, prompting congressional soul-searching into whether the region's strongmen have any desire to change. The chairman of the Senate Appropriations ...
Senator Lindsey Graham wants billions in emergency funds for Egypt, Jordan, LebanonReuters

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Saudi King Makes First Official Visit to Egypt - Wall Street Journal Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:00:14 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Saudi King Makes First Official Visit to Egypt
Wall Street Journal
Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Egypt on Thursday for a rare foreign visit intended to cement the relationship between the two major Arab powers, as the kingdom courts greater support from its ally on regional security amid tensions with Iran.
Egypt rolls out red carpet for kingArab News
Saudi king visit boosts Egypt economic tiesAl-Arabiya
Saudi king sets aside frustrations with Egypt for state visitYahoo News
The National -Reuters -Ahram Online
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Why Egypt abstained from voting on UN sex crime resolution - Al-Monitor Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:19:14 GMT

Al-Monitor

Why Egypt abstained from voting on UN sex crime resolution
Al-Monitor
“Although Egypt condemns with the utmost force all sexual abuses by peacekeepers and deals with such abuses with the utmost firmness, whether in Egypt or at the international level, we believe in the need to set certain criteria to preserve the ...


ISIS Kills Seven in Roadside Bomb Blasts in Egypt's Sinai - Newsweek Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:40:00 GMT

Newsweek

ISIS Kills Seven in Roadside Bomb Blasts in Egypt's Sinai
Newsweek
Egypt Sinai ISIS Gaza Hamas Morsi Sisi An Egyptian policeman gestures from an observation tower in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, as seen from Israel's Negev Desert, February 10, 2016. Two ISIS roadside bomb blasts have left at least six military personnel ...
4 Soldiers Killed In Terror Strike In Egypt's SinaiNDTV
ISIS bomb attacks kill seven in Egypt's SinaiRudaw
Saudi cash boosts Egypt's war on ISIS-Sinai after US opts outDEBKA file
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In Egypt, dye workshop fights to survive - Reuters Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:16:39 GMT

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In Egypt, dye workshop fights to survive
Reuters
CAIRO Egypt's hard-currency crisis and competition from modern factories in Asia and at home threaten one of the last dyeing workshops in Egypt but one of its owners takes comfort in the trade's ancient resilience. Mohamed Mostafa boasts that the trade ...

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Actress' Plight Puts Spotlight on Police Conduct in Egypt - Wall Street Journal Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:53:38 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Actress' Plight Puts Spotlight on Police Conduct in Egypt
Wall Street Journal
CAIRO—With a few soap-opera roles to her name and no apparent history of political activism, aspiring actress/singer Mirhan Hussein makes an unlikely frontwoman for the campaign against police abuse in Egypt. But her allegations that police beat and ...

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Who will be Egypt's next 'Hijab Queen'? - Al-Monitor Fri, 08 Apr 2016 23:12:35 GMT

Al-Monitor

Who will be Egypt's next 'Hijab Queen'?
Al-Monitor
Mahmoud says the pageant draws attention to the beauty of loose-fitting clothes and long veils that cover the neck and hair, which are worn by many Egyptian women. Speaking to Al-Monitor, she said the pageant emphasizes that it is possible for women to ...


Can Egypt's parliament learn from Israeli Knesset? - Al-Monitor Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:58:21 GMT

Al-Monitor

Can Egypt's parliament learn from Israeli Knesset?
Al-Monitor
CAIRO — On March 22, Sayed Farag, an Egyptian member of parliament representing Cairo's Hadayek el-Qubba district, announced an initiative to form a parliamentary delegation that would visit the Israeli Knesset to discuss pending issues between the ...