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Egypt Arrests 4 Members of a Street Satirical Group - ABC News Tue, 10 May 2016 17:50:22 GMT

Egypt Arrests 4 Members of a Street Satirical Group
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Police have arrested four members of a satirical street group that mocked Egypt's president and his supporters in video clips posted online, the latest in an escalating crackdown on dissent that illustrates the government's diminishing tolerance for ...

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US Likely to Continue Support for Egypt - Voice of America Tue, 10 May 2016 18:43:41 GMT

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US Likely to Continue Support for Egypt
Voice of America
For months, some U.S. lawmakers and activists have called on the government to suspend military aid to Egypt over its violent crackdown on dissent. But analysts say despite these concerns, aid levels will likely remain unchanged and perhaps even rise.

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How to Defeat Extremism Without Becoming Egypt's Microserf - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 10 May 2016 22:34:00 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

How to Defeat Extremism Without Becoming Egypt's Microserf
Foreign Policy (blog)
The Security Council debate, set for Wednesday and titled “Countering the Narratives and Ideologies of Terrorism,” seeks to explore ways to confront the Islamic State and other extremist groups, according to a confidential concept paper drafted by ...


Egypt to Pay Families of 3 Mexican Tourists Killed by Military - New York Times Tue, 10 May 2016 00:05:56 GMT

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Egypt to Pay Families of 3 Mexican Tourists Killed by Military
New York Times
CAIRO — The families of three Mexican tourists mistakenly killed in Egypt in September when military helicopters fired on them will be paid $140,000 each, an official said on Monday. The official, Elhamy ElZayat, the chairman of Egypt's tourism ...
Egypt tourism groups pay families of three Mexicans killed by mistakeThe Guardian

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4 members of satirical street group, mocking president, arrested in Egypt - RT Tue, 10 May 2016 16:49:51 GMT

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4 members of satirical street group, mocking president, arrested in Egypt
RT
Another of their clips mocks Sisi's trademark way of ending speeches: “Long live Egypt!” and the manner in which he refers to his mother's advice of “never coveting what belongs to others.” The four members of the group arrested on Monday are Mohamed ...
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Time for Egypt to allow Khaled al-Qazzaz to return home - Middle East Eye Tue, 10 May 2016 21:12:33 GMT

Time for Egypt to allow Khaled al-Qazzaz to return home
Middle East Eye
Khaled, who I have the honour of calling a friend, was detained for 18 months without charge starting in 2013 following the coup that overthrew the first democratically elected president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, and brought to power military strongman ...


Muzzled Press Trying to Bite Back in Egypt - Haaretz Tue, 10 May 2016 19:51:23 GMT

Haaretz

Muzzled Press Trying to Bite Back in Egypt
Haaretz
“Mourn for the freedom of the press,” states the black sash adorning the top-right corner of Egyptian news website Yanair Gate (January Gate). “A press that isn't cowardly,” is the website's slogan. But cowardly or not, the fact is that its editor, Amr ...


Egypt On a Mission to Abolish Its Youth - Huffington Post Mon, 09 May 2016 21:07:09 GMT

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Egypt On a Mission to Abolish Its Youth
Huffington Post
According to Daily News Egypt, Ibrahim was arrested on April 15 while walking near the Press Syndicate and was released shortly afterwards. There was another attempt of arrest on April 23 from his house, but since he was at the airport then, the police ...

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Ambush Kills 8 Police Officers in Egypt - New York Times Sun, 08 May 2016 13:01:31 GMT

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Ambush Kills 8 Police Officers in Egypt
New York Times
It was the deadliest attack on Egypt's security forces in the capital in months, and a sharp reminder of the continuing threat from Islamist insurgents while President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is under increasing scrutiny for his harsh crackdown on ...
Militants kill eight Egyptian police officers in a Cairo suburbWashington Post
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Egypt: eight police killed in attack on outskirts of CairoThe Guardian
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In Egypt, Debate Rages Over Scans of King Tut's Tomb - National Geographic Mon, 09 May 2016 16:25:11 GMT

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In Egypt, Debate Rages Over Scans of King Tut's Tomb
National Geographic
This was the lesson of this past weekend's Second Annual Tutankhamun Grand Egyptian Museum Conference in Cairo, where attendees may have been lulled by a lineup of sessions that included “Tutankhamun's Embroidery,” “A Constructive Insight of ...
Archaeologists clash in Egypt over King Tut tomb theoryFox News
Archaeologists clash in Egypt over King Tut tomb "secret chambers" theoryCBS News

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