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Why Egypt's media has turned on President Sisi - Vox Wed, 11 May 2016 17:00:11 GMT

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Why Egypt's media has turned on President Sisi
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When Egypt's former defense minister, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, ascended to the presidency in 2014, nearly all of Egypt's media stood faithfully by him. That same media was vigorously opposed to the former elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood leader ...
Wide Arrests in Egypt Signal No-Tolerance Policy on CriticsVoice of America
Egypt arrests 4 members of a street satirical groupBusiness Insider
Egypt welcomes the season of wheat harvestingDaily News Egypt
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A group of young political satirists in Egypt have been arrested for mocking the president - PRI Wed, 11 May 2016 21:27:04 GMT

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A group of young political satirists in Egypt have been arrested for mocking the president
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According to Karl Sharro, a Lebanese satirist and Middle East commentator, Street Children are typical of a new kind of satire going on in Egypt right now. “Because of the absence of any mainstream satire ... there is a huge void in terms of critical ...

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Egypt opens Gaza crossing for 48 hours after 85-day closure - Reuters Wed, 11 May 2016 11:41:00 GMT

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Egypt opens Gaza crossing for 48 hours after 85-day closure
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GAZA Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the first time in three months on Wednesday, giving Palestinians a two-day respite from a closure stemming from friction between Cairo and the enclave's Islamist rulers. Egypt's shuttering of Rafah and ...
Egypt opens Gaza crossing for two days after 85-day closurei24news
Gaza crossing briefly opened by Egypt, but even cancer patients remain cagedMiddle East Eye
Egypt Temporarily Reopens Gaza Border CrossingABC News
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US envoy targets Egypt at UN over journalist arrests - Reuters Wed, 11 May 2016 19:20:42 GMT

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US envoy targets Egypt at UN over journalist arrests
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While she did not name Egypt, Power directed her comments at Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who chaired the Security Council meeting on countering terrorism because Egypt is president of the group for May. Shoukry said Power's comments ...
Journalists are not enemies, US says at Egypt-led UN debateGlobalPost

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Egypt Reaches 'New Low' With Death Penalty Call for Three Journalists - Sputnik International Thu, 12 May 2016 00:49:41 GMT

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Egypt Reaches 'New Low' With Death Penalty Call for Three Journalists
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"Egypt's rulers have made no secret of their hostility to independent journalism. But for a court to sentence journalists to death would represent a new low," CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour said on Wednesday. "We ...

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Egypt's glaring rights violations once again in global spotlight - Al-Monitor Tue, 10 May 2016 22:35:47 GMT

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Egypt's glaring rights violations once again in global spotlight
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Riot police walk in front of graffiti representing anti-military power and Egypt's unrest, which reads "Glory to the unknown," along Mohamed Mahmoud Street during the third anniversary of violent and deadly clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Nov. 19 ...

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Youngest-ever mummified foetus from Ancient Egypt discovered in tiny coffin - The Independent Wed, 11 May 2016 13:08:08 GMT

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Youngest-ever mummified foetus from Ancient Egypt discovered in tiny coffin
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The youngest ever example of a mummified human foetus from Ancient Egypt has been found in a discovery that shows “just how precious the unborn child was” to people at the time, experts have said. The pregnancy lasted for 16 to 18 weeks, according to ...
Ancient Egyptian coffin found to hold youngest known mummified foetusThe Guardian
Youngest Ancient Egyptian Mummified Fetus FoundOpposing Views

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Egypt's military regime tightens noose on country's media freedoms - ABC Online Wed, 11 May 2016 03:36:16 GMT

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Egypt's military regime tightens noose on country's media freedoms
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Earlier this month, two Egyptian journalists held a sit-in at Cairo's Journalists Syndicate building to protest against an investigation aimed at prosecuting them for articles critical of the Saudi islands deal — about 50 members of the security ...

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Do we need a map to the economic projects in Egypt? - Daily News Egypt Wed, 11 May 2016 20:34:19 GMT

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Do we need a map to the economic projects in Egypt?
Daily News Egypt
It has become clear to everyone that we need a true power to take administrative and financial decisions to bring economic studies and drawings to reality and to show the world the real political and economic message of the New Suez Canal: Egypt is ...

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Egypt to offer 49m square metres of land to tourism investors within days: Tourism Development Authority CEO - Daily News Egypt Wed, 11 May 2016 18:55:43 GMT

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Egypt to offer 49m square metres of land to tourism investors within days: Tourism Development Authority CEO
Daily News Egypt
In his interview with Daily News Egypt, Saad said that the government will offer a total of 49m square metres. You announced that you plan to offer several investment opportunities. Has there been an update on this offer? We are approaching the final ...