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Amid Crackdown, Egypt Sentences 152 People To Prison For Protesting - NPR Sun, 15 May 2016 16:05:00 GMT

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Amid Crackdown, Egypt Sentences 152 People To Prison For Protesting
NPR
Egyptian courts have sentenced 152 people to prison time over a peaceful demonstration against Egypt's president last month. It's another sign that President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi will not tolerate dissent, amid a widespread crackdown on opposing voices.
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GAO Presents Damning Evidence That US Ignores Egypt Human Rights Abuses That Should Curtail $6.5B In Aid - Forbes Sun, 15 May 2016 20:03:00 GMT

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GAO Presents Damning Evidence That US Ignores Egypt Human Rights Abuses That Should Curtail $6.5B In Aid
Forbes
For Egypt, the U.S. Government has effectively whitewashed gross abuses of human rights, even as it approved giving $6.5 billion in aid illegally, as suggested in a government report released on May 12. That U.S. GAO Report– by the official ...


Drowned worlds: Egypt's lost cities - The Guardian Sun, 15 May 2016 09:00:33 GMT

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Drowned worlds: Egypt's lost cities
The Guardian
Near the tiny farming villages of Rashwan and Abu Mishfa in the Nile Delta – the kind of villages where you might see a girl tugging on the harness of a recalcitrant water buffalo as she leads it out to graze, or a mule-drawn cart loaded with animal ...

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Egypt disconnects last power line, southern Gaza blacked out - Arutz Sheva Sun, 15 May 2016 23:19:58 GMT

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Egypt disconnects last power line, southern Gaza blacked out
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The last power line from Egypt to Gaza was disconnected on Saturday, Maan reported, without specifying clearly who did the disconnecting. A full electric blackout is now in effect in the areas of Rafah, on the Gaza-Egypt border, and the city of Khan ...

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Egypt's unemployment rate eases slightly to 12.7 percent - Reuters Sun, 15 May 2016 12:17:00 GMT

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Egypt's unemployment rate eases slightly to 12.7 percent
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Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had pledged to reduce joblessness to 10 percent over the next few years, a target that will require much higher levels of economic growth. The country's labour force grew by 99,000 people in the first quarter to ...
Egypt's jobless rate falls to 12.7 percent in Q1 2016: CAPMASAhram Online

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Italy warns of new refugee route from Egypt to Europe - AfricaNews Sun, 15 May 2016 15:22:42 GMT

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Italy warns of new refugee route from Egypt to Europe
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The number of refugees crossing the Mediterranean has increased in recent times since the Italian Interior Ministry warned of a new refugee route to Europe from Egypt. A refugee, Omar Ali left for Europe on a boat three weeks ago, he said he was on ...

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UAE: Free Two Jailed for Criticizing Egypt - Human Rights Watch Sun, 15 May 2016 04:05:38 GMT

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UAE: Free Two Jailed for Criticizing Egypt
Human Rights Watch
The Emirati academic, Nasser bin Ghaith, faces charges that include “engaging in hostility against Egypt,” following online comments made before his arrest in August 2014. The UAE-based Jordanian journalist, Tayseer al-Najjar, informed his family that ...
HRW calls on UAE to release two foreigners arrested for criticising EgyptDaily News Egypt

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Why Egypt beat South Africa - Moneyweb.co.za Sun, 15 May 2016 22:10:23 GMT

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Why Egypt beat South Africa
Moneyweb.co.za
That Egypt has leapfrogged South Africa to become the second largest economy on the continent, after Nigeria, is sobering but hardly surprising, say economists. Citing data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a KPMG report showed Egypt's ...

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Captain Mizo leading from the front for Egypt - FIFA.com Sun, 15 May 2016 12:13:08 GMT

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Captain Mizo leading from the front for Egypt
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Beset by economic and political problems, the people of Egypt could do with a little positive news. Thankfully, good tidings have just come in the shape of the national team's qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016. The Pharaohs ...


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 ...
Four young Egyptians in custody for video making fun of the governmentThe Guardian
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