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IMF delegation arrives in Egypt for bailout talks - U.S. News & World Report Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:31:12 GMT

IMF delegation arrives in Egypt for bailout talks
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Cairo airport officials said the IMF mission chief for Egypt, Christopher Jarvis, led the team that would meet officials later in the day from the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not ...

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Egypt's Conservatives Party urges government to consider asylum request from Gulen if presented - Ahram Online Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:21:29 GMT

Egypt's Conservatives Party urges government to consider asylum request from Gulen if presented
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Egypt's Conservatives Party urged the government to consider giving political asylum to exiled Turkish opposition figure Fethullah Gulen should he submit an official request. According to the party's deputy chairman Mohsen Fawzi, "if Gulen decided to ...

The Halawa case: Is Ibrahim a pawn in Egypt's political game? - Irish Independent Sun, 31 Jul 2016 01:36:23 GMT

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The Halawa case: Is Ibrahim a pawn in Egypt's political game?
Irish Independent
And then there is another version of Ibrahim's story, one which plays a more substantial role in the case against him in the Egyptian courts. That is the story of the son of an influential Muslim Brotherhood family promoting dissent after the secular ...

Ethiopian mega-dam project leaves Egypt high and dry - Middle East Eye Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:33:14 GMT

Ethiopian mega-dam project leaves Egypt high and dry
Middle East Eye
It's like negotiating the rules of engagement long after the contest has been held and the winner declared. Egypt is deeply worried about the impact on its water supply of a dam being built by Ethiopia far to the south, on the Blue Nile. At a meeting ...

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Arrest of Egypt FGM doctor Raslan Fadl welcomed - BBC News - BBC News Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:11:36 GMT

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Arrest of Egypt FGM doctor Raslan Fadl welcomed - BBC News
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Campaigners have welcomed the arrest of Egypt's first doctor to have been convicted of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM). Raslan Fadl was ...

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Egypt court sentences 13 anti-regime opponents to death - Anadolu Agency Sat, 30 Jul 2016 14:01:53 GMT

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Egypt court sentences 13 anti-regime opponents to death
Anadolu Agency
The court referred the 13 defendants to the grand mufti, Egypt's highest religious authority, to explore the possibility of handing down death sentences against them, a judicial source said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions to speaking to ...
13 sentenced to death over killing of policeman in KerdasaAhram Online
Egyptian court refers seven terrorists to Grand Mufti for execution opinionKuwait News Agency

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Egypt convicts former auditor of spreading 'false news' - BBC News Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:45:06 GMT

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Egypt convicts former auditor of spreading 'false news'
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Egypt's former top auditor, who was sacked after alleging government corruption, has been given a prison sentence for spreading "false news". Hisham Geneina was fired in March by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi after estimating corruption had cost Egypt ...
Egypt's Former Corruption Auditor Found Guilty of Disturbing Public OrderWall Street Journal
Former Graft Fighter in Egypt Is Sentenced to JailNew York Times
Egypt's sacked anti-graft czar slapped with jail termAnadolu Agency

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Egypt doctor serves three months for deadly female circumcision - Middle East Eye Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:21:27 GMT

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Egypt doctor serves three months for deadly female circumcision
Middle East Eye
An Egyptian doctor who performed a deadly female circumcision operation on a girl has served a three-month sentence, he and a lawyer said on Saturday, in a first since a 2008 ban. Raslan Fadl had been sentenced in January 2015 to two years in prison ...
Egyptian Doctor Imprisoned 1.5 Years After Conviction Over Lethal FGM ProcedureEgyptian Streets

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Scott Schwartz Details Reasons for Cancellation of Prince of Egypt Concert - Playbill.com Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:21:22 GMT

Scott Schwartz Details Reasons for Cancellation of Prince of Egypt Concert
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On July 28 Bay Street announced that it was canceling its concert staging of Egypt, a co-production with DreamWorks Theatricals. The news came in the wake of controversy surrounding the recently announced cast, with members of the theatre community ...

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Egypt Jails Female Genital Mutilation Doctor in Unprecedented Move - Newsweek Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:45:08 GMT

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Egypt Jails Female Genital Mutilation Doctor in Unprecedented Move
Newsweek
A doctor who carried out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a 13-year-old girl who later died from her injuries has been jailed in Egypt, an unprecedented step in ...

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