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British tourist gets three years in Egypt on drug smuggling charge ... - CNN Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:26:20 GMT

British tourist gets three years in Egypt on drug smuggling charge ...
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A British woman who says she was carrying painkillers for her ailing partner was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison and fined the equivalent of $5611 by an Egyptian court.
Egypt drugs case: attacking Cairo's decision is unlikely to helpThe Independent
British woman convicted of smuggling painkillers in EgyptCBS News
A UK Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 YearsTIME
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Egypt hangs 15 for Sinai Peninsula violence - Aljazeera.com Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:39:16 GMT

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Egypt hangs 15 for Sinai Peninsula violence
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Egyptian authorities have hanged 15 men at two prisons in the north of the country as part of a controversial policy. The men were convicted for attacks committed in 2013 against the Egyptian military in the Sinai Peninsula that resulted in the deaths ...
Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among IslamistsNew York Times
Egypt hangs 15 militants convicted of 2013 Sinai attacks - BBC NewsBBC News
Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sourcesReuters
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Egypt wants outside experts to help settle Nile dispute - Reuters Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:55:02 GMT

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Egypt wants outside experts to help settle Nile dispute
Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Men fish from a boat during low tide on the River Nile in front of a South Cairo Electricity Distribution Company power station in Cairo, Egypt, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo. He suggested the countries call in ...
Egypt Wants World Bank to Help on Ethiopia Dam ImpasseU.S. News & World Report
Egypt Wants World Bank to Help With Ethiopia Dam ImpasseVoice of America
Egypt wants World Bank to intervene in Ethiopia dam impasseafricanews
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Khaled Ali: Egypt's unlikeliest challenger to strongman president - The Guardian Tue, 26 Dec 2017 06:00:51 GMT

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Khaled Ali: Egypt's unlikeliest challenger to strongman president
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Yet Ali might be the closest thing that Egypt has to David confronting Goliath. He is currently one of four potential candidates to declare their intention to run against Egypt's strongman president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in the country's presidential ...

Egypt presidential hopeful calls for new election law - Washington Post Tue, 26 Dec 2017 18:08:03 GMT

Egypt presidential hopeful calls for new election law
Washington Post
CAIRO — An Egyptian presidential hopeful is proposing a new election law aimed at ensuring a free and transparent vote next year. Rights lawyer Khaled Ali told a packed news conference on Tuesday that a free election requires “real guarantees that ...

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Egypt executes 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources - Reuters Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:57:37 GMT

Egypt executes 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources
Reuters
Egypt executes 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sources. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday executed 15 militants convicted of carrying out attacks that killed security forces in the Sinai Peninsula ...

Saudi Arabia bans Guava imports from Egypt - Middle East Monitor Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:12:00 GMT

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Saudi Arabia bans Guava imports from Egypt
Middle East Monitor
The test, Al-Batshan explained, have proved that the amount of pesticide residues in the Egyptian fruit was higher than the permitted international standards. The Saudi official pointed out that the examination was carried out jointly by the ministry ...

Egypt's exchange remains top Arab performer in 2017 - Tampabay.com Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:22:17 GMT

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Egypt's exchange remains top Arab performer in 2017
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CAIRO (AP) — The head of the Egyptian Exchange says its benchmark index has made significant gains in 2017 thanks to economic reforms deemed key to salvaging Egypt's economy. Mohamed Farid told reporters Tuesday the EGX 30 has increased about 19 ...

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Egypt: Nine Sinai attack suspects killed in police raid - Aljazeera.com Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:53:00 GMT

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Egypt: Nine Sinai attack suspects killed in police raid
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The identity of the suspects is still being determined, it said. In a separate raid in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, police arrested nine others and confiscated weapons and explosive devices, the ministry said in the same statement. Four of the ...
Egypt security forces kill nine suspected militants in raid: ministryReuters
Egypt to Launch Building Project in Sinai: SisiU.S. News & World Report
Egypt's Sisi gets 12 mln signatures supportive of his re-electionXinhua
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Americans Look To Pence For Help In Releasing Their Relatives ... - NPR Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:38:30 GMT

Americans Look To Pence For Help In Releasing Their Relatives ...
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Americans with relatives jailed in Egypt are looking to Vice President Mike Pence to use his trip to Cairo to push for their release. There are nearly 20 Americans among the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Egypt today.

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