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Egypt: Attacks on Copts in Sinai 'a message from ISIL' - Aljazeera.com Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:29:42 GMT

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Egypt: Attacks on Copts in Sinai 'a message from ISIL'
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The latest string of attacks in northern Sinai's El Arish against Coptic Christians were indirect attempts by armed groups to undermine the government, according to Egyptian experts and analysts. Hundreds of Copts fled their homes last week after seven ...
Egypt's Sissi vows to help Coptic Christians fleeing SinaiDeutsche Welle
Egypt Media Roundup (February 27)Jadaliyya
Christians in Egypt flee after killings in N. SinaiBP News
Amnesty International -Wall Street Journal (subscription) -News24
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Merkel Visits Egypt, Tunisia to Talk About Migration - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:33:09 GMT

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Merkel Visits Egypt, Tunisia to Talk About Migration
U.S. News & World Report
In Egypt, Germany wants to help improve the living conditions of these migrants by pushing vocational training and job creation in the migrants' neighborhoods, a German government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with ...

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ISIS Violence, Intimidation Escalates in Egypt's Sinai - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:44:05 GMT

ISIS Violence, Intimidation Escalates in Egypt's Sinai
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
ISMAILIA, Egypt—Women traveling on buses in northern Sinai say Islamic State fighters have boarded the vehicles, introduced themselves as religious police and threatened to whip them and splash them with acid if they don't comply with the militants ...


Hunger strike 'deteriorating' Ibrahim Halawa's health - Aljazeera.com Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:25:57 GMT

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Hunger strike 'deteriorating' Ibrahim Halawa's health
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In a statement sent to Al Jazeera, the Egyptian embassy in Dublin said: "At this most recent check up he has so far been found to be in good health with no diseases or life threatening condition ... It is untrue that Mr. Ibrahim Halawa is on hunger ...
Sister of Ibrahim Halawa pleads with Irish Government to urge Egypt to release himBreakingNews.ie

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Textile strike clampdown – a sign of repressive times in Egypt - Equal Times Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:16:00 GMT

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Textile strike clampdown – a sign of repressive times in Egypt
Equal Times
Workers at Egypt's Misr Spinning and Weaving Company were forced to end a two day strike on 8 February, due to the arrest of five female workers and threats not only to increase the number of arrests, but also to fire striking workers. Around 3,000 ...


Egypt Studies Applying Gradually Increasing Tax on Stock Trades - Bloomberg Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:55:08 GMT

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Egypt Studies Applying Gradually Increasing Tax on Stock Trades
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Egypt is weighing a gradually increasing levy on stock trades to help close one of the Middle East's largest budget deficits. The Finance Ministry is considering an initial 0.175 percent stamp tax on both buyers and sellers of stocks, Finance Minister ...
UPDATE 1-Egypt's Finance Minister to propose stamp duty on stock market transactionsReuters

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General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt - New York Times Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:49:27 GMT

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General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt
New York Times
CAIRO — The top commander of American military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama canceled in 2013 to protest the ...
Egypt: Merkel to Visit Egypt Early March - AmbassadorAllAfrica.com
Egypt, France, Germany, US share same strategies towards counterterrorism - Daily News EgyptDaily News Egypt
US wants to resume military exercises with Egypt: report | Egypt ...Egypt Independent
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Cinema lovers campaign to reopen theaters in Upper Egypt - Al-Monitor Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:59:03 GMT

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Cinema lovers campaign to reopen theaters in Upper Egypt
Al-Monitor
Conservative families in Upper Egypt, Yassin added, stopped going there or sending their children, fearing stigma. Mohamed Tarek, a resident in the southern governorate of Beni Suef, said the situation in his hometown is almost the same. "Beni Suef ...


Israel's Ampal Wins Damages From Egypt Over Abortive Gas Deal - Haaretz Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:37:43 GMT

Israel's Ampal Wins Damages From Egypt Over Abortive Gas Deal
Haaretz
Arbitrators for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes ruled on February 21 that the Egyptian government was liable for closing the pipeline and had acted unlawfully in doing so. Although the panel has yet to set the size of the ...


Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew - New York Times Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:33:07 GMT

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Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew
New York Times
CAIRO — Egypt's Parliament on Monday expelled one of its few dissenting lawmakers, the scion of a storied political family, having accused him of leaking sensitive information to Western diplomats. The expulsion of the lawmaker, Anwar Sadat, nephew ...
Egypt parliament expels MP critical of human rights recordBBC News
Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker critical of human rights recordReuters
Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker who had criticized itABC News

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