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Egypt and Syria have been “disappearing” their citizens. This is why countries do it. - Washington Post Tue, 09 May 2017 11:07:07 GMT

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Egypt and Syria have been “disappearing” their citizens. This is why countries do it.
Washington Post
Human rights organizations recently reported that activists in Egypt have disappeared after they were stopped at government checkpoints. In Syria, the regime has disappeared thousands in the midst of its brutal civil war. Repressive states in the ...

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Cairo, Egypt - Atlas Obscura Tue, 09 May 2017 14:39:35 GMT

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Cairo, Egypt
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In ancient Egypt, the behavior of the Nile could mean life or death each harvest season. So, long before the Aswan Dam was constructed to manage the flooding of the great river, Egyptians invented an instrument to measure the waters in order to predict ...

Egyptian sports fans wrestling with regret - BBC News Tue, 09 May 2017 13:55:15 GMT

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Egyptian sports fans wrestling with regret
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Wrestler Tarek Abdul Salam's gold medal at the European Wrestling Championships this weekend is being mourned rather than celebrated by some in his native country. The reason is because the Egyptian-born wrestler won it for Bulgaria, where he was ...

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Egypt air force destroys vehicles crossing from Libya - Aljazeera.com Mon, 08 May 2017 21:17:51 GMT

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Egypt air force destroys vehicles crossing from Libya
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The Egyptian military has flown multiple raids and destroyed 15 4X4 vehicles crossing from Libya, deploying fighter jets and helicopter gunships in an operation that spanned 48 hours. The military didn't say who was driving the vehicles or give details ...
Egyptian air force destroys vehicles crossing border from LibyaReuters
Egypt's air force destroyed 15 vehicles carrying arms and ammunitions in Western DesertDaily News Egypt
Egyptian planes destroy 'arms convoy' coming from LibyaThe New Arab

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Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief - Aljazeera.com Mon, 08 May 2017 17:25:15 GMT

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Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief
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An Egyptian court has sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohammed Badie and two prominent leaders of the group to life in prison for "planning violent attacks", judicial officials and a lawyer said. Badie and 37 others connected to the ...
Egypt issues new life sentence against Brotherhood guideAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
Egypt destroys vehicles carrying arms from Libya: armyNews24
Egypt court quashes life sentence against Brotherhood leaderMiddle East Eye
Arutz Sheva -Middle East Monitor -Washington Post
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Egypt's age of intellectual fascism - Middle East Eye Tue, 09 May 2017 18:34:59 GMT

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Egypt's age of intellectual fascism
Middle East Eye
In Egypt, we have a form of intellectual terrorism. It is by the people against the people. This is not merely the rule of "Big Brother", a new form of George Orwell's 1984, eating away at Egypt's soul. The damage is done by millions of Little Brothers ...
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls 'fantastic' is now strengthening his power over the courtsPRI
Egypt Media Roundup (May 8)Jadaliyya
Egypt's al-Sisi rounds off Gulf tour in BahrainThe New Arab
Ahram Online -Anadolu Agency -Daily News Egypt
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US Farmers Are Shipping Wheat to Egypt Again - AgWeb Tue, 09 May 2017 17:16:21 GMT

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US Farmers Are Shipping Wheat to Egypt Again
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American farmers are back in the wheat game with Egypt, the world's biggest buyer, as exporters send their first shipment in almost four months. The U.S. inspected 51,603 tons of wheat for export to Egypt in the week ended May 4, U.S. Department of ...
Egypt aims to raise wheat silo storage capacity in 2017/18Al-Arabiya

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Specter of death penalty haunts Egypt's Brotherhood - Al-Monitor Tue, 09 May 2017 21:19:17 GMT

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Specter of death penalty haunts Egypt's Brotherhood
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He called the ruling “a continuation of the judiciary politicization that is taking place in Egypt,” and expressed concerns over the “political exploitation of the ruling, which could set the stage for similar verdicts." Bayoumi explained to Al-Monitor ...

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Why has Israel closed its embassy in Egypt? - TRT World Tue, 09 May 2017 14:13:00 GMT

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Why has Israel closed its embassy in Egypt?
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Israel's embassy in Egypt has been closed for over five months and its diplomatic staff have been recalled to Israel. Egypt is one of two Arab nations, along with Jordan, that retain official diplomatic ties with Israel. Warm relations were established ...

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Ancient Funerary Garden Discovered in Egypt for First Time - Live Science Mon, 08 May 2017 11:24:53 GMT

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Ancient Funerary Garden Discovered in Egypt for First Time
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About 4,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, landscapers constructed a rectangular funerary garden bed likely filled with lettuce, shrubs and trees, according to archaeologists from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The botanical finding ...
Lettuce for the Dead in a Tidy, 4000-Year-Old Egyptian Funeral GardenAtlas Obscura

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