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Egypt sends fuel tankers to Gaza to ease power crisis - Aljazeera.com Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:03:00 GMT

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Egypt sends fuel tankers to Gaza to ease power crisis Aljazeera.com Egypt has begun to deliver one million litres of fuel to the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to ease the Palestinian enclave's desperate electricity crisis. The fuel, trucked in through the otherwise besieged Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza, will be ... Egypt Sends Fuel for Gaza's Only Power Plant as Hamas Links ThawU.S. News & World Report Egypt Begins Trucking Diesel Fuel Into GazaThe Jewish Press - JewishPress.com Egypt sends fuel to power-starved GazaChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette Independent all 41 news articles »

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Egypt court halts verdicts on islands transfer deal - Aljazeera.com Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:45:34 GMT

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Egypt court halts verdicts on islands transfer deal Aljazeera.com Egypt's top constitutional court has ruled to halt all verdicts on an islands transfer deal until it makes a decision on the constitutionality of the agreement, state media said. Wednesday's ruling came a week after Egypt's parliament backed plans to ... Legal wrangling deepens over Egypt transfer of islandsABC News Egypt's Top Court Temporarily Halts Decisions on Red Sea IslandsU.S. News & World Report Egypt islands deal with Saudi pits government against courtsWashington Post all 97 news articles »

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Egypt Doubles Subsidized Food Available on Ration Cards - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:27:02 GMT

Egypt Doubles Subsidized Food Available on Ration Cards U.S. News & World Report CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's government has more than doubled the amount of subsided food that millions of ration card holders can purchase on a monthly basis and raised pensions — measures meant to cushion against soaring prices resulting from harsh ... and more »

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Egypt Sends Fuel to Power-Starved Gaza, Undercuts Abbas - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:38:45 GMT

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Egypt Sends Fuel to Power-Starved Gaza, Undercuts Abbas U.S. News & World Report GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Egypt on Wednesday trucked 1 million liters of cheap diesel fuel to the Gaza Strip's sole power plant — a rare shipment that temporarily eased a crippling electricity crisis in the Hamas-ruled enclave but also appeared to ... Gaza Power Crisis: Egypt Sends Fuel to Gaza as Israel Further Reduces Electricity FlowHaaretz Easing power crisis, emergency Egyptian fuel enters GazaThe Times of Israel Hamas is feeling the pain of Qatar's crisis, and looking to Egypt for helpLos Angeles Times JerusalemOnline all 756 news articles »

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Rights Groups Urge Egypt's Sisi to Spare Six Men on Death Row - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:14:00 GMT

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Rights Groups Urge Egypt's Sisi to Spare Six Men on Death Row U.S. News & World Report CAIRO (Reuters) - Human rights groups urged Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to intervene by a Thursday deadline to commute the death sentences of six men convicted of killing a policeman, saying they had been kidnapped and tortured into ... Egypt top court suspends all rulings on islands transferNew Vision Sisi announces 7 measures aimed at easing economic hardshipEgypt Independent Egypt Boosts Food Aid, Pensions to Ease Pressure on the Poorest ...Bloomberg The New Arab all 22 news articles »

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Egypt watchdog says authorities now blocking 101 websites - Financial Post Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:09:03 GMT

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Egypt watchdog says authorities now blocking 101 websites Financial Post CAIRO — An Egyptian watchdog says authorities are widening their internet censorship and are now blocking 101 websites, including some that provide software that allows users to bypass restrictions. The Association for Freedom of Thought and ... Egypt watchdog says authorities now blocking 101 websites | The ...Kansas City Star all 2 news articles »

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Egypt's Coptic Christians question whether el-Sissi alliance can protect them from terror - Washington Times Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:23:40 GMT

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Egypt's Coptic Christians question whether el-Sissi alliance can protect them from terror Washington Times CAIRO — Pope Francis is long gone from Egypt, but his April trip intensified a growing unease among Coptic Christians about President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's embrace of their 10 million-strong community. During the pontiff's visit, Mr. el-Sissi told ... Egyptian Christians, Muslims share Ramadan meals despite Islamist violenceReuters 'He Said He Was Christian, They Shot Him,' Says Egyptian Boy Who ...Sojourners Egyptian Church Raided, Chained Off by Police to Prevent Christians From WorshipingChristian Post all 10 news articles »

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Egypt's Jon Stewart knows why authoritarian regimes fear satire - ThinkProgress Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:06:24 GMT

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Egypt's Jon Stewart knows why authoritarian regimes fear satire ThinkProgress If you have any concerns about America slippery-sloping its way from a free speech haven to an authoritarian, alternative-fact-filled nightmare-scape where ... and more »

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Egypt says 15 militants killed in North Sinai, Alexandria - Washington Post Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:56:15 GMT

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Egypt says 15 militants killed in North Sinai, Alexandria Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt's security forces killed 15 militants, 12 of them in airstrikes in the restive Sinai peninsula and three in the coastal city of Alexandria, according to two separate statements by the Interior Ministry and the armed forces on Tuesday ... Egypt kills 12 militants in North Sinai air strikeEyewitness News Egypt kills 12 ISIS-linked militants in Sinai air strikeThe Jerusalem Post all 16 news articles »

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Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt? - Foreign Affairs Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:48:12 GMT

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Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt? Foreign Affairs On the morning of May 26, Mohsen Morkous, a 60-year-old Egyptian-American Christian from the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, was traveling with his two sons, a grandson, and dozens of others to a religious retreat. Their bus convoy was ambushed by ... and more »