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Vice President Mike Pence to Travel to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel - Whitehouse.gov (press release) Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:32:54 GMT

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Vice President Mike Pence to Travel to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel
Whitehouse.gov (press release)
WASHINGTON, DC – Vice President Mike Pence will travel to the Middle East later this month on behalf of President Donald Trump. The Vice President will visit Egypt, Jordan, and Israel January 19-23, 2018. The Vice President will address the shared need ...
Turkey-based TV airs Egypt tapes on JerusalemAljazeera.com
Pence to visit Egypt, Jordan, Israel in January, White House saysCNBC
Egypt denies report it pressured the press on Trump's Jerusalem move, despite tapesFRANCE 24
Voice of America -CBN News -The Columbus Dispatch
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Egypt sets election for March, with outcome all but certain - The Spokesman-Review Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:43:00 GMT

The Spokesman-Review
Egypt sets election for March, with outcome all but certain
The Spokesman-Review
CAIRO – Egypt will hold its presidential election over three days in March, officials said Monday, with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi virtually guaranteed to run for and win a second four-year term amid a heavy clampdown on dissent. El-Sissi has yet ...
Egypt to hold presidential elections in MarchTelegraph.co.uk
Egypt Sets Presidential Vote for March as Top El-Sisi Rival Backs OutBloomberg
Sisi under spotlight as Egypt sets late March election dateReuters
Wall Street Journal
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Egypt to hold presidential election March 26-28 - Fox News Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:13:53 GMT

Independent.ie
Egypt to hold presidential election March 26-28
Fox News
... for re-election, but is widely expected to run and win a second four-year term. Authorities have waged a wide-scale crackdown on dissent since el-Sissi, as defense minister, led the military overthrow of an elected but divisive Islamist president ...
Egypt to hold presidential election in MarchIndependent.ie

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Sudan Protests to UN Over Egypt Hold on Border Territory - U.S. News & World Report Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:47:21 GMT

The Jerusalem Post mobile website (blog)
Sudan Protests to UN Over Egypt Hold on Border Territory
U.S. News & World Report
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has renewed a complaint at the United Nations demanding Egypt hand over control of the "Halayeb Triangle" border territory, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Relations between Egypt and Sudan have been soured in recent ...
Damming the Nile – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia battle it outThe Jerusalem Post mobile website (blog)
Sudan turns to UN over territory dispute with EgyptMiddle East Eye
Sudan renews UN complaint against Egypt over Halayeb border regionXinhua
News24 -The National -Ahram Online
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Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders' Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move - New York Times Mon, 08 Jan 2018 01:40:34 GMT

New York Times
Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders' Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move
New York Times
As President Trump moved last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, an Egyptian intelligence officer quietly placed phone calls to the hosts of several influential talk shows in Egypt. “Like all our Arab brothers,” Egypt would denounce ...
Egypt hosts 'told to convince viewers' over JerusalemAljazeera.com
REPORT: Egypt publicly condemned Trump's Jerusalem decision while accepting it behind closed doorsBusiness Insider

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Egypt's Presidential Race Loses Popular Candidate - New York Times Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:02:00 GMT

New York Times
Egypt's Presidential Race Loses Popular Candidate
New York Times
The lawyer's account was broadly confirmed by audio recordings of telephone calls by an Egyptian intelligence officer, which were obtained by The New York Times. During one of those calls, the officer, Capt. Ashraf al-Kholi, cautioned a television ...

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Egypt police detained after custody death triggers protests - BBC News Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:25:24 GMT

BBC News
Egypt police detained after custody death triggers protests
BBC News
Prosecutors in Egypt's capital Cairo have ordered the detention of two police officers after the death of a prisoner triggered violent protests. On Saturday, people tried to storm a police station in the Moqattam district where 22-year-old Mohammed ...
Egypt detains 2 police after detainee death sparks clashesTampabay.com
Residents of a village in Upper Egypt cut off road between Qena and CairoEgypt Independent

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We are looking for real partnership with Egypt: Irish FM - Egypttoday Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:42:59 GMT

Egypttoday
We are looking for real partnership with Egypt: Irish FM
Egypttoday
CAIRO - 8 January 2018: Ireland is looking forward to improving and strengthening its relations with Egypt in several fields including immigration, countering terrorism, investments, trade and civil aviation, according to Irish Minister of Foreign ...

Egypt's Harassment of writers chills freedom of speech and movement - PEN America (press release) (blog) Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:31:40 GMT

PEN America (press release) (blog)
Egypt's Harassment of writers chills freedom of speech and movement
PEN America (press release) (blog)
NEW YORK—Simultaneous developments in the cases of writers Ahmed Naji and Alaa Aswany this weekend are indicative of Egypt's ongoing assault on human rights and free expression, PEN America said in a statement today. On the same day, writer and ...

Egypt is sweeping its economic challenges under the rug - Arab News Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:39:13 GMT

Arab News
Egypt is sweeping its economic challenges under the rug
Arab News
Egypt is presently confronting many economic challenges, which the government is trying hard to solve. Regardless of the type of economic policies the government adopts, the debate among economists concerning which policies to apply will continue ...

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