News: Egypt

We have started to collect the most important news related to Egypt in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• February 25th 2006 – April 26th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – June 19th 2006
• June 26th 2006 – September 6th 2006
• September 13th 2006 – December 2nd 2006
• December 4th 2006 – February 23rd 2007
• February 28th 2007 – April 18th 2007
• April 21st 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 19th 2007 – November 4th 2007
• November 5th 2007 – January 16th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – February 7th 2008
• February 9th 2008 – April 8th 2008
• April 9th 2008 – July 2nd 2008
• July 2nd 2008 – September 10th 2008
• September 11th 2008 – October 21st 2008
• October 21st 2008 – December 20th 2008
• December 23rd 2008 – February 19th 2009
• February 22nd 2009 – April 1st 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – May 12th 2009
• May 14th 2009 – July 6th 2009
• July 8th 2009 – September 23rd 2009
• September 23rd 2009 – November 11th 2009
• November 11th 2009 – December 14th 2009
• December 18th 2009

Egypt: news

Egyptian sexual harasser jailed

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 20:28

An Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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Egyptian sexual harasser jailed

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 20:28

An Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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Israeli president in Egypt talks

Thursday, October 23rd 2008, 7:04
related countries: Israel

Israeli President Shimon Peres is to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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Egypt arrests 'wife swap' couple

Monday, October 27th 2008, 11:18

Police arrest an Egyptian couple for organizing and holding sex parties with other married couples, security officials say.
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Egypt school beating 'kills boy'

Tuesday, October 28th 2008, 14:35

An Egyptian schoolboy dies after allegedly being beaten by his teacher for not doing his homework, local reports say.
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Veiled comeback

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 14:05

Egyptian presenter on air after six-year headscarf battle
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Brawls at Egyptian opposition HQ

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 15:14

Several people are reportedly injured in clashes between factions of the Egyptian opposition Ghad party.
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Hamas boycotts Palestinian talks

Saturday, November 8th 2008, 12:18
related places: Cairo

Palestinian militant group Hamas says it will boycott talks with its Fatah rivals due to have begun in Cairo on Sunday.
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Bin Laden son questioned in Egypt

Sunday, November 9th 2008, 0:10
related countries: Spain

Egyptian authorities question a son of Osama Bin Laden after his return from a failed attempt to claim asylum in Spain.
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Bin Laden's son deported to Qatar

Sunday, November 9th 2008, 14:17
related countries: Qatar, Spain

One of Osama Bin Laden's sons arrives in Qatar after being deported from Egypt and Spain following failed asylum bids.
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Moscow to host Mid-East meeting

Sunday, November 9th 2008, 16:01
related countries: Israel

Quartet mediators says it will hold a major conference next spring in Moscow, after no sign of a peace deal this year.
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Bedouin free 25 Egyptian police

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 15:02

Bedouin tribesmen release 25 Egyptian policemen, hours after seizing them at gunpoint.
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In pictures

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 22:28

Another pyramid is unearthed from the sands of Egypt
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Egypt 'must stop' border shooting

Wednesday, November 12th 2008, 11:25
related countries: Israel

Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to stop shooting African migrants as they cross the country's border into Israel.
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Egypt retakes Bedouin flashpoint

Wednesday, November 12th 2008, 17:02

Egyptian security forces redeploy in large numbers in the Sinai desert a day after violent clashes with local Bedouin.
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Egypt halts doctor visas to Saudi

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 16:19
related countries: Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian government says it has placed a ban on Egyptian doctors going to work in Saudi Arabia.
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Blackout imposed on Tamim trial

Monday, November 17th 2008, 12:34
related places: Cairo

Media are banned from the Cairo trial of politician Hisham Talaat Mustafa, charged with murdering pop diva Suzanne Tamim.
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Egypt 'must halt' Israel gas deal

Tuesday, November 18th 2008, 14:18
related countries: Israel

A Cairo court orders the suspension of gas exports to Israel, although it is not clear if the ruling will be heeded.
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Opec refuses oil production cuts

Saturday, November 29th 2008, 16:05
related places: Cairo

Petroleum producers leave oil production quotas unchanged after a brief meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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Anger as Egypt sheikh meets Peres

Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 11:55
related countries: Israel

Egypt's top Muslim cleric is under pressure to resign for shaking the hand of the Israeli President, Shimon Peres.
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Dozens killed in Egypt bus plunge

Sunday, December 14th 2008, 20:53

At least 55 people are killed as an Egyptian bus plunges into a canal, officials say.
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Egypt court convicts food rioters

Monday, December 15th 2008, 15:31

An Egyptian court sentences 22 people to jail for between three and five years over deadly food riots in April.
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N Korea launches 3G phone network

Monday, December 15th 2008, 17:26
related countries: North Korea

A giant Egyptian telecommunications company launches North Korea's first hi-tech mobile phone network.
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New Hariri investigator appointed

Friday, December 19th 2008, 15:29
related countries: Aruba

An Egyptian-born Australian is to head investigations for a UN investigation into the killing of Rafik Hariri.
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Egypt teacher tried over beating

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 17:37

An Egyptian teacher goes on trial accused of beating an 11-year-old pupil to death for not doing his homework.
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