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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Egypt: news

Ancient garland in Egyptian tomb

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 10:46

Archaeologists in Egypt find a 3,000-year-old garland, the first of its kind found in the Valley of the Kings.
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Egypt justice law 'disappointing'

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 16:39

Opposition MPs and reformist judges in Egypt say new justice system reforms do not go far enough.
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Egypt journalists get jail terms

Monday, June 26th 2006, 18:04

Two Egyptian journalists are sentenced to a year in prison for defaming President Hosni Mubarak.
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Egypt arrests Brotherhood men

Monday, June 19th 2006, 15:24

Egyptian police arrest 31 members of the banned opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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China PM has talks with Mubarak

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 18:45
related countries: China

China's PM has talks with Egypt's President Mubarak on the first leg of an Africa tour focused on economic links.
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Egypt tourist attack trial opens

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 4:11
related places: Cairo

Fourteen Egyptians go on trial in Cairo in connection with bomb attacks last year which killed three and wounded 19.
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Payout over Egypt ferry disaster

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 0:10

The fugitive owner of an Egyptian ferry that sank in February agrees to compensate victims' families.
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Egypt asks US body to halt work

Tuesday, June 6th 2006, 10:37
related countries: United States

Egypt orders an American NGO which aims to promote democracy to suspend its work in the country.
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Egypt ferry sinking trial opens

Monday, June 5th 2006, 12:22

An trial opens in Egypt into the sinking of a ferry last February in which more than 1,000 people died.
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Israel's PM seeks Abbas meeting

Sunday, June 4th 2006, 18:56
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says he is ready to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to discuss peace.
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Jailed Nour's Cairo office burned

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 14:40
related places: Cairo

A fire has caused serious damage to the headquarters of imprisoned Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour.
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Egyptian judges come out in force

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 16:17

At least 300 Egyptian judges join a protest against what they see as government interference in the judiciary.
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'Gaza link' to Egypt bombings

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 14:30

A group blamed for recent attacks in the Sinai peninsula had support from Palestinian militants, Egypt says.
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Egyptian theatre fire convictions

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 9:43

Eight Egyptian officials are convicted of negligence over a fire in a theatre that killed nearly 50 people.
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Israel frees Palestinian funds

Sunday, May 21st 2006, 11:40
related countries: Israel

Israel is to free funds for Palestinian medical services - not the Hamas government - as the two hold talks.
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Egypt rejects American criticism

Friday, May 19th 2006, 12:06
related countries: United States

Egypt rejects US criticism over court decision not to hear a plea by Ayman Nour.
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US dismay at Egypt Nour verdict

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 21:26
related countries: United States

A decision not to allow an appeal by a jailed Egyptian politician is branded a "miscarriage of justice" by the US.
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Violence mars Cairo court hearing

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 16:12
related places: Cairo

Egyptian police attack activists in Cairo as a top judge is reprimanded for criticising election fraud.
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EU criticises Egypt over freedoms

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 11:20

The EU criticises Egypt for what it says was a disproportionate use of force against recent protests.
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Egypt bomb suspects 'surrender'

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 21:36

Four men wanted over a series of suicide bombings in a Sinai resort hand themselves in, police say.
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Egypt waits for 'sweet, short tomorrow'

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 11:28
related places: Cairo

Despite democratic reforms, Egypt's police remain in brutal control of Cairo's crowds, says the BBC's Ian Pannell.
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Violence at Cairo trial protest

Thursday, May 11th 2006, 16:56

Police and protesters clash in Cairo as two top judges face disciplinary action for criticising recent elections.
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Israel 'seizes explosives haul'

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 17:28
related countries: Gaza Strip, Israel

The Israeli military says it has seized a shipment of 550kg of explosives bound for the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
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Egypt kills 'Sinai militant head'

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 16:28

The suspected head of an Egyptian militant group blamed for bombings in Sinai is shot dead, police say.
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Fifth bird flu fatality in Egypt

Friday, May 5th 2006, 9:11

The health ministry in Egypt reports that a fifth person, a 27-year-old woman, has died of bird flu.
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