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

Egypt orders domestic bird cull

Monday, February 20th 2006, 17:25

The Egyptian government orders the slaughter of all domestic poultry, as part of a range of bird flu measures.
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Egypt finds deadly bird flu virus

Friday, February 17th 2006, 17:14

The first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu are found in Egypt, mostly around the capital, Cairo.
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Wreckage of Egyptian ferry found

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 21:51

Salvage experts have located the wreck of a ferry which sank in the Red Sea with the loss of 1,000 lives.
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US slams Egypt local poll delay

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 18:53
related countries: United States
related places: Cairo

The US criticises Egypt's decision to postpone local elections for two years, and will raise the matter with Cairo.
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Egyptian diplomat freed in Gaza

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 4:26

An Egyptian military attache who was seized by gunmen in Gaza on Thursday is released unharmed, say officials.
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Pharaonic tomb find stuns Egypt

Friday, February 10th 2006, 23:26

An ancient tomb is discovered in the Valley of the Kings, the first since Tutankhamun's was found in 1922.
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Egypt win Cup after penalty drama

Friday, February 10th 2006, 20:30
related places: Cairo

Egypt win the African Cup of Nations, beating Ivory Coast 4-2 on penalties after a goalless draw in Friday's final.
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Gaza kidnap group issues demands

Friday, February 10th 2006, 20:12

A militant group in Gaza says Egypt must release Palestinian prisoners in return for a kidnapped diplomat.
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Clockwatch: Egypt 0-0 Ivory Coast

Friday, February 10th 2006, 19:01

Hosts Egypt face Ivory Coast in the final of the African Cup of Nations at the Cairo International Stadium.
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Search for Egypt diplomat goes on

Friday, February 10th 2006, 15:17

Palestinian security forces are searching for an Egyptian diplomat abducted in Gaza on Thursday.
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Cairo awaits African soccer final

Friday, February 10th 2006, 10:02

Female fans swell the ranks of supporters as Egypt prepare to face Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations final.
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Football: Striker Mido apologises

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 12:10

Striker Mido makes an apology to the Egyptian public and his coach Hassan Shehata.
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Mido thrown out of Egyptian squad

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 10:26

Tottenham striker Mido is thrown out of the Egypt squad at the African Cup of Nations after a row with coach Hassan Shehata.
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Egypt 2-1 Senegal

Tuesday, February 7th 2006, 19:07
related countries: Senegal
related places: Cairo

Hosts Egypt seal their place in the final of the African Cup of Nations with a 2-1 win over Senegal in Cairo.
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Israel warns Abbas on Hamas ties

Monday, February 6th 2006, 13:09
related places: Cairo

Israel says it will work with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as long as he does not co-operate with Hamas.
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Tensions high at Egypt ferry port

Sunday, February 5th 2006, 16:04

Families waiting at Safaga port vent their anger at the lack of news of relatives on the doomed Egyptian ferry.
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Hunt continues for ferry victims

Sunday, February 5th 2006, 6:05

The search continues for more than 800 people still missing after an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea on Friday.
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Anger grows over ferry disaster

Saturday, February 4th 2006, 12:43
related places: Red Sea

Clashes break out in Egypt as relatives of 1,000 people feared dead in the Red Sea ferry disaster wait for news.
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Egyptian ferry sinks in Red Sea

Friday, February 3rd 2006, 14:52
related places: Red Sea

An Egyptian ferry carrying 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea, with reports of bodies being pulled from the sea.
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Egypt bus crashes leave 32 dead

Tuesday, January 31st 2006, 17:16
related countries: Hong Kong

Thirty-two people are killed and 54 injured in two separate bus crashes in southern Egypt, reports say.
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Clockwatch: African Cup of Nations

Saturday, January 28th 2006, 18:38
related countries: Libya, Morocco
related places: Cairo

Egypt play the Ivory Coast and Libya face Morocco in the final Group A games of the Nations Cup in Cairo.
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Egyptian single mother loses case

Friday, January 27th 2006, 18:20

An Egyptian single mother loses an attempt to prove that an actor and television presenter is the father of her child.
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Clockwatch: Egypt 0-0 Morocco

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 20:09
related countries: Morocco

Hosts Egypt take on Morocco in Group A of the African Cup of Nations at the Cairo International Stadium.
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Egypt 0-0 Morocco

Tuesday, January 24th 2006, 19:52
related countries: Morocco
related places: Cairo

Hosts Egypt and Morocco contest a goalless draw in a Group A game at the African Cup of Nations in Cairo.
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