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We have started to collect the most important news related to Egypt in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Libya, 
United Arab EmiratesTwo car bombs are set off in the Libyan capital Tripoli, appearing to target the Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies.
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Eight navy personnel are missing after dozens of gunmen attacked an Egyptian navy ship in the Mediterranean, officials say.
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Egyptian militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledges allegiance to radical Islamist group Islamic State, saying it offers them a "new dawn".
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Egypt is strongly criticised by Western countries and right groups during a regular review of member states at the UN Human Rights Council.
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EthiopiaEgypt and Ethiopia sign a series of trade agreements in Addis Ababa which could help smooth diplomatic tensions over use of the River Nile waters.
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Egypt court sentences eight men to three years in prison for appearing in a video alleged to be of a gay marriage.
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Gaza StripEgypt begins demolishing homes along its border with Gaza as part of a planned 500m buffer zone intended to prevent weapons smuggling.
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Gaza StripEgypt is reportedly planning a 500m buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip to block the smuggling of weapons.
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A hairdresser in Egypt says she is proving people in Egypt who think a woman who works as a hairdresser is not decent wrong.
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Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shukry talks to the BBC's Frank Gardner about the fight against so-called Islamic State and the convictions of three Al-Jazeera journalists.
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The Egyptian leader authorises the military to protect state facilities after jihadists killed more than 30 soldiers last week.
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Activists accused of violating a controversial protest law are sentenced to three years in jail by an Egyptian court.
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Egypt faces an existential threat from jihadists, the president says, after at least 31 soldiers are killed in two attacks in the Sinai peninsula.
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At least 29 Egyptian soldiers are killed in a suspected jihadist car bomb attack and a shooting, Egyptian officials say.
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A court date is set for a verdict in Egypt's landmark trial in a case of female genital mutilation (FGM).
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An appeal against the sentences of three jailed al-Jazeera journalists will be heard by an Egyptian court on 1 January, relatives say.
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United StatesA rights group founded by former US President Jimmy Carter has closed its office in Egypt citing restrictions on democratic freedoms.
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Three minibuses are involved in a collision in southern Egypt, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than a dozen, security sources say.
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IsraelDonors at a Cairo conference pledge $5.4bn (£3.4bn) in aid to the Palestinians, after the 50-day Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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The restoration of one of Egypt's oldest Coptic Christian churches, the Virgin Mary church in Cairo, is completed after 16 years.
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A verdict is postponed in the retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who faces charges of ordering the killing of protesters.
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Palestinian negotiators in Cairo say they have agreed a "comprehensive" deal for a national unity government to take responsibility for running Gaza.
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A military aircraft has crashed in Egypt, killing six crew, state TV reports.
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A bomb explosion near the Egyptian foreign ministry in Cairo has killed at least two police officers, security officials say.
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A bomb explosion near the Egyptian foreign ministry in Cairo kills at least two police officers, security officials say.
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Kenya, 
Tanzania, United StatesAn Egyptian man accused of helping to plan the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania pleads guilty in a New York court.
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Kenya, Tanzania, United StatesAn Egyptian man accused of helping to plan the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania has pleaded guilty in federal court in New York.
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The Jewish community in Egypt is on the verge of disappearing - up until the 1950s, as many as 100,000 Jews called the country home - now, just 12 remain.
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Six Egyptian policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in the Sinai peninsula, the interior ministry says.
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An Egyptian court orders the release on bail of one of the country's most prominent pro-democracy activists, Alaa Abdul Fattah.
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Iraq, 
Syria, United StatesEgypt has a key role to play in countering Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry says on a visit to Cairo.
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A court in Egypt sentences the head of a Cairo orphanage to three years in prison for assaulting children in his care and endangering their lives.
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The Egyptian authorities arrest seven men accused of appearing in a video apparently showing a gay wedding.
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QatarEgypt charges ousted President Mohammed Morsi with the handing over of secret files to Qatar, state media report.
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A power cut triggers blackouts across most of Cairo, causing major disruption across the Egyptian capital at the height of the morning rush hour.
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At least 11 policemen have been killed in a bomb attack on a convoy in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, officials say.
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The head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has one death sentence commuted to life in prison, but still faces another death penalty.
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QatarEgypt has opened an investigation into ousted President Mohammed Morsi for allegedly handing over secret files to Qatar, state media report.
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Libya, United StatesAmerican officials say Egypt and the UAE were behind air strikes in Libya that targeted Islamist-linked militia last week and that the US was not consulted.
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IsraelAt least eight Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli air strikes amid ongoing rocket attacks on Israel, as Egyptian mediators reportedly propose a new ceasefire deal.
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IsraelPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas joins Egypt to urge Israel and Hamas to start fresh talks, as a 12-storey Gaza building is destroyed in air strikes.
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Two tourist buses collide near Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, leaving 33 people dead and 41 injured, officials say.
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China, 
Iran, United StatesThe Egyptian foreign ministry has criticised the US police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following similar criticism from Iran and China.
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IsraelThe five-day Gaza ceasefire is extended for a further 24 hours after talks in Cairo, Palestinian and Israeli officials tell the BBC.
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In the Egyptian capital, Cairo, rising prices have forced almost two million people out of their homes over the years, and many now live in cemeteries.
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ChinaThe BBC looks at what it is like to be a cyclist in different parts of the world.
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Peace talks on ending the Gaza conflict resume in Cairo a day before the current ceasefire is set to expire.
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IsraelIsrael and the Palestinians begin a fresh five-day ceasefire in Gaza, but immediately trade rockets and air strikes.
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In his first statement in court, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denies ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters in 2011.
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Human Rights Watch says its year-long inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of protesters in Cairo in 2013 found evidence of systematic killings.
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Indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians get under way in Cairo, Egyptian media say, as a ceasefire continues to hold in Gaza.
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