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 reach Africa Cup final

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 22:46
related countries: Algeria, Ghana

Egypt stroll to the Africa Cup of Nations final with their great rivals finishing the game with eight men.
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Live - Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 15:25
related countries: Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria

Egypt face up to Algeria after Ghana beat west African rivals Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.
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Algeria to airlift fans to Angola

Tuesday, January 26th 2010, 11:45
related countries: Algeria, Angola

The Algerian government says it will airlift hundreds of fans to Angola for the Cup of Nations match against Egypt.
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Egypt through to knockout stages

Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 19:04
related countries: Benin

Egypt progress from the Africa Cup of Nations group stages after beating Benin 2-0 in Group C.
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Gaza blockade 'threat to health'

Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 11:42
related countries: Israel

The UN and aid agencies warn that the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza is putting the Strip's residents' health at risk.
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Temple to the cat goddess Bastet is uncovered in Alexandria

Tuesday, January 19th 2010, 18:10
related places: Alexandria

A temple to the cat goddess Bastet is uncovered in Alexandria, seat of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Secret vows

Tuesday, January 19th 2010, 7:56

Egypt's young try to get around strict social customs
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Deadly flash floods hit Mid-east

Monday, January 18th 2010, 17:26
related countries: Israel

Heavy rain and flash floods in Egypt and Israel kill seven people and cause chaos.
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Hull sign Zaki for rest of season

Monday, January 18th 2010, 12:25

Hull sign Egypt striker Amr Zaki on loan until the end of the season from Zamalek.
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Egypt reach quarter-finals

Saturday, January 16th 2010, 20:34
related countries: Mozambique

African champions Egypt reach the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations thanks to a 2-0 win over Mozambique.
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Egypt Brotherhood elects new head

Saturday, January 16th 2010, 14:53

Egypt's outlawed opposition Muslim Brotherhood names a conservative figure, Mohammed Badi, as its new leader.
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Egypt beat Nigeria at Nations Cup

Tuesday, January 12th 2010, 19:21
related countries: Nigeria

Egypt come from behind to beat Nigeria 3-1 in the opening game of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Free men 'built Egypt's pyramids'

Monday, January 11th 2010, 10:50

Tombs discovered near Egypt's great pyramids reinforce the theory they were built by free workers rather than slaves.
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Israel to construct Egypt barrier

Monday, January 11th 2010, 1:49
related countries: Israel

Israel's government approves plans to build a barrier along its border with Egypt in a bid to keep out illegal migrants and militants.
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Arrests after Egypt Copt killings

Friday, January 8th 2010, 10:45

Egyptian police arrest three suspects in a drive-by shooting that killed six Coptic Christians and one security official.
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UK MP George Galloway deported from Egypt

Friday, January 8th 2010, 10:23
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cairo

British MP George Galloway is deported from Cairo while trying to get an aid convoy from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt clashes after Copt killings

Thursday, January 7th 2010, 14:55

Clashes have broken out in the southern Egyptian town where seven people were killed outside a Coptic Christmas Eve Mass.
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Egypt church attack kills Copts

Thursday, January 7th 2010, 10:52

At least six Coptic Christians and a security official are killed in a drive-by shooting on their Christmas Eve, outside a church in southern Egypt.
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Fatal clash at Gaza-Egypt border

Wednesday, January 6th 2010, 18:43

An Egyptian soldier dies and eight Palestinians are injured in clashes at the Gaza border, after aid trucks are refused entry.
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Egypt rail crash workers jailed

Tuesday, January 5th 2010, 10:10

Eight Egyptian railway workers are jailed over a train crash which killed 18 people in October.
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'Vast' tomb found south of Cairo

Monday, January 4th 2010, 18:38
related places: Cairo

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have found the largest known tomb in the ancient necropolis of Sakkara, to the south of Cairo.
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Egyptian-Palestinian leaders meet

Monday, January 4th 2010, 12:16

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas meets Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to discuss efforts to restart peace talks.
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Protests against blockade of Gaza

Thursday, December 31st 2009, 14:16
related countries: Gaza Strip

Several hundred people join protests in Gaza, Israel and Egypt against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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Netanyahu meets Mubarak in Cairo

Tuesday, December 29th 2009, 20:02
related countries: Israel
related places: Cairo

Israeli PM and Egyptian President are due to meet in Cairo, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Gaza marchers go on hunger strike

Monday, December 28th 2009, 18:22
related countries: Israel

Groups trying to cross Egypt's border to Gaza to mark the anniversary of an Israeli offensive have gone on hunger strike.
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Identity crisis

Saturday, December 26th 2009, 14:23

Egypt's Coptic Christians' battle over ID cards
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Germany refuses Nefertiti return

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 19:14
related countries: Germany

Germany has said an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti is too fragile to return to Egypt - even temporarily.
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Egypt lifts huge temple stone from Cleopatra's sunken city

Friday, December 18th 2009, 1:23

A huge granite block thought to have once graced a temple in a palace of Cleopatra is raised from the sea in Egypt.
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France returns frescoes to Egypt

Monday, December 14th 2009, 17:32

France hands over five ancient frescoes to Egypt, which had broken off ties with the Louvre museum in an ownership dispute.
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Egyptians build steel Gaza wall

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 21:46

Egypt begins building an enormous metal wall on its border with Gaza to try to curb smuggling, the BBC learns.
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Rosetta row 'would end with loan'

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 21:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Egypt's head of antiquities will drop a demand for the permanent return of the Rosetta Stone if the British Museum agrees a loan.
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Egyptian ferries collide on Nile

Saturday, December 5th 2009, 12:16

Two passenger ferries collide on the Nile in northern Egypt, but officials say all passengers are now accounted for.
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Egyptian ferries collide on Nile

Friday, December 4th 2009, 19:16

Two passenger ferries collide on the Nile river in northern Egypt, with dozens of people missing, emergency services say.
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National outrage

Saturday, November 28th 2009, 12:03

How Egypt's World Cup exit exposed deeper frustrations
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Gaddafi 'to mediate' football row

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 22:42
related countries: Algeria, Libya

Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi is set to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in a bitter football row, state media says.
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Hamas 'debating Shalit swap deal'

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 15:04
related countries: Israel
related places: Cairo

Members of Hamas are in Cairo to discuss a prisoner swap for the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, reports say.
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Egypt leader enters football row

Saturday, November 21st 2009, 15:07
related countries: Algeria

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak steps into a row with Algeria following violence over World Cup football matches.
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Riot over Egypt football defeat

Friday, November 20th 2009, 17:02
related countries: Algeria

Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.
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Egypt recalls envoy from Algeria

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 18:04
related countries: Algeria
related places: Cairo

Sudan joins a diplomatic row between Egypt and Algeria over violence at a World Cup qualifier in Khartoum.
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World Cup qualifying as it happened

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 22:58
related countries: Algeria, France, Ireland, Sudan

France beat Republic of Ireland after extra time after a hugely controversial goal to reach the World Cup, as Egypt, Portugal, Slovenia and Greece also qualify.
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Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 19:42
related countries: Algeria

Antar Yahia scores the only goal of the game as Algeria beat Egypt 1-0 to clinch Africa's final spot at next year's World Cup.
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Lockdown for Algeria-Egypt clash

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 15:29
related countries: Algeria, Sudan
related places: Khartoum

Sudan throws a tight security cordon around Khartoum ahead of Egypt and Algeria's crunch World Cup football play-off.
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Ancients 'had heart disease too'

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 0:03

Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies - suggesting the risk factors for heart disease may be ancient, researchers say.
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Verbal war over Egypt-Algeria tie

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 22:52
related countries: Algeria, Sudan

A war of words breaks out between Egypt and Algeria and Sudan tightens security ahead of the World Cup play-off.
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