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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.

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Egypt: news

Egypt Van Gogh 'is still missing'

Sunday, August 22nd 2010, 0:59
related places: Cairo

A painting by Vincent Van Gogh, stolen from a Cairo museum, is still missing, says the culture minister, hours after he said it had been found.
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Van Gogh stolen in Cairo - for the second time

Saturday, August 21st 2010, 19:41
related places: Cairo

A 'priceless' work by Vincent Van Gogh has disappeared from a Cairo museum, Egypt's culture minister says.
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Field work

Friday, August 20th 2010, 18:38

Egypt's graduates sent to turn the desert green
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African migrants killed in Egypt

Saturday, August 14th 2010, 13:33
related countries: Israel

Six migrants trying to enter Israel from Egypt are killed; four in a gunfight with people smugglers and two by Egyptian border guards.
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Egypt 'rape victim' appears on TV

Thursday, August 5th 2010, 17:01

Human rights activists in Egypt express concern following allegations that a woman was raped by two police officers.
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Fossil sparks whale of a row for Egypt customs

Friday, July 30th 2010, 19:53
related places: Cairo

The fossil of a whale is at the centre of a bizarre customs wrangle at Cairo airport, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports.
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Fossil sparks whale of a row for Egypt customs

Friday, July 30th 2010, 19:53
related places: Cairo

The fossil of a whale is at the centre of a bizarre customs wrangle at Cairo airport, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports.
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Arab League endorses direct talks

Thursday, July 29th 2010, 15:25
related places: Cairo

The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.
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Arab League endorses direct talks

Thursday, July 29th 2010, 15:25
related places: Cairo

The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.
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Egypt 'police death' trial opens

Tuesday, July 27th 2010, 11:25

The trial opens of two Egyptian policemen charged with brutality over the death last month of a 28-year-old man, but is quickly adjourned.
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Egyptian leader misses AU summit

Saturday, July 24th 2010, 23:37
related countries: Uganda

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will not attend the AU summit in Uganda.
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Course of history

Saturday, July 24th 2010, 11:00
related countries: Iran

How golf epitomises the diverse fortunes of Iran and Egypt
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Mubarak speech calms health fears

Friday, July 23rd 2010, 0:57

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes a televised national address, calming renewed fears over the state of his health.
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BP agrees $7bn sale of oil assets

Tuesday, July 20th 2010, 21:34
related countries: Canada, Mexico, United States

BP is to sell assets in the US, western Canada and Egypt, in order to part-fund the clean-up cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Billionaire 'spy' death

Thursday, July 15th 2010, 15:12

Mystery surrounds death of 'Egyptian Mossad spy'
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Gaza car smuggling tunnel raided

Wednesday, July 7th 2010, 17:24

Egyptian police break up a ring smuggling new and stolen cars through secret tunnels into Gaza, officials say.
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Bus driver shoots Cairo workers

Tuesday, July 6th 2010, 14:18
related places: Cairo

An Egyptian bus driver shoots dead six construction workers travelling in his vehicle near Cairo, officials say.
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Egypt police face 'brutality' charges

Thursday, July 1st 2010, 12:29
related places: Alexandria

The Egyptian authorities charge two plain-clothed police officers over the death of a 28-year-old man in Alexandria last month.
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Egypt shoots Israel-bound migrant

Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 18:55
related countries: Israel

An African migrant is shot and killed by Egyptian police as she tries to cross illegally from the Sinai Peninsula into Israel.
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ElBaradei at Egypt police protest

Friday, June 25th 2010, 19:26

Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei leads a protest against alleged police brutality over the death of Khaled Said.
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Ancient Egypt city found by radar

Monday, June 21st 2010, 15:06

An ancient Egyptian city believed to be Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos who ruled 3,500 years ago, has been located by radar.
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New Egypt 'police death' autopsy

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 10:24

Egyptian authorities order a new autopsy on the corpse of a young man who activists say was killed by the police last week.
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Egypt city begins banning smoking

Thursday, June 10th 2010, 11:52
related places: Alexandria

Smoking in government buildings is banned in Alexandria, the start of an effort to ban smoking in Egypt's public places.
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Egyptian-Israeli marriage ruling

Sunday, June 6th 2010, 14:05
related countries: Israel
related places: Cairo

A Cairo court upholds a ruling urging the cabinet to consider revoking the citizenship of Egyptian men married to Israelis.
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Libya bans Algeria, Egypt games

Thursday, June 3rd 2010, 13:08
related countries: Algeria, Libya

Libya says its national sports teams can no longer compete against neighbouring Algeria and Egypt.
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Libyan executions are condemned

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010, 11:37
related countries: Libya, Nigeria
related places: Human

Human rights campaigners condemn the Libyan execution of 18 people, mostly foreigners from Nigeria and Egypt.
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Lost ancient tomb found in Egypt

Monday, May 31st 2010, 10:48

After a five-year search Egyptian archaeologists locate an ancient tomb of the mayor of Memphis, lost for more than 100 years.
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Egypt rockslide officials jailed

Wednesday, May 26th 2010, 14:45
related places: Cairo

A deputy Cairo governor and seven other officials are jailed over a rockslide in a slum that left 119 people dead.
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East Africa seeks more Nile water

Friday, May 14th 2010, 16:18

Four East African states sign an agreement to seek more of the River Nile's water, despite anger in Egypt.
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Weapons found by Egypt customs

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 15:49
related countries: United States
related places: Cairo

Egyptian customs officers find guns in the luggage of a US professor arriving in Cairo by plane.
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Egypt renews tough emergency laws

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 2:46

Egypt's president issues a decree to renew emergency laws, which opposition supporters say stifle political freedom.
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Arrests over Lebanon lynching

Friday, May 7th 2010, 23:03
related countries: Lebanon

Lebanese police arrest two men over the lynching of an Egyptian accused of killing a local couple and their grandchildren.
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Egypt peacekeepers killed in Darfur

Friday, May 7th 2010, 16:51
related countries: Sudan

Two Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed by gunmen in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, officials say.
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Mubarak call to Egypt opposition

Thursday, May 6th 2010, 14:46

Egypt's president challenges opposition reformers to present their plans for change without unleashing 'chaos'.
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Gaza breakout

Thursday, May 6th 2010, 9:58

Tunnel diggers cut through Egypt's steel border barrier
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Egypt anger at call to ban book

Wednesday, May 5th 2010, 16:15

Writers in Egypt condemn a call by a group of lawyers to ban the classic folk tale Arabian Nights.
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Netanyahu and Mubarak hold talks

Monday, May 3rd 2010, 19:16
related countries: Israel

Israel's PM meets the Egyptian president to discuss plans for the launch of so-called proximity talks with the Palestinians.
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New energy

Saturday, May 1st 2010, 11:02
related places: Cairo

A new figurehead spurs hopes for change in Egypt
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Nigerian denies child bride claim

Thursday, April 29th 2010, 11:36
related countries: Nigeria

A Nigerian senator denies reports he has married an Egyptian girl aged 13 but refuses to reveal his bride's age.
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Hezbollah condemns Egypt jailing

Thursday, April 29th 2010, 10:18

Hezbollah's leader condemns the convictions of its members in Egypt and says Muslims should be proud of the men's actions.
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Palestinians die in Gaza tunnel

Thursday, April 29th 2010, 9:46
related countries: Gaza Strip

Four Palestinians die in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.
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'Child bride' inquiry in Nigeria

Wednesday, April 28th 2010, 16:34
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria's Senate orders an investigation into reports that one of its members has married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl.
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Egypt painting nets record price

Wednesday, April 28th 2010, 16:02

A painting by an Egyptian modern artist is sold for over $2m, a record for a Middle Eastern artwork.
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Egypt sentences 'Hezbollah cell'

Wednesday, April 28th 2010, 10:11

A court convicts 26 men accused of working for Hezbollah of planning terrorist attacks on tourist sites in Egypt.
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Retrial over Lebanon singer death

Monday, April 26th 2010, 15:43
related countries: Lebanon

An influential Egyptian businessman stands trial again after being found guilty of killing a popular Lebanese singer in 2008.
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Court challenge to Egypt barrier

Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 15:41

A group of Palestinian supporters file a lawsuit trying to stop Egypt building a steel barrier across its border with Gaza.
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Israelis warned to 'leave Sinai'

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 19:25

Israel urgently warns its citizens to leave Egypt's Sinai Peninsula amid "concrete" fears of a terrorist plot.
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Kuwait 'expels ElBaradei group'

Sunday, April 11th 2010, 17:32
related countries: Kuwait

At least 21 supporters of Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei are deported from Kuwait, rights groups say.
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Egypt calls for antiquities unity

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 23:31

States which say ancient artefacts have been looted overseas should unite to recover their heritage, Egypt says.
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Egypt hosts antiquities meeting

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 1:23
related places: Cairo

Global culture officials gather in Cairo to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been looted.
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Egypt riot police break up rally

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 14:23
related places: Cairo

Riot police in Egypt break up a pro-democracy rally in Cairo, beat up dozens of protesters and arrest them.
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Court bails Egyptian opposition

Monday, April 5th 2010, 12:45

A court in Egypt orders the release of 16 Muslim Brotherhood members, but relatives say they have not yet been freed.
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Egypt releases ElBaradei backer

Monday, April 5th 2010, 11:57

Officials in Egypt say they have released the publisher of a book calling for political reform and praising Mohammed ElBaradei.
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ElBaradei backer 'held in Egypt'

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 19:18

Human rights activists in Egypt say the publisher of a recent book supporting Mohammed ElBaradei has been arrested.
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ElBaradei in Egypt Facebook plea

Monday, March 29th 2010, 15:15

Ex-UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei uses Facebook to urge political reform in Egypt - where he may stand for president.
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Egypt's Mubarak flies back home

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 16:38
related countries: Germany

President Mubarak arrives back in Egypt after surgery in Germany to remove his gall bladder and a growth from his small intestine.
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