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.

World news related to Egypt – overview

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• December 22nd 2009 – November 13th 2009
• November 13th 2009 – September 27th 2009
• September 25th 2009 – July 9th 2009
• July 9th 2009 – May 14th 2009
• May 14th 2009 – April 5th 2009
• April 3rd 2009 – February 23rd 2009
• February 23rd 2009 – December 25th 2008
• December 24th 2008 – October 23rd 2008
• October 21st 2008 – September 16th 2008
• September 15th 2008 – July 26th 2008
• July 16th 2008 – April 10th 2008
• April 9th 2008 – February 10th 2008
• February 10th 2008 – January 22nd 2008
• January 21st 2008 – November 9th 2007
• November 7th 2007 – July 27th 2007
• July 25th 2007 – May 2nd 2007
• April 26th 2007 – March 8th 2007
• March 5th 2007 – December 14th 2006
• December 7th 2006 – September 22nd 2006
• September 19th 2006 – June 29th 2006
• June 27th 2006 – April 29th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 28th 2006 – January 31st 2006
• January 28th 2006 – December 24th 2005
• December 24th 2005 – November 15th 2005
• November 14th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Egypt: news

Egypt tries US adoption bid pair

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 21:41
related countries: United States
related places: Cairo

Egypt tries a US couple for child trafficking after they allegedly attempted to adopt newborn twins with forged papers in Cairo.
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Egyptian boy contracts bird flu

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 10:36

A four-year-old from the Nile Delta is diagnosed with potentially deadly bird flu, the latest in a spate of infections.
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Egyptian court 'bans porn sites'

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 18:20

An Egyptian court bans pornographic websites, labelling them "venomous and vile", the state news agency reports.
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Israel's Netanyahu in Egypt talks

Monday, May 11th 2009, 14:46
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and prosperity after talks in Egypt.
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Obama to address Muslims in Egypt

Friday, May 8th 2009, 20:56
related countries: United States

President Obama is to deliver a long-awaited speech on US relations with the Muslim world on a visit to Egypt.
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Arabs work for unified approach

Thursday, May 7th 2009, 10:09

Arab foreign ministers meet in the Egyptian capital to try to formulate a united position on Middle East peace process.
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Discovery puts Egyptian burial site 1,000 years older than thought

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 12:42

New discoveries at an ancient Egyptian site famous for its mummies show it was important long before a nearby pyramid was built.
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Out of the asylum

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 8:21

Egypt shakes up outdated mental health care system
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Clashes erupt over Egypt pig cull

Sunday, May 3rd 2009, 13:25
related places: Cairo

Egyptian police and Christian pig farmers clash in Cairo as the authorities continue a pig cull in the wake of the swine flu crisis.
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Egypt presses ahead with pig cull

Saturday, May 2nd 2009, 14:16

Egypt begins in earnest the slaughter of over 300,000 pigs, in what was originally said to be a precaution against swine flu.
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Killer traffic

Saturday, May 2nd 2009, 11:14
related places: Cairo

A brush with death in the congested Egyptian capital
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Egypt slaughters pigs to stop flu

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 17:54

Egypt begins a mass slaughter of the country's pigs in an effort to prevent the spread of swine flu.
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Tourists hurt in Egypt balloon crash

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 13:30
related places: Luxor

Thirteen foreign tourists are injured in a hot air balloon crash in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor.
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Tourists hurt in Egypt balloon crash

Saturday, April 25th 2009, 20:05

Thirteen foreign tourists are injured in a hot air balloon crash in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor.
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Netanyahu invited to visit Egypt

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 2:44
related countries: Israel
related places: Cairo

A top Egyptian envoy in Jerusalem for talks invites Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Cairo.
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Obama invites Middle East heads

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 19:50
related countries: Israel, United States

The US invites Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders for separate talks in a new push for Middle East peace.
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Christians killed in Egypt feud

Monday, April 20th 2009, 9:47

Two Coptic Christian men are shot dead after an Easter vigil in a village in southern Egypt in an apparent family feud.
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Egypt opens Gaza border crossing

Saturday, April 18th 2009, 14:32
related countries: Gaza Strip
related places: Rafah

Egypt opens its border crossing with the Gaza Strip at Rafah for two days for humanitarian cases.
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Barenboim gets ovation in Cairo

Friday, April 17th 2009, 1:18
related countries: Argentina, Israel

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim receives a warm reception as he gives his first concert in Egypt.
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Dig 'may reveal' Cleopatra's tomb

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 18:47

Archaeologists are to search three sites in Egypt that they say may contain the tomb of doomed lovers Anthony and Cleopatra.
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Egyptian success

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 12:55

The ancient port town with work for everyone
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Egypt 'hunts Hezbollah suspects'

Monday, April 13th 2009, 13:10

Egyptian security forces are scouring the Sinai Peninsula for 13 alleged Hezbollah operatives, officials say.
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Hezbollah confirms Egypt arrest

Friday, April 10th 2009, 19:42
related countries: Lebanon

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement confirms a member is among 49 men accused of planning attacks in Egypt.
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Egyptian police stifle protests

Monday, April 6th 2009, 13:51

Police in Egypt are deployed in large numbers to prevent a national strike by pro-democracy activists.
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Egypt 'wife swap' couple jailed

Sunday, April 5th 2009, 15:03

An Egyptian couple are jailed by a Cairo court for organising and holding sex parties with other married couples.
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