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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• July 9th 2009 – May 14th 2009
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• 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

Egyptian sexual harasser jailed

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 20:28

An Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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Egyptian sexual harasser jailed

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 20:28

An Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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Egypt in Palestinian unity push

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 10:33
related places: Cairo

Egypt presents a Palestinian "consensus" plan and invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas for talks in Cairo.
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Slum charity nun Emmanuelle dies

Monday, October 20th 2008, 9:39
related countries: Belgium
related places: Cairo

Sister Emmanuelle, a Belgian-born nun who dedicated her later life to helping poor children in the slums of Cairo, dies aged 99.
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Tycoon denies murdering pop star

Saturday, October 18th 2008, 14:44
related countries: Lebanon

Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa pleads not guilty of ordering the murder of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.
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Gaza tunnels 'an industry'

Thursday, October 16th 2008, 13:25

The level of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt is now an industry in its own right, say UN officials.
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Woman dies in Egypt police raid

Thursday, October 9th 2008, 11:56
related places: Cairo

Crowds of Egyptians attack police with clubs and stones in a town south of Cairo after a pregnant woman dies in a police raid.
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Egyptian killed in sectarian row

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 6:47

Sectarian ties are shaken in Egypt by the murder of a Muslim whose wife converted against her Christian family's wish.
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Egypt leader pardons media critic

Monday, October 6th 2008, 22:49

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak pardons a newspaper editor sentenced to jail for an article questioning his health.
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Egypt blocks Gaza protest attempt

Monday, October 6th 2008, 14:59
related countries: Gaza Strip

Police in Egypt block a convoy organised by opposition groups to carry medical supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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Dream home

Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 6:19

Egypt quiz show offers escape from housing crisis
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Abducted Western tourists freed

Monday, September 29th 2008, 14:40

Eleven Europeans are freed in an operation near Sudan's border with Chad, 10 days after being kidnapped in Egypt.
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Egypt tourist kidnappers 'killed'

Sunday, September 28th 2008, 21:20
related countries: Sudan

Sudanese troops shoot dead six of the kidnappers who abducted European tourists in Egypt last week, officials say.
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Egypt tourist kidnappers 'killed'

Sunday, September 28th 2008, 21:20
related countries: Sudan

Sudanese troops shoot dead six of the kidnappers who abducted European tourists in Egypt last week, officials say.
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Fire guts Egypt National Theatre

Sunday, September 28th 2008, 3:47
related places: Cairo

A fire blamed on an an electrical fault destroys the main hall of Egypt's National Theatre in central Cairo.
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European hostages 'not in Libya'

Friday, September 26th 2008, 21:55
related countries: Libya

A Libyan official says European tourists kidnapped in Egypt are not in Libya, as was claimed earlier this week.
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Egypt hostages 'moved to Libya'

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 14:47
related countries: Libya, Sudan

A group of European tourists and their guides kidnapped in Egypt's desert have been moved to Libya, a Sudanese official says.
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Nomad's land

Thursday, September 25th 2008, 0:32

Egyptian plateau attracts thrill-seeking tourists
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Egypt desert hostages 'are well'

Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 15:01
related countries: Sudan

Sudanese officials say European tourists and Egyptian guides kidnapped last Friday are well, but rule out a military rescue.
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Five killed in Gaza tunnel blast

Wednesday, September 24th 2008, 8:32

Five Palestinian smugglers die in what officials in Gaza say was an Egyptian anti-smuggling operation.
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Egypt hostages' location 'known'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 13:06
related countries: Germany

Sudan says it has pinpointed the location of 11 foreign tourists and eight Egyptians taken hostage on Friday.
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Egypt abduction talks 'ongoing'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 0:53

Egypt withdraws an earlier statement that an abducted European tourist group is free, saying talks are continuing.
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Eleven tourists seized in Egypt

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 18:16
related countries: Italy

Five Italian tourists are among a group of people who have been kidnapped in Egypt, the Italian foreign ministry says.
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Gaza-Egypt border crossing opens

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 9:30

Gaza's border crossing with Egypt is opened for two days to allow students, pilgrims and patients out of the Hamas-run strip.
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Egypt winds up landslide rescue

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 15:45
related places: Cairo

Rescue workers end a search for survivors in a Cairo slum where a landslide killed at least 90 people, but hundreds may remain buried.
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