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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.
None of the alarms and just a few security cameras were working at the Cairo museum from which a Van Gogh painting was stolen, Egyptian officials say.
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A suspect in the attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi dies after a firefight with security services in Cairo, officials say.
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United KingdomA plane travelling from the UK to Egypt is diverted to Greece after a note containing the word "bomb" was apparently found on board.
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NigeriaNigeria's Senate orders an investigation into reports that one of its members has married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl.
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Tens of thousands attend a rally in Cairo to reinforce their demand for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately.
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Two passenger trains collide near the Egyptian capital, Cairo, causing deaths and injuries, medical and security officials say.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas accuses Egyptian prison guards of torturing to death the brother of its spokesmen.
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IsraelIsrael says it has found the bodies of eight gunmen who attacked a checkpoint on the border with Egypt, killing 16 Egyptian policemen.
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Thirty-eight Zimbabweans arrested last month for discussing an Egypt-style uprising are freed but eight remain in custody, their lawyer says.
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Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Egypt's most powerful female ruler.
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A group blamed for recent attacks in the Sinai peninsula had support from Palestinian militants, Egypt says.
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood accuses authorities of harassment and widescale irregularities during voting.
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GermanyEgypt reacts to Germany's 'veil martyr' verdict
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on verge of power but bitterly split
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Canada, IsraelThe trial has resumed in Cairo of an Egyptian-Canadian dual national accused of spying for Israel.
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Growing up in an Egyptian army household
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Who's promoting Hosni Mubarak's son as Egypt's next leader?
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A Lufthansa jet aborts a take off from New York's JFK airport after an Egyptian plane on the ground strays too close to the runway.
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West BankDuring a rare visit to the West Bank, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit says there has been no breakthrough in efforts to revive Mid-East peace talks.
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IsraelEgyptian authorities say they have arrested an engineer from the state nuclear agency for spying for Israel.
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IsraelEgyptian authorities say they have arrested an engineer from the state nuclear agency for spying for Israel.
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TunisiaAnti-government protests have broken out in Egypt after an internet campaign inspired by the uprising in Tunisia.
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The BBC's Wyre Davies has witnessed a 'secret policeman' being targeted amid protests in Egypt's second city, Alexandria
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United StatesSharks of different species are behind a series of attacks on tourists at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a US investigator says.
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Egyptian police are holding three suspects over the Cairo bombing that killed one person and injured 20, officials say.
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Anti-government protests continue in Egypt, with more people coming down to Tahrir Square 'out of curiosity' according to one protester, Ali Abdel Kader.
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest, but President Mubarak is showing no sign of stepping down.
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Up to 400 people, mainly Eritreans, are currently being held captive for ransom and tortured by people-traffickers in Egypt's Sinai desert, a Catholic priest tells the BBC.
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An Egyptian man filmed being sexually assaulted in jail is imprisoned on charges related to the same incident.
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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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Middle East producer Jon Donnison is surprised by his first visit to a barber in Egypt.
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IsraelForces loyal to PA President Mahmoud Abbas receive an arms shipment from Egypt with Israeli approval.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas goes to Egypt to try to secure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, following fresh strikes.
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Eleven Europeans are freed in an operation near Sudan's border with Chad, 10 days after being kidnapped in Egypt.
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Mohamed Aboutrika of Al Ahly and Egypt tops the BBC poll for the best African player of 2008.
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Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah hands himself in to the authorities a day after being accused with four others of inciting violence.
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United StatesSeventeen foreign democracy activists at the centre of a row between Egypt and the US are flown from Cairo to Cyprus, a day after a travel ban is lifted.
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Egypt's leading comic actor Adel Imam receives a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays.
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Egyptian actor Omar Sharif discusses the crisis in his homeland of Egypt.
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GhanaEgypt beat Ghana 1-0 to take the Africa Cup of Nations title for the third successive time.
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ZimbabweThe UN urges leaders at the African Union summit to work towards a negotiated solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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NigeriaThe number of people living in African cities will triple over the next 40 years and by 2050 60% of Africans will be city dwellers, a UN report says.
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IsraelSix 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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A hard life gets even harder for Cairo's binmen
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