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Egypt names five former generals as provincial governors
Sep 08, 2016 09:45Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has named five former army generals as new provincial governors as part of appointments that increase the influence of military and security figures on crucial bodies.
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Two Egyptian officers killed in shooting attack in Sinai
Aug 23, 2016 11:45Two Egyptian police officers have reportedly been killed in a shooting attack in the North African country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.
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Two policemen killed, five injured in Egypt attack
Aug 21, 2016 13:30A deadly attack on a checkpoint north of the Egyptian capital of Cairo claimed the lives of two police officers.
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Egyptian court sentences 148 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail
Aug 18, 2016 14:56An Egyptian military court has sentenced 418 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement to jail terms ranging from two years to life imprisonment.
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Egypt’s state TV: 23 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya freed
Aug 12, 2016 14:43Egypt’s state television reported Friday that 23 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya have been freed and returned to their country.
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Bomb explosion kills 4, injures 7 in Egypt’s restive Sinai
Aug 06, 2016 03:18An improvised explosive device (IED) has exploded in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula, leaving four people dead and seven others wounded.
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Egypt says killed Daesh leader in Sinai Peninsula
Aug 04, 2016 16:08The Egyptian military says it has killed the leader of the Daesh Takfiri group operating in a restive Sinai region northeast of the country.
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Takfiri group kills senior Egyptian police officer in restive Sinai
Jul 25, 2016 11:31A high-ranking Egyptian police officer has been shot dead by a militant group during an attack in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt blocks UN statement on Turkey coup
Jul 17, 2016 04:18The Egyptian government, headed by a former general who came to power following a coup in 2013, has blocked a United Nations Security Council statement that called on all parties to “respect the democratically elected government of Turkey,” which fought and largely defeated an attempted coup by a faction of the Turkish military.
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Egypt court jails 10 for 3 yrs over islands demos
Jul 14, 2016 17:18An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 people to three years' imprisonment for taking part in demonstrations against a recent contentious decision by the government to hand over two strategic islands to Saudi Arabia.