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Egypt court gives prison terms to 51 over Saudi island deal
May 15, 2016 00:05An Egyptian court has sentenced 51 activists to two years each in prison for taking part in last month’s mass protests against a controversial government decision to hand over the control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
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Egypt to try 67 people for assassinating top prosecutor
May 09, 2016 03:02Egyptian authorities have referred dozens of people to trial over the last year’s assassination of the country’s top prosecutor.
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Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian police in Cairo
May 08, 2016 12:11Daesh terrorist group's Egyptian branch claimed on Sunday a shooting that killed eight policemen South of Cairo, in a statement circulated on social media.
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Gunmen attack police car, kill 8 officers near Egypt capital
May 08, 2016 04:35Unidentified armed men have attacked a police vehicle near the Egyptian, capital, Cairo, killing eight policemen.
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Egypt court postpones Morsi verdict in espionage case to June 18
May 07, 2016 12:21A court in Egypt has adjourned the pronouncement of its verdict in the trial of the first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi, on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets to Qatar.
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Egypt top appeals court finds Mubarak-era PM not guilty
May 05, 2016 02:58Egypt's court of cassation has acquitted the last prime minister of ousted dictator, Hosni Mubarak, of corruption charges, overturning his five-year jail sentence.
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Egypt journalists demand presidential apology, dismissal of interior min.
May 05, 2016 02:54Hundreds of Egyptian reporters have demanded the sacking of the interior minister and a presidential apology over the unprecedented police raid on the Syndicate of Journalists earlier this month.
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Egypt police cordon off Syndicate of Journalists in Cairo
May 04, 2016 12:01Egyptian riot police have cordoned off the Syndicate of Journalists in Cairo amid an intensifying standoff following the arrest of two journalists.
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Egypt police arrest nearly 400 amid island protests: Rights group
Apr 28, 2016 04:06Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Egyptian police have arrested at least 382 people during recent protests against a controversial government decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia.
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Sixteen Egyptians, three human traffickers killed in Libya
Apr 27, 2016 15:28Sixteen Egyptian nationals have been killed in clashes with people-smuggling gangs in the Libyan city of Bani Walid, a report says.