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Egypt unveils 59 sealed coffins in major archaeological discovery
Oct 04, 2020 09:10Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago.
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Amnesty urges Egypt to release detained protesters
Oct 02, 2020 18:22Amnesty International has called on Egypt to release hundreds of people who were detained last month during anti-government protests.
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Egypt rocked by demos as protesters demand Sisi's resignation
Sep 27, 2020 11:48Egypt has been the scene of mass protests against the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over the past week, with demonstrators defying heavy-handed police crackdown across the North African country and demanding his resignation.
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Palestinians hold funeral for Gaza fishermen killed by Egyptian fire
Sep 27, 2020 11:47Palestinians have held a funeral procession for two Gaza fishermen who were shot dead by Egyptian naval forces.
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Egyptian naval forces open fire at Palestinian fishing boat, kill two
Sep 27, 2020 08:45Egyptian naval forces have opened fire on three Palestinian fishermen south of the besieged Gaza Strip, killing two and wounding and arresting another after they allegedly crossed into Egyptian territorial waters.
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Egypt discovers 27 sarcophagi aged over 2,500 years
Sep 22, 2020 07:45Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 stone coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world’s oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities said.
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Egypt mediators enter Gaza following Israel’s intensified military strikes
Aug 18, 2020 05:29Egyptian mediators have entered the Gaza Strip in an effort to reduce tensions and prevent a new cross-border conflict following Israeli regime’s increased aerial and artillery attacks.
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Egyptian prime minister visits Sudan as talks on disputed Ethiopian dam on Nile stall
Aug 15, 2020 17:00Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has arrived in Sudan on a visit to “improve cooperation” between the two African neighbors, as tensions are simmering over Ethiopia’s Nile dam.
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Top Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in Egyptian prison
Aug 14, 2020 07:43A senior leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has died at the notorious Tora Prison in Cairo where he was serving multiple sentences, his lawyer says.
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Turkey’s Erdogan denounces Greece-Egypt maritime deal as ‘worthless’
Aug 08, 2020 05:23Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced a maritime deal between Greece and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean as “worthless,” saying his country will resume its controversial oil and gas exploration in the area.