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Bodies of 16 refugees found in Libya near Egypt
Sep 06, 2017 11:17Libyan security forces have found the bodies of 16 refugees near the country’s border with Egypt, amid suspicion that they have been left behind by traffickers.
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Egypt president allows 'systematic torture' in jails: Prominent rights group
Sep 06, 2017 09:37Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has permitted “systematic” torture in detention centers, a practice likely amounting to a crime against humanity.
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Germany, Egypt reach agreement to slow down flow of refugees to Europe
Aug 28, 2017 16:44Germany and Egypt have agreed on a plan to reduce the flow of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe, as part of Berlin’s wider push to curb the stream of illegal and unchecked immigration to the European country, the refugees’ ideal destination.
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Hamas security guard killed in bombing attack on Gaza-Egypt border
Aug 17, 2017 19:14A member of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has been killed and another suffered injuries when an unidentified assailant blew up his explosives near the border between the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver and Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.
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Egyptian police engage in deadly shootout with militants outside Cairo
Aug 13, 2017 16:44Two suspected militants have been killed in an exchange of fire with Egyptian police in a province outside the capital Cairo.
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Factory workers go on open-ended strike in Egyptian city
Aug 11, 2017 09:19Thousands of Egyptian workers at a textile factory have staged an open-ended strike in a northern Egyptian city where crippling industrial action several years ago inspired many other factories and helped spark a revolution against ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
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Four Egyptian police killed in attack on patrol car
Aug 09, 2017 21:28Four Egyptian policemen have been killed in a shooting attack on a patrol car in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt rejects EU calls for compromise on Qatar dispute
Jul 25, 2017 16:44Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has rejected a call by the European Union for a compromise between a quartet of Arab states, which includes Egypt, and Qatar.
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About 43 receive draconian sentences over death of Egyptian prosecutor
Jul 22, 2017 16:48An Egyptian court has handed down some draconian death and life sentences to 43 people for their involvement in the 2015 killing of the country’s then top prosecutor.
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Egypt steps up security in Hurghada following deadly beach attack
Jul 15, 2017 16:48The Egyptian police have stepped up security in the port of Hurghada as investigators search for motives in a high-profile attack targeting foreigners in the prestigious beach of the Red Sea city.