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DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's long-time lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri has taken command of al Qaeda after the killing of the group's founder and leader, an Islamist website said on Thursday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian appliance maker Olympic Group on Tuesday denied a report that its former chief executive was banned from travel pending questioning over the acquisition of a state firm more than a decade ago.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have captured the main suspect in a 2009 bombing at a popular Cairo tourist bazaar that killed a French teenager, security sources said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt arrested an Israeli man on Sunday suspected of spying and recruiting agents to destabilise Egypt and sow strife after President Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down on February 11, the prosecutor and judicial sources said.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Monday and stood in silence in memory of activist Khaled Said, beaten to death outside an Internet cafe exactly a year ago by two police officers in the coastal city Alexandria.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to grant a loan of three billion dollars to Egypt to help the North African country's economy.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor said it had referred 48 Muslims and Christians to criminal court on Saturday for their roles in sectarian violence that led to the burning of a church in the Cairo district of Imbaba on May 7.

20110604
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court convicted former finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali in absentia on Saturday and sentenced him to 30 years in prison for profiteering and abusing state and private assets, a court source said.

20110604
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GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian protesters in Gaza on Saturday stormed the iron gate of a border crossing with Egypt shut for the first time since it reopened late last month, Hamas border officials and witnesses said.

20110604
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians protesting the death of a 40-year old Egyptian driver who they say was killed in police custody set a police station in central Cairo on fire, witnesses and security sources said on Friday.

20110601
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian panel investigating corruption cases committed under deposed President Hosni Mubarak has banned the former head of a market regulator from leaving the country, the state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The wealth of toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is no more than $1 million and he has no assets overseas, his lawyer said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood wants a diverse parliament after elections in September and is not seeking to impose Islamic law on Egypt, the head of the group's newly formed political party said in an interview.

20110527
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in what organisers called a "second revolution" to push for faster reforms and a speedy trial for ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his former aides.

20110526
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Prime Minister promoted his interim government's achievements on Wednesday since taking office in February before a rally planned in Cairo on Friday.

20110525
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial for the killing of protesters and could face the death penalty, scotching speculation the former leader would be spared public humiliation by Egypt's military rulers.

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A major Egyptian political organization has called for the boycott of a nationwide protest next Friday, insisting that acceleration of former President Hosni Mubarak's trial as the objective of the rallies is misleading.

20110524
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor has unfrozen the assets of 13 businessmen on a list of people barred from trading because of graft investigations launched after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the Cairo stock exchange said on Monday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Two of Egypt's most prominent youth groups walked out of a conference of national dialogue, saying members of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's party were using the meeting to try to return to political life.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a police officer to death in absentia on Sunday for killing protesters during demonstrations that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, a judicial source said on Sunday.