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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military-led government faced a major challenge after two days of clashes between Muslims and Christians in which state media reported 12 people died and 238 were injured.

20110507
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An escaped Egyptian prisoner was recaptured as he fled a police ambush disguised as a woman in the Suez canal city of Ismailia, security sources said on Saturday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian president, who heads Fatah, and the leader of the Islamist group Hamas were in Cairo on Wednesday to endorse a deal to end a four-year rift but a last minute hitch cast doubt on the durability of the accord.

20110502
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt intends to open its border with Gaza permanently to ease life for Palestinians under an Israeli blockade but the mechanics of such a step are still being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 20 people have drowned in the Nile while on a trip to visit the grave of a relative, Egyptian media reported on Saturday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it will contest up to half the parliamentary seats in elections scheduled for September.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - A fire that erupted on an Egyptian gas export pipeline after it was attacked by an armed gang early on Wednesday could rage for days before engineers are able to begin repairs, a security source said.

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CAIRO (Reuters) Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt's North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source told Reuters.

20110426
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before a popular revolt ousted Egypt's autocratic president this year, it seemed certain that a film about the desperation of Cairo's poor would never reach the country's cinemas.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will send its Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to Egypt in a show of support, marking Beijing's first big diplomatic foray into building ties with new governments emerging from upheaval across the Arab world.

20110426
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday that the sale of state land to Palm Hills Development (PHD), the country's second-biggest listed developer, was illegal and scrapped the contract.

20110423
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Political groups with a secular vision of Egypt are racing to build a coalition to compete against the nation's better established Islamists in parliamentary elections planned for September.

20110423
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QENA, Egypt (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians on Friday demanded the sacking of three provincial governors who had served in the police force of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, testing the authority of the new government.

20110418
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has appointed an ambassador to Egypt for the first time in 30 years as diplomatic relations are re-established following the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, Iran's Press TV reported on Tuesday.

20110418
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will put on trial the former prime minister and his finance minister on charges of profiteering and squandering public funds, the public prosecutor's office said on Sunday.

20110416
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the political party of former President Hosni Mubarak, one of the demands of the protesters who ended his 30-year rule.

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Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are set to appear in court on April 19 as a part of an investigation into their 'crimes' against the North African state.

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Cairo — The political currents that sweep across the Middle East often surge out of Iran, form treacherous eddies in Lebanon and Iraq, then slam into the front door of Ahmad Rasem El-Nafis' apartment in the northern Egyptian city of Mansoura.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor summoned ousted president Hosni Mubarak as part of investigations into the killing of protesters and embezzlement of public funds, the prosecutor said on Sunday.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor has detained former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif for 15 days as part of investigations into squandering of public funds, a statement said on Sunday.