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ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant as he tried to cross the border into Israel on Friday, a security source said, bringing the migrant death toll at the sensitive frontier to at least 31 this year.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President Hosni Mubarak's son as the next leader.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is set to visit France on Sunday for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his second visit to the European country in two months, state agency MENA said.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Internet-savvy youths are more likely to bring liberal political reform in Egypt than the current contenders for power ahead of 2011 presidential elections, veteran activist Nawal al-Saadawi said.

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A senior Egyptian official Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha, has rubbished claims on Tuesday that the rockets that struck the Jordanian port of Aqaba and the vicinity of the neighbouring Israeli city of Eilat the previous day were fired from the Sinai Peninsula.

20100727
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptair, the country's flagship carrier and one of Africa's largest airlines, will begin flying twice a week to south Sudan next month as Egypt seeks improved ties ahead of a planned 2011 referendum on secession.

20100718
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has freed a ruling party lawmaker jailed for selling defective blood bags to state hospitals, closing a case an analyst said reflected the dysfunction of the country's justice system.

20100718
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Palestinian and Israeli leaders and the U.S. peace envoy on Sunday with a return to direct talks on the agenda, but a breakthrough still seemed distant.

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Egypt's 82-year-old president, Hosni Mubarak, flew to Algeria on Sunday to offer condolences over the death of the Algerian leader's brother, a trip that follows months of tension between the two countries.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor has sent two policemen for trial on charges of torturing an activist, who rights groups said may have been beaten to death by officers after he exposed alleged police corruption.

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ISMAILIA Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt released seven Bedouin detainees on Saturday in an effort to improve tense relations between the Bedouin and the government, security sources said.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces arrested 8 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday after searching their homes and confiscating their computers, CDs and books, a spokesman for the group said on Friday.

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A Cairo criminal court postponed a verdict on Saturday in the retrial of Egyptian property tycoon and politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa until Tuesday, the state news agency said.

20100626
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Potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei led thousands of people on Friday in an anti-torture protest that analysts said was significant for joining disparate groups in a common cause.

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An Egyptian High Administrative court ordered on Saturday the government to consider revoking citizenship from Egyptians married to Israelis if the marriage poses a threat to Egypt's national security.

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Possible presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei called on supporters attending his biggest rally so far to campaign for a change in Egypt's constitution to allow a democratic succession to Hosni Mubarak.

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The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it would back a drive by former U.N. atomic watchdog head Mohammed ElBaradei to reform Egyptian politics after the group secured no seats in a vote to parliament's upper house.

20100601
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Many Egyptians were blocked by security forces and ruling party backers from voting in an election on Tuesday, particularly where the opposition Muslim Brotherhood was running, rights groups and the opposition said.

20100601
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Egypt will open its border with the Gaza Strip to let Palestinians cross, officials said on Tuesday, following a storm of international criticism of Israel's bloody enforcement at sea of its blockade on the enclave.

20100526
all africa

Cairo is one of Africa's most populous and soccer-obssessed cities. Famed for its heavy traffic and notorious driving, it must be hell for fans of capital-based rivals Al-Alhy and Zamalek on match days. How do they enjoy their passion in increasing traffic?