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Egypt : Egypt trial of foreign NGO activists on Feb 26: MENA
on 2012/2/19 10:58:54
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AFP
Egypt was set to further widen a row with the United States by announcing on Saturday that it would go ahead with a trial of foreign democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on February 26.

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Egypt : Egypt day of action marking Mubarak ouster fizzles
on 2012/2/13 12:08:50
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AFP
A planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but activists still pledged further protests.

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Egypt : Egyptians rally against defiant military rulers
on 2012/2/12 17:07:10
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AFP
Thousands of people rallied outside Egypt's defence ministry Friday calling for the military rulers' ouster a day before a civil disobedience campaign marking Hosni Mubarak's overthrow a year ago.

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Egypt : Egypt donors say they want IMF accord first: PM
on 2012/2/9 11:53:30
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Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - International donors have made any financial support they provide to Egypt contingent on Cairo first reaching agreement on a financing package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's prime minister said on Wednesday.

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Egypt : Egypt risks 'disastrous' rupture in ties: US senators
on 2012/2/8 17:10:05
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AFP
A trio of leading US senators warned Egypt that the risk of a "disastrous" rupture in ties had "rarely been greater" amid an escalating row over the planned trial of US pro-democracy activists.

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Egypt : One killed in Egypt on fifth day of clashes
on 2012/2/7 15:04:47
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AFP
One protester was killed on Monday in clashes with police outside Cairo's security headquarters in the wake of deadly football violence and amid calls by activists for civil disobedience in Egypt.

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Egypt : Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes
on 2012/2/6 12:39:49
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles.

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Egypt : Egypt bans EFG-HERMES Chief Executive from traveling
on 2012/2/6 12:38:44
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Egyptian airport authorities on Sunday prevented the chief executive of Egypt's investment bank EFG-Hermes from traveling to the Emirates when it was discovered that his name was among a list of Egyptian officials banned from leaving the state, airport sources said.

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Egypt : US-EGYPT-NGO
on 2012/2/6 12:37:32
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Reuters
(Reuters) - The cases of 40 U.S. citizens, other foreigners and Egyptians embroiled in a dispute over the activities and funding of pro-democracy groups have been referred to court, judicial sources said on Saturday, deepening a row with the United States.

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Egypt : Egypt's Mubarak may move to prison hospital
on 2012/2/6 12:35:23
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt will prepare Cairo's Torah prison hospital so it can receive ousted President Hosni Mubarak from the military hospital where he is now detained, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, an announcement that could help calm protests.

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Egypt : Egypt clashes rage into fourth day
on 2012/2/6 12:20:31
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AFP
Protesters and police engaged in sporadic clashes on Sunday at security headquarters in Cairo as violence raged into a fourth day and the interior minister leapt to the defence of his reviled forces.

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Egypt : US seeks 'clarification' on Egypt activist trials
on 2012/2/6 12:20:00
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AFP
The United States demanded "clarification" over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of aid groups.

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Egypt : Street battles rage in Cairo for third day
on 2012/2/5 11:38:56
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AFP
Protesters faced off with police in Cairo for a third day Saturday in deadly clashes sparked by anger at the failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent football-linked violence that left scores dead.

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Egypt : Deadly clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over
on 2012/2/4 14:05:51
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AFP
A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left three protesters dead on Friday as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the recent deaths of 74 people in football-related violence.

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Egypt : US tourists, guide freed after brief Egypt abduction
on 2012/2/4 13:56:44
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AFP
Two American women and their Egyptian tour guide, who were captured by armed Bedouins in the Sinai peninsula on Friday, were released unharmed after several hours, security officials said.

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Egypt : Egypt soccer violence kills 74, fans turn on army
on 2012/2/2 11:29:52
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Reuters
PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Seventy-four people were killed when supporters clashed at an Egyptian soccer match, prompting fans and politicians on Thursday to turn on the ruling army for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

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Egypt : Scuffles erupt at Cairo protest
on 2012/1/30 16:01:15
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AFP
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters demanding an end to military rule and a group of men in civilian clothes scuffled in central Cairo Sunday, leaving three injured, the health ministry said.

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Egypt : Thousands throng Cairo's Tahrir to push for change
on 2012/1/28 16:20:52
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AFP
Thousands of protesters thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demand democratic change, vowing to revive their unfinished revolution a year after they toppled president Hosni Mubarak.

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Egypt : Rifts on show a year after Egypt's uprising
on 2012/1/26 10:39:33
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Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak, spurred on revolts across the region and exposed rifts in the Arab world's most populous state.

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Egypt : Egypt to partially lift emergency rule
on 2012/1/25 11:24:37
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AFP
Egypt's military ruler said the country's decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting "thuggery," but human rights groups slammed the move as cosmetic.

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