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GAZA CITY: Egypt has promised to provide diesel fuel for the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant, which shut down this week after running out of fuel, a Gaza official said on Saturday. “Following our contacts with Egyptian officials, there have been serious pr
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CAIRO: 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 Feb.26. A court set the date for the start of the trial of 43 susp
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I watched a short video clip a few days ago. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was talking to someone — who I believe was an Egyptian journalist — for 19 minutes. Ginsburg was discussing the transition in Egypt from a dictatorship to a new government. She was
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By the CNN Wire Staff February 18, 2012 -- Updated 2257 GMT (0657 HKT) STORY HIGHLIGHTS It's only the second time such ships have crossed the Suez Canal since 1979 The move comes amid heightened regional tensions Report: The mission carries a "message of
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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, front, arrives for meetings at the Defense MInistry in Cairo on Feb. 11 amid tensions over the charges brought against 19 American NGO workers. (Khalil Hamra / EPA) REPORTING FROM CAIRO -- F
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Published: Feb. 18, 2012 at 5:42 PM CAIRO, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Egypt's ruling military council said Saturday it will go ahead with the trial of foreign democracy activists, including 19 Americans. The trial date is set for February 26, MENA reported. The Am
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CAIRO – Egyptian judicial authorities announced on Saturday that 43 civil society workers, including at least 16 Americans, will face trial on Feb. 26 over illegal foreign funding for nongovernmental organizations, diminishing hopes that Washington and C
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Qatar, a young emirate that gained its sovereignty in 1971, has been governed by the Al Thani family since the mid-19th century. Its security is majorly dependent on the Fifth Fleet of the United States Navy. Being such a small country, Qatar’s name is m
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By Matt Bradley CAIRO—Egyptian judicial authorities announced on Saturday that 43 civil society workers, including at least 16 Americans, will face trial on Feb. 26 over illegal foreign funding for nongovernmental organizations, diminishing hopes that Wa
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Women subjected to invasive "virginity tests" by security forces are among thousands of Egyptians still waiting for justice.
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Disappointed and bewildered by Russia's continued backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, several Arab dignitaries and political analysts have called on Moscow to take a clear stance and urgent action to put an end to bloodshed in Syria. "W
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CAIRO - Egypt said Saturday the criminal trial of 16 Americans and 27 others will start Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups that has badly shaken Cairo's ties with Washington. A report by Egypt's state news a
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NGO’s have rarely, if ever, been targeted this way and have been operating in Egypt and around the world for years. The announcement of a trial date for the defendants, including at least 16 Americans, came as the state-run newspaper, al-Ahram, published
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CAIRO — Egypt will begin criminal proceedings on Friday against 19 Americans and two dozen others in a politically charged investigation into the foreign financing of nonprofit groups that has plunged relations between the United States and Egypt to thei
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, anti-Syrian regime activist Khaled Abu-Salah stands in front of flames and black smoke from a bombed
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Egypt (Egyptian: Km.t ; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi ; Arabic: مصر Miṣr ; Egyptian Arabic: Máṣr), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia. Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,560 square miles), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and... Full Article
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A picture of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is fixed in a barrier as supporters demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: Supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak chant slogans and carry his portrait as they demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A protester holds up a symbolic chain as the trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the...
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A labourer works at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its efforts to erect a giant, impenetrable security barrier...
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An Egyptian woman walks by a mural at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. The mural reads in Arabic: "We bring them their rights or we die like them".
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An Egyptian man walks by a mural depicting some of the fans of the Cairo's Al-Ahly soccer club who were killed in last week's fan riots, at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. 74 people were killed in riots between rival clubs earlier this month. The sign in Arabic...
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An Egyptian mother grieves in front of posters of killed fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly soccer club, known as Ultras, during a protest in front of the office of the prosecutor in central Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, to demand justice for the dozens killed in stadium violence...
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Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as their Israeli counterparts supervise the construction of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been...
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Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as a bulldozer moves dirt at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its...
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Egyptians walk past an artist, center, working on an advertisement banner for a customer in an alley of a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Banners on the wall from left to right, depicting former Arab singing star Umm Kolthoum, former Egyptian singer Abdel Halim...
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An Egyptian worker places a crescent over a mosque minaret near the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Muslims form 90 percent and Coptic Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's population of 81 million.
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Palestinians wait to fill containers with fuel from a petrol station in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 14, 2012, as the Palestinian authority calls on Egypt to provide more fuel.
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