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... of the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. The days preceding the anniversary saw heavy police presence and a severe crackdown on opposition in Egypt. Egyptian authorities vehemently deny their government's involvement in Regeni's death, however. Egypt: Italian student #GiulioRegeni "picked up by police in Cairo" before ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Egyptian women were on the front lines of the revolution that began in Tahrir Square. The five years since have seen the collective and individual struggles of women in Egypt become a revolution in itself. Tonight, special correspondent Nick Schifrin presents the final story in our series ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: Five years ago today, Egypt's longtime ruler, Hosni Mubarak, was removed from power. And he was soon jailed by Egypt's judicial system. Today, he is held in a military hospital, charged with ordering the killings of protesters and awaiting retrial. The court system in Egypt ...
... citizen have dignity and freedom in my country. NICK SCHIFRIN: But, today, Maher has no freedom. And his dream of the revolution is a dream deferred. Nick Schifrin, "PBS NewsHour," Cairo. HARI SREENIVASAN: Tomorrow night, Nick Schifrin will look at the central role of Egypt's courts in the revolution.
... BY LARISA EPATKO Five years ago, Egyptians didn’t stop protesting the three-decade-long rule of President Hosni Mubarak until he agreed to resign. Today, Egyptians don’t feel safe enough to protest what they consider the tightening grip of current President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. “We saw ...
... the fight. Late today, Saudi Arabia announced that it is forming a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism. It includes Arab countries like Egypt and Qatar and Islamic countries like Turkey and Pakistan. GWEN IFILL: Investigators in Egypt say October's crash of a Russian passenger jet can ...
Russia’s security service said Tuesday for the first time that last month’s crash of a passenger airliner in Egypt was caused by a homemade explosive device. The security service, known as FSB, called it a terrorist act. "According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Russia suspended all flights to Egypt today, and the U.S. stepped up security efforts, as the search continues for answers to what brought down that Russian plane. The passenger jet crashed over the Sinai Peninsula last Saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Margaret Warner has ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: The crash of a Russian jetliner in Egypt morphed into an international dispute today on whether a bomb was behind it. All 224 people on board were killed when the plane broke up Saturday, just 23 minutes after taking of from Sharm el-Sheikh. Now the leaders ...
MIAMI -- Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday stood by his belief that Egypt's great pyramids were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain -- not as tombs for pharaohs. Video posted online Wednesday by Buzzfeed News shows Carson explaining his theory 17 years ago at a Michigan ...
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