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... Such reports cannot be considered true," he told the Interfax news agency, according to the BBC. "We are in close touch with our colleagues from Egypt and their air traffic authorities, and they have nothing at the moment which could confirm such fabrications," Sokolov said. Egyptian army spokesman Mohamed Samir ...
... mountainous central area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. No one on board survived, officials say. Except for three Ukrainian passengers, everyone on board was Russian, Egyptian government officials said. Egyptian search and rescue teams found the plane's wreckage -- including both of the so-called black boxes, the flight data ...
Before his release in September, Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy spent more than 400 days locked up in the terrorism wing of “Scorpion” prison in Egypt. He had no way to tell time, and was sleeping on the floor of a freezing cell. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner traveled to Toronto to speak with Fahmy...
... just want to say to you, though, that the last two years presented a real test of the endurance and strength of the U.S.-Egyptian strategic relationship. MARGARET WARNER: Let me go back, finally, to the state internally in Egypt. Can you explain to the American people why so ...
... of military aid from the U.S. to Egypt, right? This aid had been put on hold for a while during all the turmoil in Egypt. Is it back up to where it was? MICHELE DUNNE: Yes. The United States resumed all military aid to Egypt earlier this year, after ...
... cities were called Thonis, Heracleion and Canopus. Many of the artifacts are thought to be in tribute to the ancient Egyptian God: Osiris. MOHAMMED ABDELMAGUID, EGYPTIAN DEPT. FOR UNDERWATER ANTIQUITIES: The artifacts have aesthetic value, but at the same time, this shows us there is a continuity in Egyptian beliefs ...
... debate on how European countries should act. This isn’t the billionaire’s first time entering a larger political debate. In the wake of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, he was one of the founding members of the Free Egyptians’ Party, according to International Business Times. https://www.youtube.com ...
... seeking to topple the Cairo government. JUDY WOODRUFF: I read that this went on for hours and hours. How well-equipped, how prepared was the Egyptian military? YARA BAYOUMY: Well, the Egyptian military has been fighting this insurgency for over -- or about two years now. And it has actually intensified ...
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday overturned a lower court ruling that designated the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization, court officials said. Hamas officials welcomed the move, which may herald improved relations between Egypt's government and Hamas, the Gaza Strip's governing faction. Hamas is an ...
... more than 500 were given death sentences in a separate case, though most were later commuted to life in prison. Like all death sentences in Egypt, the decision must be referred to the Grand Mufti, Egypt's top Sunni Muslim religious authority, for consideration. The Mufti is scheduled to make ...
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