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    Egyptian Nobel Laureate Dies at 94

    Aug 30, 2006 10:40 PM EST

    Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz, the only Arabic writer to have won the Nobel Prize for literature for his progressive work on life in Egypt, died at the age of 94. A professor of Arabic literature discusses Mahfouz's works.

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    Bombings Rock Egyptian Resort Town, 24 Killed

    Apr 24, 2006 04:00 AM EST

    ... some sort of connection. It's hard to qualify how close the connection, but some sort of connection to al-Qaida. MARGARET WARNER: But do Egyptian authorities think, for instance, that that was the group that was responsible, when you said four different groups claim responsibility? SARAH GAUCH: They don ...

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    Ferry Sinks Off Coast of Egypt

    Feb 03, 2006 10:30 PM EST

    ... disaster. There were high winds and a sandstorm overnight on Saudi Arabia's west coast, according to the Associated Press. Most of the passengers were Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia but included some Egyptians on their way home from the annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca. Adel Shukri, the head of ...

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    Egypt Votes for President As Opponents of Mubarak Claim Fraud

    Sep 07, 2005 05:00 PM EST

    ... Election Day, and plainclothes men attacked some protestors and dispersed the crowd. Mubarak agreed to hold elections this year after the United States and some Egyptian politicians urged him to reform the single candidate referendum system that had brought him to office four times since 1981. But opposition groups charge ...

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    Target: Egyptian Resort

    Jul 25, 2005 04:00 AM EST

    Egyptian police are searching for six Pakistani men in an investigation of Saturday's bombing at the Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh. Experts analyze the impact of the bombings and who could be behind them.

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    Police Round Up Suspects From Blast That Killed Scores in Egypt

    Jul 25, 2005 01:30 AM EST

    ... and Egyptian workers marched through the city on Sunday, chanting against terrorism in English, Arabic, Italian and German. The protests followed an exodus of shaken Egyptian and Arab tourists who fled the area late Saturday, as rescue workers continued to comb through the rubble. The attack, Egypt's deadliest terrorist ...

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    Al-Qaida Says Egyptian Envoy Killed

    Jul 07, 2005 05:00 PM EST

    ... said al-Sherif gave his captors under interrogation "information making clear the infidel nature of the (Egyptian) regime and his confessions have been recorded." "The Egyptian regime is one of the first to launch war on Islam and Muslims, since several decades," the statement said, pointing to Egypt's crackdown ...

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    Egyptian Foreign Minister Discusses Recent Events in Middle East

    Feb 15, 2005 05:00 AM EST

    ... Egyptians, "well, you do this or you do that." It is the people of Egypt. Why is it so? Because it is the government of Egypt, it is in the interest of Egypt, it is the future of the Middle East depending on that great society, the Egyptian society.And ...

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    Officials Investigate Bombings At Egyptian Resorts

    Oct 08, 2004 05:47 PM EST

    ... deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim believes the bombings appeared to be the "work of international terror groups like al-Qaida or branches of it." Although Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said it was too early to tell, Reuters reported that an Egyptian security source said the bombings were ...

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    Explosions Rock Egypt-Israeli Border

    Oct 07, 2004 11:30 PM EST

    ... Israeli security officials told army radio they were convinced a car bomb caused the blast. The Israeli government warned citizens a month ago to avoid Egypt, citing a "concrete" terror threat to tourists. But Egyptian officials said they had no evidence of terrorism, the Associated Press reported. Egyptian security officials ...