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Dec 28

2 dead after bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt’s Giza pyramids

By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press

Egypt's Interior Ministry said the bus was traveling in the Marioutiyah area near the pyramids when the crude roadside bomb, concealed by a wall, went off.

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Nov 02

Christian pilgrims in Egypt ambushed; ISIS claims responsibility

By Samy Magdy, Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press

Islamic militants on Friday ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven and wounding 19, according to the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Interior Ministry.

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Sep 22

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Migrant dedicates life to saving others crossing the seas

By Ivette Feliciano

On Christmas Eve in 2001, Hassan Ali, then a 13-year-old migrant from Egypt, was saved from a capsizing dinghy when he was crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. After spending time in a refugee camp in Sicily, Italy, Ali…

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Aug 06

‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison

By Jennifer Hijazi

"The light doesn’t care how tall the fence is; it’s not hemmed in by steel bars or officers’ uniforms. It cannot be forgotten," Galal El-Behairy writes in a poem from Cairo's Tora Prison.

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Jul 28

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in

By Associated Press

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday, including top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in, state media reported.

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Jul 25

U.S. acts to release $195M in suspended military aid to Egypt

By Associated Press

The United States has decided to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns, the State Department announced Wednesday.

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Apr 02

Egypt’s president wins re-election with 97 percent of vote

By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt's election commission announced Monday that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi won a second, four-year term in office with more than 97 percent of the vote in last week's election, with turnout of 41.05 percent.

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Mar 28

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For Egypt’s Sisi, re-election not in doubt despite declining popularity

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Three days of voting in Egypt's presidential election ended Wednesday, and there’s no doubt about the outcome: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ran with no real opposition. While dozens of opposition figures and seven political parties called for an election boycott…

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Mar 27

What to know about Egypt’s presidential election

By Larisa Epatko, Layla Quran

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is expected to win a second four-year term. His only opponent is one of his supporters. Here's what we're watching.

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Dec 29

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News Wrap: 1.5 million still waiting for power in Puerto Rico

By PBS NewsHour

In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to 55 percent of the island's customers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will be May before everyone has power back. Also, a gunman…

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