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• Egyptian Christian killed by Muslim neighbour: security official

  - 2008-06-06

  CAIRO AFP — A Coptic Christian youth has been stabbed to death by a Muslim neighbour in southern Egypt, the latest violent incident between members of the two faiths, a security source said on Friday. Milad Ibrahim Farag, 20, was attacked overnight in the village of Dafash by Khamis...

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• Palestinian pilgrims stuck in Egypt refuse to be moved to camps

  - 2007-12-30

  EL-ARISH, Egypt AFP — Over 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims stuck in Egypt refused Sunday to be moved into camps until they are given clearance to return to Gaza without going through Israel, a security source said. "They are refusing to get off the buses and the situation is very tense,"...

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• Palestinian pilgrims stranded over Gaza return: police

  - 2007-12-29

  CAIRO AFP — More than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims were stuck on boats off Egypt's Red Sea port of Nuweiba on Saturday after refusing to return to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip via Israel, an Egyptian police source said. "Some 2,250 Palestinian pilgrims are stranded on two ferryboats off Nuweiba" after...

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• Egypt detains seven after sectarian clash

  - 2007-12-16

  ISNA, Egypt AFP — Seven Muslims were detained in southern Egypt on Sunday after setting fire to a church and shops owned by Christians in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Muslim girl, a security source said. The seven set fire to 13 shops owned by Egyptian Christians...

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• Sexual harassment on the rise in Egypt

  - 2007-11-03

  CAIRO AFP — From lewd looks to inappropriate touching, experts say Egypt's growing street harassment of women is a deep-rooted and largely ignored problem shackling the country's progress. Sexual harassment in public areas is not limited to a specific age category or social class, says the independent Egyptian Centre...

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• Another Egypt editor faces trial over Mubarak rumours

  - 2007-09-25

  CAIRO AFP — Another Egyptian newspaper editor is facing prosecution for writing about President Hosni Mubarak's health, a judicial source said on Tuesday, a day after Washington voiced concern over such trials. A lawyer brought the case against Al-Badil's editor Mohammed Sayyed Said accusing him of "spreading false news"...

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• Arab journalists to launch press watchdog

  - 2007-05-08

  CAIRO AFP — Journalists from five Arab countries are to launch a media watchdog group in reaction to what they call increased restrictions on press workers in the region, its founders said on Tuesday. Twenty reporters from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco and Libya will launch the Cairo-based "Free...

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• Iranian influence a double-edged sword for Egypt's Shiites

  - 2006-11-11

  CAIRO AFP — Iran's rising regional influence has emboldened Egyptian Shiites to demand more rights, but has also left them vulnerable under a regime that questions their loyalty and treats all religious groups with suspicion. The post-Saddam Hussein rise of Iraq's long-downtrodden Shiites, the popularity of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and...

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• Egyptians stage protest for political reforms

  - 2005-02-04

  CAIRO AFP — Egyptians waving banners and chanting slogans against President Hosni Mubarak staged a protest in Cairo to call for politicial reforms, watched by several thousand police. "Enough!" said one banner, in an apparent reference to Mubarak's 24-year rule in Egypt and his expected decision to run for...

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• US rights group calls on Egypt to release jailed dissidents

  - 2005-02-04

  NEW YORK AFP — Egypt should set free a lawmaker, a journalist and several other people arrested "on politically motivated charges," and stop the harassment of peaceful dissidents, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "The government has arrested and banned these critics...

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