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Egypt troops killed at Gaza border
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| Jan.11 |
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Bus crash kills six Australian tourists
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| Jan.21 |
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African Nations Cup opened
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| Feb.3 |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea| An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued | |
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Hundreds feared died as ferry sinks 185 bodies and about 300 survivors were pulled from the water, but hundreds remained unaccounted
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Hopes dim for ferry missing| Hopes are fading of finding alive more than 900 people still missing a day after a ferry sank in the Red Sea | |
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| Feb.4 |
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Officials: Fire made ferry sink Transport minister has said a blaze set off a sequence of events that led it to sink in the Red Sea
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| Feb.5 |
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Ferry 'pressed on despite fire' A crew member said water used to extinguish a fire aboard caused the ship to list in heavy winds
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Tensions high at ferry port
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Hamas leadership to meet in Cairo
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Crowd trashes ferry office Hundreds of relatives of passengers drowned attacked the offices of the owners, throwing furniture into the street
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| Feb.7 |
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Ivory Coast gets to final of African Cup
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| Feb.8 |
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Ship blocks Suez Canal
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| Feb.9 |
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Egyptian diplomat abducted
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| Feb.10 |
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Pharaonic tomb find Archaeologists have discovered an intact, ancient tomb in the Valley of the Kings, the first since 1922
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Hosts won African Nations Cup Egypt is beating Ivory Coast 4-2 on penalties after the final finished 0-0 after extra-time
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| Feb.13 |
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Anger over election delay
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| Feb.16 |
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Wreckage of ferry found
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| Feb.17 |
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Bird flu cases confirmed in Egypt
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| Feb.21 |
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Rice seeks Arab support in Hamas talks
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| Mar.18 |
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Death is bird flu, test says
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| Mar.20 |
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Islamic preacher ripped for reform push
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| Apr.9 |
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Iraq angered by civil war warning Iraqi leaders have strongly criticised Egypt's president Mubarak after he said Iraq was on the verge of a civil war
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| Apr.13 |
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Egypt reports 4th bird flu death
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| Apr.14 |
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Attacks on churches: 1 dead  Map of Alexandria Egypt Knife-wielding assailants attacked worshippers at 3 Coptic churches in the city of Alexandria during Mass
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| Apr.15 |
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Clashes follow Copt funeral
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| Apr.24 |
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Three bombs rip through resort 23 people, including 3 foreigners, were killed and 62 others were wounded in in the Red Sea town of Dahab
| The blasts took place about 7:15 p.m. at 2 cafeterias and a supermarket. 42 of the wounded are Egyptian and 3 are members of the police. The dead included 20 Egyptians and 3 foreigners, including a German child. 4 Americans are among the wounded
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Several arrests after resort blasts Authorities believe those arrested have information regarding bombings and are not directly linked to the attacks
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| Apr.26 |
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Blasts near peacekeeping base
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Egypt ties Dahab blasts to other attacks
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| Apr.27 |
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Al-Jazeera reporter released
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| May.9 |
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Bombings 'mastermind' killed el-Mallahi was the leader of the terrorist group blamed for recent bombing attacks in the Sinai peninsula
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| May.11 |
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Violence at Cairo trial protests There have been violent clashes in the centre of the capital between protesters and riot police
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| May.19 |
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 Hamas official seized with $800k| Palestinian border police briefly detained Sami Abu Zuhri accused of smuggling more than into the Strip | |
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 Olmert to meet with Abbas on peace plan At a news conference with Mubarak, Olmert said he would insist that the Palestinians carry out their commitments
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 Al-Jamaa Islamiya joins al Qaeda Al-Zawahiri: Al Qaeda has joined forces with the long-quiet Egyptian militant group
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| Aug.12 |
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9 Egyptian students in U.S. custody 11 students went missing in the United States two weeks ago
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Train crash kills 57| 2 trains collided in the Nile Delta north of Cairo during the morning commute | |
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Train crash kills three A cargo train collided with a passenger train just north of Cairo near Shebin el-Qanater in Qalyoubiya Province
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  Mubarak warns on Saddam execution Egyptian President has warned that hanging former Iraqi leader will lead to even more bloodshed in Iraq
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Egypt to dig up pharaonic tombs Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of tombs in Luxor
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Egypt seeks to ease Gaza tensions The officials seeking to broker a deal between Palestinian groups have met Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip
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