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NEWS ABOUT: Egypt

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(AP) - A top Hamas leader says the Gaza war has killed the last chance for settlement and negotiations with Israel, the AP reports. Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal today condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip as a "holocaust" in a fiery speech on Al-Jazeera. Mashaal's comments come as Hamas... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • negotiations

(Newser) - Israel dropped leaflets on the Gaza strip today warning inhabitants of an escalation in the 2-week offensive against Hamas militants, the BBC reports. The leaflets assured civilians that the action was against “Hamas and the terrorists only” and urged people to stay away from military targets. The development could... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • rocket attacks • Egypt • Palestinians • tanks • ceasefire • Israeli offensive • escalation

Egypt on Gaza: Open Sympathy, Closed Border

Despite support for Palestinians, Egyptians don't want refugees

Jan 6, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israel's military operation in Gaza continues, thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes and assembled at the Strip's southern border with Egypt. But except for a few severely wounded individuals, Egypt is not letting anyone through. It's not the first time, writes the Los Angeles Times, that national interest... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Egypt • Arabs • Gaza Egypt border • border • border crossing • Rafah

 Arab States Cancel 
 New Year's Festivities 

Celebrations halted in solidarity with Gaza

Dec 31, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Dubai's ruler has canceled its ritzy public New Year's Eve celebrations "in solidarity with the Palestinian people" in Gaza, the Times of London reports. Festivities also were called off in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. In Dubai, residents and tourists scrambled to come up with alternative plans. "We... More »

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Turkey • Jordan • Syria • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Dubai • New Year's Eve • New Year

(Newser) - Anti-Israel protesters gathered in the Arab world and beyond today to protest Israel’s bombing campaign against Gaza, the AP reports. At the largest protest, in Lebanon, tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters listened as the group’s leader warned Israel of the futility of a ground invasion. "Israel's... More »

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Iran • Israel • Lebanon • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Hezbollah • Egypt • protests • airstrike • Muslim Brotherhood

 Israel Bombs 
 Gaza Supply Tunnels 

Egypt begins stopping Palestinians from entering

Dec 28, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - As Gaza air strikes raged on for a second day, Israel said it bombed more than 40 Palestinian supply tunnels used to transport weapons, BBC reports. Palestine said one tunnel intended to carry fuel from Egypt to Gaza had been destroyed. Fleeing the southern strip into Egypt, hundreds of Palestinians... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • bombing • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinian people • militant • tunnels • Gaza Egypt border

(Newser) - Egypt called Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip "murder" today as world leaders appealed for peace in the region, the AFP and Jerusalem Post report. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "deeply alarmed" by the violence, and, like Russia and the European Union, called for a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Gordon Brown • Hosni Mubarak • civilian casualties • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border

 Cable Cut Takes Egypt Offline 

Broken connection off Sicily affect most of country

Dec 20, 08 8:09 AM CST
(AP) - Egypt suffered a large-scale Internet outage after cables in the Mediterranean were cut, the Communications Ministry said yesterday. Three Internet cables were cut off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily yesterday morning, the ministry said. The cause of the cut was not immediately known. Throughout Egypt, the Internet... More »

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Internet • Middle East • India • Sudan • Italy • Egypt • Yemen • Sicily • undersea Internet cables • Internet access

US War on Terror Hasn't Hurt Al-Qaeda: World Poll

59% say efforts haven't damaged militants or made them stronger

Sep 29, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the eyes of many, the war on terror hasn’t damaged al-Qaeda: 29% of responders to a BBC poll conducted in 23 countries said US efforts had not affected the militant group, while 30% say al-Qaeda has actually been strengthened. Overall, 22% thought al-Qaeda had been weakened, while 34%... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Egypt • poll • al-Qaeda

Egypt Frees 19 Tourists, Kills Kidnappers

European safari-goers released after gun battle, no ransom paid

Sep 29, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The European tour group kidnapped in Egypt more than a week ago has been freed, according to official reports, after a gun battle between Sudanese troops and the kidnappers. Sudanese officials said yesterday that they’d killed the leader of the kidnappers and five other bandits in a shootout. Though... More »

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Sudan • kidnapping • Egypt • tourists • hostage

Kidnappers Threaten to
Kill Egypt Tourists

German officials negotiate with bandits

Sep 23, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The kidnappers of 19 people, including 11 foreign tourists, in the Egyptian desert have threatened to kill their hostages if officials launch a plane search, Reuters reports. A tour operator being held conveyed the threat by phone to his German wife, and she relayed the information to Egyptian officials, one... More »

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kidnapping • Egypt • tourists

 Egypt Hunts for 
 Kidnapped Tourists 

Group including Europeans, Egyptians taken into neighboring Sudan

Sep 22, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group including 11 European tourists kidnapped Friday in Egypt has been taken across the southern border into neighboring Sudan, officials told the Associated Press today. The kidnappers have demanded as much as $15 million for the release of the German, Italian, and Romanian tourists and their Egyptian guides; Egypt's... More »

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kidnapping • Egypt • Sudanese • Sahara • tourists • hostage

(AP) - Egyptian rescuers continued to hunt for survivors tonight after massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo. At least 24 are dead and many more buried under tons of rubble. Frantic residents in the sprawling Manshiyet Nasr slum were digging by hand and trying to lift... More »

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Egypt • Cairo • survivors

Egypt's Spymaster
the Next President?

Omar Suileman's many strengths boost potential to move into top spot

Jul 17, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the 26-year reign of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak comes to a close, his likely successor is looking less like son Gamal, head of the benighted National Democratic Party, reports the Los Angeles Times. Instead, the man at the head of the country's foreign intelligence service, Omar Suleiman—"a... More »

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Middle East • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Gamal Mubarak • National Democratic Party

 New Mediterranean Union
 Eyes Mideast Peace 

'Gesture of peace' launches new 43-nation group

Jul 14, 08 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The inaugural meeting yesterday of the Union of the Mediterranean, which brought together the 27 EU countries and their neighbors to the south, kicked off discussions about a number of mutual projects. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy used it as an opportunity to flex some diplomatic muscle by bringing Syrian... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • Union for the Mediterranean • Mahmud Abbas • Bashir al-Assad

Blogger Busts Tripled Last Year: Report

Political crackdowns especially harsh in Egypt, Iran and China

Jun 16, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of blogging "citizen journalists" arrested worldwide in political crackdowns tripled in 2007 from the previous year, Ars Technica reports. Over half of last year's 36 arrests occurred in Egypt, Iran, and China, according to a new survey, which sorted arrests into six categories, most related to stirring... More »

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China • Iran • Egypt • arrest • political activism • blogger • Internet censorship • web censorship

OPINION

Obama: The Muslim World's Candidate

Win or not, clinching nomination gives US huge boost abroad

Jun 11, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt is the latest foreign spot where US journalists are finding support for the candidacy of Barack Obama, with Thomas Friedman, in the New York Times, finding "Egyptians are amazed, excited, and agog that America might elect a black man whose father’s family was of Muslim heritage.... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Egypt • Cairo • Thomas Friedman

Analysis

Distracted US Finds Mideast Clout Waning

With clock ticking on Bush administration, hard-line tactics fail

May 26, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush Administration's problems are hardly confined to abysmal domestic approval ratings, writes veteran Reuters journalist Jonathan Wright. Middle Eastern leaders are paying less and less attention to the lame-duck president, who spoke of the need to isolate Hamas during a visit to Egypt last week—even as his host... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Egypt • George W. Bush

Archaeologist: I've Found Cleopatra's Tomb

Discovery could be biggest in decades

May 25, 08 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A leading archaeologist in Egypt has announced he’s found the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, the Times of London reports. Zahi Hawass believes the ancient lovers are buried beneath a temple near Alexandria, where he found a 400-foot tunnel. “We’ve found tunnels with statues of Cleopatra... More »

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archaeology • Egypt • tomb • ancient Egypt • Cleopatra

 Bush Issues Arab
 To-Do List 

Improve economies, women's rights, democracy to make peace possible

May 18, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush addressed Arab leaders at the World Economic Forum today, urging them to make the changes necessary to achieve peace in the region. Citing improving women's rights, strengthening their economies, and bolstering democracy as the major goals, Bush reprised some of the same language from his speech last week... More »

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Middle East • democracy • women's rights • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • World Economic Forum • George W. Bush

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