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Egypt erupts in violence after football death sentences
Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and attempt to disrupt shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
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Egypt raises alert level in Sinai over jihadist fears
Egypt’s interior ministry tells police in the Sinai peninsula to raise a state of emergency after obtaining intelligence that jihadists might attack their forces there.
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Mubarak allowed retrial after appeal to Egypt court
Egypt’s ousted former president Hosni Mubarak successfully appeals against a life sentence, allowing him to be retried over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising.
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Egypt protests: Petrol bombs thrown in Cairo clashes
Protestors and supporters of Mohamed Mursi are reported to have thrown petrol bombs at each other in clashes over constitutional reform.
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New constitution for Egypt – but opposition cries foul
An Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution for Egypt to end a crisis over President Mohamed Mursi’s newly expanded powers, but opponents respond with another rally in Cairo.
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Hamas military chief Jaabari killed by Israeli air strike
The head of the military wing of Hamas dies in a targeted strike by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, because of his “decade-long terrorist activity”.
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Mohamed Morsi: 100 days of success or failure for Egypt?
As one of the earliest countries to experience revolution in the Arab Spring, and one of the first to move towards stability, Egypt’s first leader post-Mubarak has been in the international spotlight.
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Egypt pressures Syria as government jet downed
Syria walks out of an international summit after Egypt’s president uses his first visit to Iran in 33 years to condemn the Syrian administration as “an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy”.
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Egypt launches air strikes against ‘terrorists’
Egypt launches air strikes near its border with Israel, killing more than 20 suspected Islamic militants blamed for a deadly attack on Egyptian border police, according to reports.
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How Al Ahly’s football fans defended Egypt’s revolution
In the final part of his series on fan culture, Andrew McFadyen looks at the role of football – and in particular Cairo’s Al Ahly club – in promoting and defending Egypt’s 2011 revolution.
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Egypt’s vote is another Arab Spring shockwave
The consequences of the 2011 Arab uprisings are still being felt. Some countries, like Egypt, appear to be moving towards a democratic settlement, while others, like Syria, are mired in civil war.
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Islamist Mursi is Egypt’s new president
Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader once jailed by ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, succeeds him as president of the world’s most populous Arab nation.
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Egypt poll result to be announced on Sunday
Egyptians will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to learn who their new president is, as protesters say they fear the military is attempting to fix the result.
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Egypt on knife-edge between democracy and revolt
Jonathan Rugman on how the army and the Islamists are uneasy but unavoidable bedfellows in Egypt’s future democracy.
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Egypt v Greece: which elections are more important?
‘As is frequently pointed out, the Greeks invented the words “catastrophe” and “crisis”.’