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North Sinai governor meets Copts after extremist threats
Egypt
October 1, 2012
North Sinai governor meets Copts after extremist threats
North Sinai Governor Sayed Harhour asked Copts living near Rafah city in Sinai to wait until Thursday to see if…
Families of defendants sentenced in Arish attack protest, block streets
Egypt
September 29, 2012
Families of defendants sentenced in Arish attack protest, block streets
Family members of defendants sentenced to death and life imprisonment for the attack on Arish’s police station continued to…
Update: Coptic man reopens his Rafah store after threats, four Coptic families flee Assiut after dispute
Egypt
September 29, 2012
Update: Coptic man reopens his Rafah store after threats, four Coptic families flee Assiut after dispute
A Coptic man re-opened his Rafah shop Friday afternoon after facing threats and intimidation from unknown groups. MENA reported Saturday…
Copts reportedly fleeing Rafah after death threats
Egypt
September 28, 2012
Copts reportedly fleeing Rafah after death threats
Following death threats from what are alleged to be militant groups, Christian families have been fleeing the border town…
Egypt still considering free trade zones on Gaza border, says official
Egypt
September 28, 2012
Egypt still considering free trade zones on Gaza border, says official
The Cabinet is still considering the creation of three free trade zones in Sinai along the Gaza border, said…
Egypt seizes marijuana in Sinai in its biggest ever drug haul
Egypt
September 26, 2012
Egypt seizes marijuana in Sinai in its biggest ever drug haul
Egyptian police have seized a 15 ton truckload of marijuana, the biggest drug haul in the country's history, which was…
Egypt condemns 14 to death for 2011 Sinai attack
Egypt
September 24, 2012
Egypt condemns 14 to death for 2011 Sinai attack
An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Tuesday 14 people for a deadly attack on a police station in North…
Egypt jihadi groups say behind deadly Israeli border attack
Egypt
September 23, 2012
Egypt jihadi groups say behind deadly Israeli border attack
An Islamist militant group based in Egypt's Sinai has claimed responsibility for a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli soldier…
Update: Three killed in Egypt-Israel border attack, Sinai security on maximum alert
Egypt
September 21, 2012
Update: Three killed in Egypt-Israel border attack, Sinai security on maximum alert
Egyptian state security declared a maximum security alert along the Egypt-Israel border Friday as army patrols began combing the…
FM denies strained relations with US
Egypt
September 20, 2012
FM denies strained relations with US
Relations with the US are normal following protests outside the American Embassy, Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said during a…