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Israel: Gaza smuggling rising amid Mideast unrest
World

Israel: Gaza smuggling rising amid Mideast unrest

Tel Aviv, Israel--A top Israeli diplomat says smuggling of arms from Egypt into the Gaza Strip has grown following the…
Thirty-five more Sinai Bedouins released from prison
Egypt

Thirty-five more Sinai Bedouins released from prison

Egyptian authorities announced the release of more detained Bedouins, as part of a plan to ease tensions between Bedouins and…
Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust
Archaeology

Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust

Egypt has submitted an official request to Germany to return a bust of Nefertiti displayed in a Berlin Museum, following…
Egypt building 30-meter towers along Gaza border
Egypt

Egypt building 30-meter towers along Gaza border

Egyptian security officials on Saturday said that the government is building several 30-meter observation towers to improve security along the…
Egyptian authorities discover tunnels along Gaza border
Egypt

Egyptian authorities discover tunnels along Gaza border

Egyptian security on Thursday uncovered seven smuggling tunnels along Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. Authorities made the discoveries in…
EXCLUSIVE: Gaza wall to be completed this month, says new WikiLeaks cable
Egypt

EXCLUSIVE: Gaza wall to be completed this month, says new WikiLeaks cable

Egypt’s underground steel wall on the Egyptian-Gaza border is valued at US$40 million and is due to be completed in…
Israel to begin building border barrier to halt infiltrations from Egypt next month
Egypt

Israel to begin building border barrier to halt infiltrations from Egypt next month

Jerusalem--The Israeli government says construction of a barrier along its porous southern border with Egypt will begin next month.Israeli Cabinet…
Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel
Egypt

Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel

  Egyptian police say a dispute between Moldovans and Bedouin traffickers demanding more money to take them to Israel has left…
Police shoot dead an African migrant trying to enter Israel
Egypt

Police shoot dead an African migrant trying to enter Israel

An Egyptian security official said border guards fatally shot an African migrant and arrested two others trying to cross into…
Vox Pops: Should the retrieval of Egyptian antiquities be a government priority?
Egypt

Vox Pops: Should the retrieval of Egyptian antiquities be a government priority?

After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns…
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