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Egypt seizes largest marijuana haul in SinaiEgyptian police have seized a 15 tonne truckload of marijuana, the biggest drug haul in the country's history, which was being smuggled west out of the Sinai Peninsula toward the Nile Valley. The truck carrying the drug, known More… |
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14 sentenced to death over Sinai attacksAn Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 14 militant Islamists to death by hanging and four to life imprisonment over attacks on army and police forces in the Sinai Peninsula last year. The men, members of a militant group called Taw More… |
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Militants attack Egypt security HQ in SinaiIslamist militants attacked Egypt's security headquarters in northern Sinai on Sunday with a barrage of mortar bombs and machinegun fire and fought police elsewhere in the desert region, wounding three conscripts, security More… |
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Egypt firms cancel gas deal with IsraelEgyptian energy companies, citing a trade dispute, have terminated a deal to supply Israel with natural gas in a step that may further erode bilateral ties strained by a popular revolt that toppled president Hosni Mubarak last year. An Isr More… |
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Egypt, Israel agree on troop increase in SinaiEgypt and Israel have agreed to increase the number of Egyptian troops along the border in the Sinai peninsula, a senior security official said on Friday, following a spike in violence that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries. More… |
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Egypt to recall envoy in Israel over shootingEgypt said on Saturday it is withdrawing its ambassador from Israel pending an investigation by the Jewish state of the killings of Egyptian security personnel at the border, in a sign of rising tension between the two countries. Egypt' More… |
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Egypt plans 17 new villages in North SinaiEgypt expects to finish building 17 villages in North Sinai near new industrial projects by year-end, aiming to integrate tribsemen who have often clashed with authorities, the area's governor said. The villages are the first of 82 pla More… |
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Egypt frees 10 more Bedouin detaineesEgypt's interior minister will free a further 10 Bedouin detainees, state media and security sources said on Saturday, part of government efforts to assuage long-running tensions in the Sinai Peninsula. Cairo has released some 200 Bedouins More… |
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Egypt offers 50,000 acres for farms in SinaiEgypt will offer within days to lease 50,000 feddans (53,800 acres) for agri-business projects in North Sinai, the irrigation minister said on Thursday. The most populous Arab country said in April it would offer about 1 More… |
