Cairo Airport

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  EgyptAir Passenger Severely Injured After Overhead Luggage Falls On His Face

  The bag's impact caused significant harm, including a cracked upper incisor tooth and severe facial injuries.

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  Blast At Chemical Site Near Cairo Airport Injures 12: Army

  A strong explosion at a chemical tank near Cairo airport in the east of the Egyptian capital has left at least a dozen people injured, the army said on Thursday night.

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  5 Iraqis, A Yemeni Barred From Cairo-New York Flight After Donald Trump's Ban

  Five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York on Saturday following President Donald Trump's ban on the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, sources at Cairo airport said.

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  Families Of Egyptair Victims Struggle To Accept Loss

  Amal sits in the lobby of a hotel staring out at Cairo airport. Face tight with exhaustion, eyes puffy.

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  Please Forgive Me? Egypt Customs Deface Bryan Adams' Guitar

  A run-in with customs at Cairo airport has left Grammy Award winning rock musician Bryan Adams annoyed, after a border agent scrawled a number on the Canadian's prize guitar in paint marker.

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  A Front-Row Seat as Libya's Hopes Faded

  Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.

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  UAE Bound Etihad Flight Diverted Over Security Alert

  An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Cairo to Abu Dhabi was diverted today to a military base in the United Arab Emirates due to a false security alert, the carrier said.

• Bomb Targeting Egypt Police Kills 1 in Alexandria

  A bomb blast targeting a police checkpoint today killed one civilian and wounded two others, including a 12-year-old boy, near Egypt's second city of Alexandria, police said.

• Small Bomb Blast in Cairo, No Casualties

  A small bomb hidden in an electrical transformer exploded today in central Cairo but there were no casualties, security officials said.

• After Ceasefire, Gazans Dream of Reopened Airport

  Standing in front of the crumbling control tower of Gaza's devastated airport, one-time air traffic controller Anis Arafat dreams of the day planes will land and take off here again.

• Human Rights Watch Chiefs Denied Entry to Egypt: Staff

  The executive director of Human Rights Watch and another senior staff member were denied entry to Egypt for "security reasons" after being held at the Cairo airport for 12 hours, two of the group's staff said on Monday.

• John Kerry Flies to Tel Aviv Despite Federal Aviation Administration Ban

  The top US diplomat defied a Federal Aviation Administration ban and flew into Israel's main airport Wednesday in a sign of sheer will to achieve a cease-fire agreement in the warring Gaza Strip despite little evidence of progress in ongoing negotiations.

• Three Killed as Libyan Militias Fight Over Airport

  Clashes between rival Libyan militias fighting for control of the capital's international airport killed 47 people over the last week, Libya's Health Ministry said, as violence in an eastern city killed five.

• Egypt militants kill three people in Sinai bus attack

  Militants killed at least three people today and wounded 17 when they fired on a bus carrying workers in the North Sinai town of Al-Arish, security and medical sources said.

• Egypt: Travel ban on Morsi, Brotherhood leader

  Airport officials say a travel ban has been issued against the embattled president and the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.