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Egypt Moves "Dangerous Materials" From Airports After Chemical Explosion In Beirut
Egypt's civil aviation ministry said that after Lebanon's massive explosion last week it was moving "dangerous materials" held at airports nationwide to more secure locations.
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At Least 17 Injured After Blast Hits Tourist Bus Near Egyptian Pyramids
A bomb blast hit a tourist bus near Egypt's famed Giza pyramids on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, including South Africans, in the latest blow to the country's tourism industry.
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Three Vietnamese Tourists, Guide Killed In Bomb Blast Near Egypt Pyramids
Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.
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Egypt Identifies Alexandria Church Bomber As Fugitive With Militant Ties
Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country.
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Palm Sunday Bombs Rock Egyptian Churches, As State Of Emergency Is Declared
Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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2 Killed In Suicide Bombing Outside Alexandria Church In Egypt
A suicide bomber killed at least two people and injured 21 in front of a church in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, state television said.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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Traces From EgyptAir Victims Point To Blast On Plane
Traces of explosives have been found on victims' remains from an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May killing all 66 people on board, Egypt's aviation ministry said on Thursday.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Blast Inside Cairo's Coptic Cathedral Kills At Least 20, Injures 35
An explosion inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral killed at least 20 people and injured 35, Egypt's state television said.
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Roadside Blast Kills 3 Policemen in Egypt's Sinai
Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.
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Islamic State Claims Blast That Wounded 4 Near Egypt Pyramids
Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.
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Policeman, Passerby Wounded in Cairo Bomb Blast
A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.
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Egypt Moves "Dangerous Materials" From Airports After Chemical Explosion In Beirut
Egypt's civil aviation ministry said that after Lebanon's massive explosion last week it was moving "dangerous materials" held at airports nationwide to more secure locations.
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At Least 17 Injured After Blast Hits Tourist Bus Near Egyptian Pyramids
A bomb blast hit a tourist bus near Egypt's famed Giza pyramids on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, including South Africans, in the latest blow to the country's tourism industry.
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Three Vietnamese Tourists, Guide Killed In Bomb Blast Near Egypt Pyramids
Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.
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Egypt Identifies Alexandria Church Bomber As Fugitive With Militant Ties
Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country.
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Palm Sunday Bombs Rock Egyptian Churches, As State Of Emergency Is Declared
Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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2 Killed In Suicide Bombing Outside Alexandria Church In Egypt
A suicide bomber killed at least two people and injured 21 in front of a church in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, state television said.
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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Traces From EgyptAir Victims Point To Blast On Plane
Traces of explosives have been found on victims' remains from an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May killing all 66 people on board, Egypt's aviation ministry said on Thursday.
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Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises
Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Blast Inside Cairo's Coptic Cathedral Kills At Least 20, Injures 35
An explosion inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral killed at least 20 people and injured 35, Egypt's state television said.
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Roadside Blast Kills 3 Policemen in Egypt's Sinai
Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.
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Islamic State Claims Blast That Wounded 4 Near Egypt Pyramids
Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.
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Policeman, Passerby Wounded in Cairo Bomb Blast
A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.
