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Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi To Be Sworn In For 3rd Term Today
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in on Tuesday for a third consecutive term in the new capital being built outside Cairo, government newspaper Al-Ahram confirmed Monday.
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Hamas Halts Foreigners' Evacuations Till Injured Moved From Gaza Hospitals: Report
Gaza's Hamas government suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders to Egypt Saturday after Israel refused to allow some wounded Palestinians to be evacuated to Egyptian hospitals, a border official said.
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Mohamed Al-Fayed, Ex-Harrods Owner Whose Son Died With Princess Diana: 5 Points
Mohamed Al-Fayed was an outspoken and successful Egyptian business tycoon. His death comes almost 26 years to the day after the car crash in Paris that killed his eldest son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales, on August 31, 1997.
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Netflix's Series Shows Black Cleopatra, Egyptian Channel Hits Back In Fury
The debate around the Netflix series stems from the contested nature of Cleopatra's racial identity.
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Egypt Slams Netflix For Depicting Cleopatra As Black Woman In New Drama-Documentary
The Egyptian government has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in an upcoming drama-documentary 'Queen Cleopatra'.
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Looted Ancient Egyptian 'Green Coffin' Returned To Cairo By US
The repatriation is part of Egypt's government's efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities.
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"Does She Eat Avocado?": P Chidambaram Throws Shade At Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's "I-don't-eat-onions" comment in parliament was attacked by opposition parties today with the Congress calling it her "Marie Antoinette moment" and wondering whether she preferred avocado. Nirmala Sitharaman had made the remarks when opposition MPs had interrupted her statement on the government's measures to co...
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Archaeologists Find Over 20 Coffins Just As Ancient Egyptians Left Them
The Egyptian government is hailing the discovery of more than 20 wooden coffins as "one of the largest and most important" archaeological finds in the past few years.
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Egypt Jails US Traveller, Saying She Criticised The Government On Facebook
When Reem Mohamed Desouky arrived from Washington last month with her 13-year-old son, Egyptian authorities detained them at the airport, she said. They confiscated their phones and interrogated Desouky, holding the two for hours.
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Statue Of King Tut, Which Egypt Claims Was Stolen, Sells For $6 Million
A 3,000-year-old bust of Egypt's boy king Tutankhamen was auctioned off Thursday in London for nearly $6 million, despite claims by the Egyptian government that it was looted and smuggled out of the country.
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Uber and Careem Get Relief From Egyptian Court
In March, the administrative court had ordered the government to suspend the licences of the two companies.
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Egypt To End Visa-Free Entry For Qataris: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Egypt will end visa-free entry for Qatari nationals with some exceptions, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, the latest measure taken against Doha which Cairo and three Gulf governments are boycotting.
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Egyptian President Promises To Reexamine Protest Law
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said the government will look into revising a protest law under which hundreds of activists have been jailed.
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'Cow Urine, Dung Can Give Eternal Beauty' Claims Gujarat Cow Board
Gujarat government's Cow Board has advised women to switch to using cow urine and dung instead of modern cosmetics if they wish to look like legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
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Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi To Be Sworn In For 3rd Term Today
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in on Tuesday for a third consecutive term in the new capital being built outside Cairo, government newspaper Al-Ahram confirmed Monday.
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Hamas Halts Foreigners' Evacuations Till Injured Moved From Gaza Hospitals: Report
Gaza's Hamas government suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders to Egypt Saturday after Israel refused to allow some wounded Palestinians to be evacuated to Egyptian hospitals, a border official said.
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Mohamed Al-Fayed, Ex-Harrods Owner Whose Son Died With Princess Diana: 5 Points
Mohamed Al-Fayed was an outspoken and successful Egyptian business tycoon. His death comes almost 26 years to the day after the car crash in Paris that killed his eldest son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales, on August 31, 1997.
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Netflix's Series Shows Black Cleopatra, Egyptian Channel Hits Back In Fury
The debate around the Netflix series stems from the contested nature of Cleopatra's racial identity.
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Egypt Slams Netflix For Depicting Cleopatra As Black Woman In New Drama-Documentary
The Egyptian government has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in an upcoming drama-documentary 'Queen Cleopatra'.
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Looted Ancient Egyptian 'Green Coffin' Returned To Cairo By US
The repatriation is part of Egypt's government's efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities.
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"Does She Eat Avocado?": P Chidambaram Throws Shade At Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's "I-don't-eat-onions" comment in parliament was attacked by opposition parties today with the Congress calling it her "Marie Antoinette moment" and wondering whether she preferred avocado. Nirmala Sitharaman had made the remarks when opposition MPs had interrupted her statement on the government's measures to co...
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Archaeologists Find Over 20 Coffins Just As Ancient Egyptians Left Them
The Egyptian government is hailing the discovery of more than 20 wooden coffins as "one of the largest and most important" archaeological finds in the past few years.
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Egypt Jails US Traveller, Saying She Criticised The Government On Facebook
When Reem Mohamed Desouky arrived from Washington last month with her 13-year-old son, Egyptian authorities detained them at the airport, she said. They confiscated their phones and interrogated Desouky, holding the two for hours.
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Statue Of King Tut, Which Egypt Claims Was Stolen, Sells For $6 Million
A 3,000-year-old bust of Egypt's boy king Tutankhamen was auctioned off Thursday in London for nearly $6 million, despite claims by the Egyptian government that it was looted and smuggled out of the country.
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Uber and Careem Get Relief From Egyptian Court
In March, the administrative court had ordered the government to suspend the licences of the two companies.
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Egypt To End Visa-Free Entry For Qataris: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Egypt will end visa-free entry for Qatari nationals with some exceptions, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, the latest measure taken against Doha which Cairo and three Gulf governments are boycotting.
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Egyptian President Promises To Reexamine Protest Law
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said the government will look into revising a protest law under which hundreds of activists have been jailed.
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'Cow Urine, Dung Can Give Eternal Beauty' Claims Gujarat Cow Board
Gujarat government's Cow Board has advised women to switch to using cow urine and dung instead of modern cosmetics if they wish to look like legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
