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Negotiators Push For New 2-Day Extension Of Gaza Truce: Egypt
Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are pushing for a new two-day extension to the truce in Gaza along with more prisoner releases and an increase in the delivery of humanitarian aid, a statement from Egypt's state media body said on Thursday.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Egyptian Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Protests Against President
An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.
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Egypt Student Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail For "Spreading False News"
An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".
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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egyptian Photojournalist Released After More Than 5 years in prison
An award-winning Egyptian photojournalist was freed on Monday after serving more than five years in prison on charges of attending an Islamist protest in 2013.
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25-Year-Old Woman Jailed For 3 Years In Egypt For "Harassing" Monkey
An Egyptian court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years in prison for "sexually harassing" a monkey in the country's north, state daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egyptian Cop Gets Life Sentence For Killing Man Over Cup Of Tea
An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a culture of impunity.
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Egypt's Ousted President Mohamed Morsi Receives First Final Prison Sentence
An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Saturday a 20-year sentence for ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the first final ruling in a string of trials for the deposed Islamist leader.
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Egypt's Former President Mohamed Morsi Sentenced To Life In Espionage Trial
An Egyptian court today sentenced former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties.
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Egyptian Court Jails 152 People Over Islands Protest
An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on Saturday to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources and state media said.
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Egypt Jails 51 For Protests Over Transfer Of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in the protests last month.
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Egypt Jails Facebook Administrator To 3 Years After Unfaithful Wives Comments
An Egyptian court today sentenced a prominent Facebook user to three years in prison with hard labour after he asserted on television that many married women in the conservative country were unfaithful.
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4-Year-Old Sentenced To Life In Egypt For 'Mistaken Identity'
Following a public outcry, Egyptian authorities have admitted that a military court "mistakenly" sentenced a four-year-old child to life in prison for "committing murder" when he was only one-year-old.
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Negotiators Push For New 2-Day Extension Of Gaza Truce: Egypt
Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are pushing for a new two-day extension to the truce in Gaza along with more prisoner releases and an increase in the delivery of humanitarian aid, a statement from Egypt's state media body said on Thursday.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Egyptian Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Protests Against President
An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.
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Egypt Student Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail For "Spreading False News"
An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".
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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egyptian Photojournalist Released After More Than 5 years in prison
An award-winning Egyptian photojournalist was freed on Monday after serving more than five years in prison on charges of attending an Islamist protest in 2013.
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25-Year-Old Woman Jailed For 3 Years In Egypt For "Harassing" Monkey
An Egyptian court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years in prison for "sexually harassing" a monkey in the country's north, state daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egyptian Cop Gets Life Sentence For Killing Man Over Cup Of Tea
An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a culture of impunity.
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Egypt's Ousted President Mohamed Morsi Receives First Final Prison Sentence
An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Saturday a 20-year sentence for ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the first final ruling in a string of trials for the deposed Islamist leader.
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Egypt's Former President Mohamed Morsi Sentenced To Life In Espionage Trial
An Egyptian court today sentenced former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties.
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Egyptian Court Jails 152 People Over Islands Protest
An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on Saturday to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources and state media said.
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Egypt Jails 51 For Protests Over Transfer Of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in the protests last month.
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Egypt Jails Facebook Administrator To 3 Years After Unfaithful Wives Comments
An Egyptian court today sentenced a prominent Facebook user to three years in prison with hard labour after he asserted on television that many married women in the conservative country were unfaithful.
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4-Year-Old Sentenced To Life In Egypt For 'Mistaken Identity'
Following a public outcry, Egyptian authorities have admitted that a military court "mistakenly" sentenced a four-year-old child to life in prison for "committing murder" when he was only one-year-old.
