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Where Are the Leaders Now?

What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...

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Hosni Mubarak, Symbol of Dashed Hopes, Goes Free

In six years, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has gone from symbolising the hubris of Middle East dictators swept away by the...

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Cairo Blast Kills Egyptian Man

An explosion killed an Egyptian man on Friday in Cairo, the interior ministry said. The blast in the Maadi district,...

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Ousted Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Freed From Detention

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of the last six years...

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Saudi Aramco Resumes Egypt Oil Deliveries

Egypt has received its first two oil shipments from Saudi giant Aramco after deliveries were suspended for several...

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Pope Francis To Visit Egypt On April 28-29

Pope Francis will visit Cairo on April 28-29 at the invitation of the Egyptian president and the grand imam of the...

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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Acquitted Over 2011 Protester Deaths

Egypt’s top appeals court has acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak of conspiring in the killing of hundreds of...

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Sisi Defends Anti-IS Fight After Copts Flee Sinai

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has defended his country's fight against the Islamic State group, after dozens...

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Egypt Lawmaker Says His Expulsion Is Warning To Opposition

An Egyptian lawmaker who was one of the few dissenting voices in parliament said Tuesday his expulsion over accusations...

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More Egypt Copts Flee Jihadists In Sinai

Egyptian Coptic Christians fled the Sinai for a second day Saturday following a string of apparent jihadist attacks, as...

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British FM Johnson, Egypt’s Sisi Finalise Loan Deal

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday finalised a $150...

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Blind Sheikh Buried In Egypt After Dying In US Jail

Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday in Cairo for the funeral of Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh linked to the...

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Jihadist Leader Abdel Rahman Dies In US Detention

An Egyptian girl holds a portrait of Omar Abdel Rahman, who died serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 World...

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Egypt Tycoon Says To Speak Up On Political Return

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Tuesday that he is returning to politics to press for more freedoms in the...

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‘Witch Hunt’ Fears As US May Ban Muslim Brotherhood

US civil liberties groups have slammed plans by members of Congress to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist...

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Egypt Adds Ex-Footballer To Terror List

Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim...

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Egypt Adds Ex-Footballer To Terror List

Egypt has added ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim...

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Egypt Adds Ex-Footballer Mohamed Aboutrika To Terror List

Mohamed Aboutrika alienated some of his fans when he publicly endorsed Mohamed Morsi's Egypt has added ex-football star...

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2016 ‘World’s Most Powerful People’

Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016....