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February 8, 2014

Egypt loses $720m in tourist income since coup

Egypt’s tourism industry has suffered losses estimated at $720 million since the military coup last month. Speaking to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Watan newspaper, the head of Egypt’s Federation of Chambers...

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February 8, 2014

Egypt to expel Syrian refugees

The authorities in Cairo have detained 42 Syrians in Alexandria, including children and a pregnant woman, pending their deportation to Turkey. Following the military coup in Egypt, Turkey is...

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February 8, 2014

Al-Beltaji ridicules ministry threats to disperse protests by force

Prominent leader of the Freedom and Justice Party Mohamed Al-Beltaji has poured scorn on the threats by the Egyptian interior ministry to break up anti-coup protests by force. The...

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February 8, 2014

Al-Nahda Party ready for solution to end transition period

The Deputy Head of Tunisia’s Al-Nahda Party said on Sunday that the Islamic movement is ready to accept any solution aimed at ending the transitional period in order to...

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February 8, 2014

Coup plot to turn Egypt into police state will fail, claims Brotherhood

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood has accused the coup leaders of planning to turn Egypt into a “secular, military police state”. However, said Dr Ahmed Aref, this will...

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February 8, 2014

Study shows opposition to Morsi ouster rises to 69%

A recent field study indicates that the number of Egyptians opposed to the overthrow of Dr Mohammed Morsi as President has risen to 69 per cent. Only around 25...

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February 8, 2014

Protesters encircles governor's office in Al-Siwees

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in al-Siwees governorate protesting against the massacres in Rabaa al-Adawiyya and al-Nahda Squares. The protesters closed the streets leading to...

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February 8, 2014

Al-Beltaji: what happened in nine hours in Cairo is bigger that what Israel did to Gaza in 22 days

Prominent Freedom and Justice Leader Mohamed Al-Beltaji has said that what happened in 9 hours today in Cairo was not carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza...

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February 8, 2014

Journalists arrested at Adawiya and Nahda squares including a Reuters reporter

Egyptian security forces have arrested dozens of journalists and media professionals, both Egyptian and foreign, whilst they have been covering the crimes being committed by the military rulers against...

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February 8, 2014

Al-Jazeera cameraman Mohamed Zaki on events in Cairo

Al-Jazeera cameraman Mohamed Zaki, who has been wounded in his left arm, has spoken of the Egyptian Army and Interior Ministry police firing live bullets at protesters and media...

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