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February 5, 2014

Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a...

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February 5, 2014

Coup has failed, says military analyst

A respected military analyst has said that the coup in Egypt “has failed” just two months after the overthrow of elected President Mohammed Morsi. General Safwat El-Zayat noted that...

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February 5, 2014

French citizen killed by inmates while in Egyptian prison

A French citizen, who had been imprisoned after breaking curfew in Cairo, was killed by inmates in an Egyptian prison earlier this week. Egyptian security sources said that the...

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February 5, 2014

Are Gaza’s tunnels and the situation in Sinai really a matter of Egyptian national security?

In what is being billed as a “national security operation”, the Egyptian army is busy demolishing tunnels underneath the border with the Gaza Strip. Bulldozers are also demolishing buildings...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian and Israeli aircraft fly over Rafah

Egyptian Apache attack helicopters and Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, before heading for the Egyptian city of the...

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February 5, 2014

The second Israeli envoy arrives in Cairo within seven days

An Israeli security envoy arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a short visit that only lasted for several hours. This is the second visit of an Israeli envoy to...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian army besieges village for the second day running

Egyptian army and police officers have imposed a strict siege on the small village of Dalja for the second day running. The village is in the Al-Minya Governorate south...

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February 5, 2014

Egyptian military bulldozers raze fields searching for tunnels to Gaza

Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday morning between Egyptian army forces and Egyptian Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula along the border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses reported. The witnesses...

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February 5, 2014

Court backs freeze orders on Brotherhood funds

Cairo Criminal Court has backed four orders issued by the attorney general to freeze the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hisham Barakat filed the requests to the Court to...

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February 5, 2014

Egypt prepares for a new gas crisis following halted talks with Qatar

Egypt prepares for a new gas crisis after talks with Qatar to send more supplies of natural gas have halted. During preliminary talks in May, Doha had agreed to...

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