World News
Middle East (1173)
North Africa (153)
Egypt (130)
2002
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Politics (5)
Crime (4)
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| Feb.19 |
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Train fire kills 100| Fire broke out overnight on a passenger train south of Cairo. 7 carriages of the crowded train went up in flames | |
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| Feb.20 |
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Train inferno kills 350| Blaze was caused by a cooker used by a passenger to heat food. Some victims died when they jumped from the moving train | | |
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| Mar.5 |
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Bush meets Mubarak| US President said he will redouble his efforts to end the cycle of violence in the Middle East | |
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| May.7 |
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EgyptAir jet crashes in Tunisia; 18 dead The plane was on a short flight from the Egyptian capital Cairo to Tunis
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| Jun.7 |
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Bush to hear Mubarak's plan Egyptian President is due to begin talks with US counterpart at Camp David on a new peace plan for the Middle East
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| Jun.8 |
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Mubarak visits Bush US President has rejected a call from Egypt's President to support a timetable for the creation of a Palestinian state
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| Jul.2 |
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Doctors deciding fate of conjoined twins Separating 1-year-old Egyptian boys joined at the crowns of their heads could result in death for both
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| Jul.14 |
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Egypt, Tunisia to take Lockerbie bomber Mandela says Egypt and Tunisia are ready to let the Libyan agent serve out his sentence there
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| Aug.4 |
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26 charged with coup plot Egypt has charged 26 men, including 3 Britons, with trying to overthrow the government to establish a new Islamic order
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| Aug.10 |
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Feud ends in carnage. 22 killed| Gunmen ambushed and killed members of a rival family in the province of Sohag | | |
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| Oct.18 |
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El Alamein 60th anniversary Veterans of one of the decisive battles of World War II are gathering in northern Egypt
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| Oct.20 |
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Islamic coup trial opens 26 people accused of aiming to overthrow the government. Among the defendants are 3 Britons
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| Nov.6 |
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25 die in bus crash 25 other are injured after the bus collided with a lorry on a desert highway outside Cairo
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| Nov.10 |
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Arabs leaders welcome U.N. Iraq edict| The Arab foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo, indicated Iraq was ready to accept the resolution | |
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