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Airliner crashes into Red Sea| No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff | | |
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No survivors in Red Sea air disaster Egyptian Foreign Minister and Civil Aviation Minister denied any terrorist involvement
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Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm The Egyptian Flash Airlines from flying to Switzerland because of safety concerns
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| Jan.6 |
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Crash flight recorder 'located' French searchers have located the 'black box' that might explain why a plane crashed into the Red Sea
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| Jan.26 |
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Rescuers trapped in Cairo collapse A burning 12-story building collapsed, trapping up to 18 people inside and injuring 33. All but 2 were firefighters and police
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| Mar.11 |
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Gaza withdrawal tops Cairo talks
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| Apr.12 |
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Bush-Mubarak meeting Presidents face Gaza issue and Sharon's plan to close all 21 Jewish settlements there
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| Jul.15 |
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Egyptian hostage in Iraq faces deadline The abductors of Muhammad al-Gharabawi have given his Saudi employer 48 hours to prove the company has left Iraq
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| Jul.23 |
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Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage Militants displayed on videotape 8 hostages -- 7 truck drivers and the third-highest Egyptian diplomat in Iraq
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Kidnap sparks Cairo troop denial Cairo will not send troops to Iraq after a group kidnapped an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq
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| Jul.24 |
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PM rejects kidnapping deal Iyad Allawi has called on Egypt not to bow to kidnappers who seized an Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad
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| Jul.26 |
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Egyptian diplomat released Captors released Momdoh Kotb after declining a large ransom and citing his polite and spiritual personality
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| Aug.8 |
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Arab League backs Sudan on Darfur The League has rejected any sanctions or international military intervention
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| Sep.11 |
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Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
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| Sep.24 |
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Six Egyptians taken Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office
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| Oct.7 |
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Three blasts kill 40 at tourist resorts| Blasts rocked the resorts where Israelis were vacationing. The most powerful explosion ripped through the 400-room Hilton | | |
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| Oct.8 |
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Al-Qaeda 'behind bombings' Rescuers are searching for survivors of 3 bomb blasts at Egyptian resorts popular with Israelis
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| Nov.7 |
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Bus crash kills 33 workers They were returning from Saudi Arabia for a Muslim holiday when their bus crashed into a truck
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| Nov.11 |
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Arafat's body begins final return The body of Palestinian leader has begun its return to the Middle East from the Paris hospital
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Arafat's body arrives in Egypt| The body, together with Arafat's widow, Suha Tawil, was flown from a French military air base to Cairo | |
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Leaders gather for Arafat's funeral A military funeral is scheduled to take place near Cairo's airport, amid 3 days of official mourning in Egypt
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| Nov.17 |
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Israeli forces kill Egypt troops| Israeli forces have killed 3 Egyptian soldiers after mistaking them for Palestinian militants trying to cross into the Strip | |
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Israel, Egypt Swap Prisoners| Egypt sent a convicted Israeli spy home after 8 years in jail and Israel released 6 Egyptian infiltrators | |
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