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19 killed in bus plunge
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| Jan.16 |
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Bush ends Mideast tour with peace push
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| Jan.22 |
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Gunfire at Egypt's Gaza crossing
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Palestinians blow up border wall  Thousands of people fled after hearing explosions. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes in a border wall
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Gazans make new border wall hole Palestinians have bulldozed down part of the Gaza-Egypt border wall, hours after Egyptian troops blocked holes recently made by militants
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Egyptians retreat from Gaza fence Egyptian security forces have pulled back from the border after an apparent failure to reseal it. Palestinians still crossing freely in and out of Egypt
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| Jan.26 |
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'Dozens hurt' in Gaza border clashes At least 38 Egyptian security force members have been hurt as riot police and armored vehicles sought to restore control over crowds
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| Feb.7 |
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Champions Egypt crush Ivory Coast
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| Feb.10 |
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Egypt won a record sixth Africa Cup Defending champions won an Africa Cup of Nations with a fully-deserved victory over Cameroon
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| Feb.18 |
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Al Fayed: Diana's death was 'hot murder' The father of Diana's boyfriend has testified for the first time at the inquest into their deaths, calling the car crash in which they died 'hot...
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  Rice hopes to jump-start Mideast talks U.S. Secretary of State promised to push for the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that was sidetracked by a wave of viole...
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| Mar.25 |
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U.S. ship fires on boat in Suez Canal
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| Apr.5 |
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Egypt braces for general strike
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| Apr.14 |
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Riots spread as food prices skyrocket Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attenti...
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| Apr.22 |
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 al-Zawahiri: Attacks on West works| Al Qaeda still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war | |
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| Jun.29 |
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 Zimbabwe looms over Africa summit African Union leaders are gathering for a summit which seems set to be overshadowed by the crisis in Zimbabwe
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| Jul.1 |
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 Mugabe aide tells West: 'Go hang' A spokesman for Zimbabwean President has rejected Western criticism of the country's disputed presidential run-off election
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 African call for Zimbabwe unity| African leaders have called for a government of national unity, where President Mugabe was re-elected unopposed last week | |
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| Jul.16 |
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Train hits cars on track, killing 40 A large truck slammed into the 3 vehicles, pushing them onto the tracks. A train plowed into them, in a northern Egyptian town
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| Jul.19 |
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Arab nations 'agree Sudan action' Foreign ministers have agreed a plan of action to defuse the crisis between Sudan and the International Criminal Court
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Septuplets' mother has seen them on TV  A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old woman said she's only seen her babies on TV and hopes to hold them and name them soon
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| Aug.19 |
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Blaze engulfs parliament A large fire erupted in a 19th century palace where parliament's upper house is located, and 5 people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation
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| Sep.6 |
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Hundreds feared trapped in rockslide| Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in a shantytown, killing at least 20 people. 8 boulders fell from the cliffs | |
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Bus crash kills 12 A collision between a tourist bus and a speeding truck in Sinai peninsula killed 12 people and injured 33. The truck burst a tire and lost control
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| Sep.22 |
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 Eleven tourists seized 11 European tourists have been kidnapped along with 8 other people while making an off-road tour of southern Egypt
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| Sep.29 |
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Kidnapped European tourists freed| 11 tourists and their Egyptian guides, who were kidnapped 10 days ago in southern Egypt were released unharmed | |
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 Pop-star Tamim murder trial opens An Egyptian business tycoon Moustafa and a former police officer went on trial in the killing of rising Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim
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Severed cable disrupts web access Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have been disrupted after submarine cables were severed
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| Dec.25 |
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  Israel, Egypt discuss Hamas clashes Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Cairo amid escalating cross-border violence
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