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Egypt: 44+ killed after church bombing, State of emergency declared
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Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has declared a 3-month state of emergency after Coptic churches came under attack in two cities. At least 44 people were killed and more than 100 injured, according to reports.
Kerry meets Egypt's Sisi to press democracy
US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to press the former military leader to adopt greater democratic reforms
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Egypt court bails top 2011 revolt activist Abdel Fattah: lawyer
An Egyptian court on Sept. 15 ordered the release on bail of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent activist of the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak, a defence lawyer told AFP.
Egypt’s el-Sisi avoids Turkish airspace with huge U-turn
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisiâs official plane has used an unusual flight route on its way back home from Russia as it avoided flying over Turkish airspace, the website airporthaber.com reported on Aug. 13.
President R.T. Erdoğan: A portrait (III)
Turkey, under Mssrs ErdoÄan and DavutoÄlu, has always had to defend itself against Zionist aggression through peaceful, often pacifist, means. ErdoÄan once politely ignored it when the then Israeli President Shimon Peres roared at him that: âTurks know best how to kill.â
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Egypt's Sisi 'wishes' jailed Jazeera reporters not tried
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said July 6 he "wished" three jailed al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had not been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported.
IPI Board calls on Egypt’s president to pardon journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI) Board has called on Egyptâs president to immediately grant a full presidential pardon to all journalists convicted in the country in connection with their work.
Jailed Jazeera reporter donates funds to Sisi's Egypt plan
An Al-Jazeera journalist whose jailing triggered global outrage has donated 15,000 Egyptian pounds to a fund initiated by the president to boost Egypt's ailing economy, his brother said on Thursday.
Prominent Egypt activist Abdel Fattah jailed 15 years
An Egyptian court jailed prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, for 15 years for assaulting a policeman during an illegal protest.
Abdel Fattah, on bail since March, was arrested along with two co-defendants immediately after the ruling as they waited to be allowed to enter the makeshift court at a Cairo police academy.
Egypt prosecutors demand 'maximum' jail term for Jazeera reporters
Egyptian prosecutors on Thursday demanded the "maximum" penalty, ranging from 15 to 25 years in jail, for all 20 defendants in the trial of Al-Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.