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Seven years after the Arab Spring, where is Egypt now?

It’sbeensevenyearssincetheArabSpringprotestsledtotheousterofEgypt’slong-timepresidentHosniMubarak.Sincethen,thecountryhasseenamilitarycoup,acrackdownonprotester

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Egypt shifts famed Ramses II statue into place at new museum

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Russia's Putin lands in Egypt in sign of growing ties

RussianPresidentVladimirPutin,makinghissecondvisittoEgyptinasmanyyears,heldtalksMondaywithhisEgyptiancounterpartontheircountries'rapidlyexpandingties.Egypt'sgen

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Egypt's mediation in Mideast issues enhances Cairo's regional role

Egypt'sfruitfulmediationinsomehotissuesintheMiddleEastregion,includingtherecentinter-Palestinianreconciliation,cease-firedealsinSyriaandfactionaldialoguesinLiby

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Breakthrough in Egypt-Italy ties motivated by political, eco. interests

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Egypt parliament committee passes Saudi islands deal

AcontroversialagreementforCairotohandovertwoRedSeaislandstoSaudiArabiapassedanEgyptianparliamentarycommitteeTuesday,settingthestageforavoteinthehouse.Parliament

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Diplomatic dialogue steps forward to restrain Egypt-Sudan tension

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Egypt discovers 17 intact mummies in latest ancient burial site find

Egyptianauthoritieshaveunearthedanancientburialsitewithatleast17mummies,thelatestinastringofdiscoveriesthatthecountry’santiquitiesministerdescribedasahelpinghan

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25 killed in Cairo Coptic cathedral bombing

A bombing at Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday Mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years.

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Cairo Int'l Film Festival hosts "China Night", Chinese director winning Excellence Award

The ongoing 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) held "China Night" on Wednesday, with China as its guest of honor.

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Flight data recorder of crashed Egyptian plane repaired

​Egyptian investigators said that the flight data recorder of EgyptAir flight MS804 that plunged into the Mediterranean last month had been "successfully repaired."

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Hamas refutes reports saying talks with Egypt have failed

Senior Hamas officials said on Tuesday night that the talks held in Cairo for several days between the Islamic movement delegation and the Egyptian Security Intelligence chiefs has not failed.

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Chinese WWII film with controversial posters to be screened next month

The Cairo Declaration, a historical film depicting a milestone event during World War II, will be first screened on September 3, the day of Beijing's military parade.

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25 killed in factory fire near Egypt's Cairo

​At least 25 people were killed and 22 others injured in a fire that caught a furniture factory at Al- Obour district of Egypt's Qalioubiya province north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, Egyptian Health Ministry's spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told Xinhua.

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Egypt deports Al-Jazeera jailed Australian reporter

​Egypt decided to deport jailed reporter Peter Greste back to his native Australia, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported on Sunday.

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Egypt revolution anniversary death toll rises to 23

The death toll from clashes on Sunday between protesters and the police has risen to 23, as Egypt marked the fourth anniversary of its 2011 revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, the Health Ministry statement said on Monday.

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Bomb blast wounds 2 policemen on anniversary of Egypt uprising

​Two police officers were wounded on Sunday when an explosive device went off in Egypt's capital Cairo, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.