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Egypt's revolution anniversary turns bloody as 16 killed in clashes

At least 16 people were killed in Egypt as hundreds of protestors loyal to ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi clashed with police in protests on Sunday.

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Egypt police officer kidnapped by militants in Sinai

​Unidentified militants kidnapped a police officer in Egypt's North Sinai province on Sunday, the state-run MENA news agency reported.

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Egyptian court sentences 188 to death over killing police

​An Egyptian court sentenced on Tuesday 188 people to death over charges of murdering 11 police officers in 2013, state-run Ahram Arabic news website reported.

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Egypt court jails Morsi loyalists for 25 years

​An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 25 supporters of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in absentia to 25 years, three others to ten years and seven others to three years over belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group and inciting anti-government violence, state-run Ahram news website reported.

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Egypt's Morsi may face death penalty for leaking state secrets

​Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi may face death sentence on charges of leaking national security documents to Qatar, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday, citing a judiciary source.

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Egypt accuses Morsi of leaking classified documents to Qatar

​The Egyptian prosecution ordered on Wednesday to temporarily detain former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi for 15 days over charges of leaking "national security documents" to Qatar, official MENA news agency reported.

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Egypt sees bloody clashes on 1st anniv. of Morsi's ouster

Bloody clashes erupted in Egypt between the security and supporters of ousted former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday, the first anniversary of his removal.

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Egypt court hands 28 Morsi supporters life sentences

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 28 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in absentia after they were found guilty of violence in the Upper Egyptian province of Fayyoum in March, state news agency MENA reported.

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Egyptians vote in presidential polls

Egyptian voters cast their ballots on Monday and Tuesday across the country in the first presidential elections following the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

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18 Morsi supporters in Egypt get life jail term

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday an Islamist supporter of toppled president Mohamed Morsi to death, 18 others to life imprisonment for violence and murder charges in reaction to Morsi's removal last year, the official MENA news agency reported.

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Pro-Morsi alliance urges Egyptian expats to boycott presidential polls

As Egyptian expatriates started on Thursday to cast their votes in the presidential polls, the largest alliance supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi has urged them to boycott what they referred to as "the bloody elections."

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Egypt court acquits ex-Brotherhood leader of insulting judiciary

An Egyptian court on Wednesday acquitted a former top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood of insulting the judiciary, official MENA news agency reported.

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U.S. urges Egypt to end mass trials

The United States on Monday urged Egypt to stop mass trials and sentencing of its nationals, as a court handed down death sentence to another 683 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Egypt bans Brotherhood members from running in elections

An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of the Muslim Brotherhood from running in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the official MENA news agency reported.

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Egypt court dismisses Brotherhood appeals to change judges

An Egyptian court dismissed on Wednesday Muslim Brotherhood appeals to change the judges panel for their espionage and jailbreak trials, official news agency MENA reported.

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Deadly bombings target Egyptian police outside Cairo University

A new extremist Islamist group called Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) has claimed responsibility for a series of blasts that rocked the area outside Cairo University on Wednesday.

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Egypt court delays trial of 683 Muslim Brotherhood supporters

An Egyptian court adjourned Tuesday the trial of 683 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including the group's top leader Mohamed Badie, until April 28, official MENA news agency reported.