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Suez Canal expansion amid regional war

Egypt formally opened an expansion to the Suez Canal amid pomp, spectacle—and a massive troop presence. The new trade hub opens as a jihadist insurgency mounts in the Sinai.

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Egypt: clashes in Cairo; ‘war’ in Sinai

A protester was killed at a Cairo rally in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, as Egypt's military luanched air-strikes on ISIS-aligned militant forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

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Egypt: ISIS claims deadly Sinai attacks

ISIS-affiliated militants launched near-simultaneous raids on military checkpoints in the north of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, with at least 100 killed in the resultant clashes.

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Egypt: top prosecutor killed in car bomb attack

Egypt's chief prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, was killed  by a car-bomb attack on his motorcade in Cairo.  A group calling itself "Popular Resistance in Giza" claimed responsibility.

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White House criticizes Egypt, supports military aid

The Obama administration sent a report to Congress criticizing Egypt for human rights abuses and lack of progress toward democracy but still supporting $1.3 billion in mostly military aid.

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ISIS insurgency escalates in Sinai Peninsula

Several were killed and a mosque reportedly destroyed as Egyptian security forces battled militants of the ISIS-aligned Ansar Bait al-Maqdis in the Sinai Peninsula.

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Egypt: court acquits officer in torture death

An Egyptian court acquitted a police officer accused of torturing to death an Islamist militant arrested over a deadly church bombing in the prelude to Mubarak's ouster.

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Egypt: court sentences Morsi to death

An Egyptian court sentenced ex-president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 others to death for their involvement in a mass prison break in 2011.

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Egypt: Morsi supporters get life in prison

Eight supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to life in prison for "illegal protests" against the death sentences of 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders.