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Egypt sentences 683 Ikhwan supporters to death
An Egyptian judge sentenced 683 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death, including the group's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie.
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Egypt: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis a terrorist organization
Following a series of audacious attacks in Cairo, an Egyptian court ruled that militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis be officially considered a terrorist organization.
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AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
Amnesty International called upon interim president Adly Mansour to reject the new Egyptian anti-terror law, warning it can be used as a tool to root out dissent.
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Egypt: court upholds sentences of activists
An Egyptian appeals court upheld the jailing of three men who co-founded the "April 6" opposition movement that played a large role in the country's 2011 revolution.
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Egypt court releases blogger on bail
Blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, imprisoned for violating Egypt's controversial protest law, was ordered released by a Cairo court—but still faces charges.
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Egypt prepares mass executions; US prepares aid
As an Egyptian court sentences 529 to death in an attack on police, US Congress mulls lifting restrictions that hold up a $1.5 billion aid package to the regime.
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Egypt: jihad against feloul?
With Field Marshal al-Sisi consolidating his rule in alliance with Mubarak-era "left-overs," a Qaedist insurgency is rapidly spreading from the Sinai to the rest of Egypt.
Watching the Shadows
Obama’s fifth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama's moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.
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Egypt: Islamist jailed for anti-judiciary comments
A Cairo court sentenced Islamist leader and former presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail to a year in prison for comments allegedly made at another trial.
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Egypt: new charter approved amid violence
A police station was bombed and 10 killed in clashes as Egyptian voters approved a new constitution that emphasizes secularism but gives greater power to the military.
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Egypt court sentences 139 protesters in mass trial
An Egyptian court sentenced 139 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to two year prison terms on a variety of charges including rioting and sabotage.
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Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group
Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station that killed 16 people.