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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 03:36 UTC

Owners of dog slain by police are awarded attorney fees

A judge has almost doubled what the city of Des Moines must pay to the owners of Rosie, a dog shot and killed by police in 2010. He added $50,000 in attorney s costs and fees to the $51,000 the city had agreed to pay the owners.

James Robart Egypt United States Germany Australia Nova Scotia +13 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 13:05 UTC

Egypt sentences ex-finance minister to 25 years

An Egyptian court has sentenced a former finance minister to 25 years in prison on charges of squandering public funds.

USD An Egyptian court Yousef Boutros-Ghali Egypt finance finance minister

BBC World News, 23.04.13 00:13 UTC

Egypt's challenge: Returning home to Alexandria

The ride from Cairo to Alexandria shouldn't take more than two hours on a fast train. I remember how happy I always was as a child when we finally arrived at Sidi Gaber station. Even though I ...

Suez S.A. President driver reporter CAIRO Alexandria +8 more

Reuters - Top News, 22.04.13 17:43 UTC

Egypt's Mursi in crisis talks with judges over reform

By Yasmine Saleh and Asma Alsharif CAIRO | Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:27pm EDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi held crisis talks with the country's top judges on Monday after the justice ...

Justice Party Supreme Judicial Council Talaat Ibrahim Asma Alsharif Shura Council Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party +16 more

Daily Mail, 22.04.13 13:23 UTC

Is 'Siberian Stonehenge' really the birthplace of astronomy? Astonishing theory about remote spot 'used by stargazers 16,000 years ago'

PUBLISHED: 12:32 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 13:04 GMT, 22 April 2013 A Russian scientist believes a remote Siberian rock formation may be the first place that humanity began to follow the movement ...

Scientist professor Bely Iyus river the Siberian Times summer solstice astro-archeologist +8 more

Daily Mail, 22.04.13 12:00 UTC

Hot air balloon rides resume in Luxor following accident that killed 19 tourists

PUBLISHED: 11:44 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:52 GMT, 22 April 2013 Egypt has resumed hot air balloon rides in Luxor nearly two months after 19 tourists were killed when a balloon they were ...

Suzanna Gyetvai Michael Rennie Ezzat Saad Bampton Egypt France +4 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 11:25 UTC

Egypt probes prosecutor who ordered drunk flogged

Egyptian authorities are suspending and investigating a provincial prosecutor who ordered a man flogged 80 times for public drunkenness.

Mahmoud el-Hefnawi Hussein Anani Egypt Al Minya Governorate attorney provincial prosecutor +3 more

Reuters - Business News, 21.04.13 23:44 UTC

IMF, Egypt say working to reach loan deal in "coming weeks"

WASHINGTON | Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:24pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and Egyptian officials said on Sunday they were working to reach a deal on a proposed $4.8 billion loan ...

managing director Governor Washington Hisham Ramez Egypt bank +9 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 17:25 UTC

Top Gadhafi aide to face trial in Egypt

A cousin and onetime top aid of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi will face trial in Egypt on charges of attempted murder.

Egypt prosecutor aide CAIRO Moammar Gadhafi Hamdi Mansour +1 more

BBC World News, 21.04.13 15:54 UTC

Egypt Justice Minister Mekky quits 'over cleansing call'

Egypt's justice minister has resigned, following demands from Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi for the "cleansing" of the judiciary.

The Associated Press GmbH President Muslim Brotherhood Hosni Mubarak Morsi Ahmed Mekky +2 more

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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about Template:Convert1010000km2sp=us, Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west. Egypt is one of the mos...

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