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Cairo International Airport on alert after Sinai attack
Egypt
August 6, 2012
Cairo International Airport on alert after Sinai attack
Cairo International Airport has declared a state of extreme emergency after a bloody attack by unknown gunmen killed 16 Egyptian…
Israeli army: 5 assailants in Egypt-Israel border attack killed
Egypt
August 6, 2012
Israeli army: 5 assailants in Egypt-Israel border attack killed
Five gunmen who killed 16 Egyptian guards near the border with Israel before crossing into the Jewish state in an…
Update: Sinai border attack kills 15 Egyptian police, Rafah crossing closed
Egypt
August 5, 2012
Update: Sinai border attack kills 15 Egyptian police, Rafah crossing closed
Gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian policemen in an assault on a police station at the border between Egypt and…
Cairo-Sharm el-Sheikh tourists’ trips canceled after protests block road
Egypt
August 5, 2012
Cairo-Sharm el-Sheikh tourists’ trips canceled after protests block road
Tour organizers said Sunday that 27 tours were unable to travel due to protests that erupted in South Sinai on…
Israeli travel agencies spread Sinai insecurity rumors, says security source
Egypt
August 3, 2012
Israeli travel agencies spread Sinai insecurity rumors, says security source
An Egyptian security source on Friday accused Israeli travel agencies of being behind Israeli authorities’ warnings to Israeli tourists in…
Police in Sinai arrest Palestinian ‘smuggler’ carrying US$50,000
Egypt
August 3, 2012
Police in Sinai arrest Palestinian ‘smuggler’ carrying US$50,000
Egyptian authorities arrested a Palestinian believed to be a goods smuggler while he was en route to Cairo after allegedly…
Sinai nights: Nuweiba’s nightlife has a do-it-yourself magic
Life & Style
July 29, 2012
Sinai nights: Nuweiba’s nightlife has a do-it-yourself magic
Between the time when the sun disappears behind the mountain ranges to the west and reappears over the sea’s horizon…
Suspected smugglers exchange fire with Sinai border guards
Egypt
July 27, 2012
Suspected smugglers exchange fire with Sinai border guards
A number of suspected smugglers exchanged fire on Thursday evening with border guards in North Sinai, leading to no injuries…
Parties and political movements in North Sinai demand governor’s removal
Egypt
July 26, 2012
Parties and political movements in North Sinai demand governor’s removal
Representatives of 17 political parties, movements and former presidential campaigns have called for the removal of North Sinai Governor Abdul-Wahab…
Gasco: No plans for repairing blown-up pipeline
Egypt
July 23, 2012
Gasco: No plans for repairing blown-up pipeline
Officials at the Egyptian natural gas company Gasco have no plans to repair the gas pipeline to Israel after it…