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This photo provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows recently discovered ancient colored coffins with inscriptions and paintings, in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. The ministry said archeologists found at least 20 wooden coffins in the Asasif Necropolis, describing it as one of the “biggest and most important” discoveries in recent years. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)

Egypt says archaeologists uncovered 20 ancient coffins

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Egypt’s president to meet with Ethiopia PM over Nile dispute

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Egypt’s news agency: Security kills militant in north Sinai

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a leading pro-democracy activist, walks with his sister Mona Seif prior to a conference at the American University in Cairo, near Tahrir Square, Egypt. The family of Abdel-Fattah, who was arrested amid the recent clampdown that followed anti-government protests, says he was beaten, threatened and stripped to his underwear while in custody. Seif, a prominent human rights activist tweeted on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, that her brother also told his lawyers that he was blindfolded and threatened that he would never set foot outside one of Cairo’s most notorious prisons. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Family says Egyptian pro-democracy activist beaten in jail

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Egypt, Cyprus, Greece condemns gas exploration by Turkey

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, the Blue Nile river flows near the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near Sudan, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa. Irrigation ministers from three key Nile Basin countries wrapped up a two-day meeting Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 in Sudan’s capital without agreeing on differences over Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished Blue Nile dam, with Egypt calling for international mediation to help reach a “fair and balanced” agreement. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

3-country talks on Nile waters wrap up without agreement

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2013 file photo, the Blue Nile river flows near the site of the planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near Sudan, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa. Irrigation ministers of three key Nile Basin countries are holding a two-day meeting starting Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Sudan’s capital, seeking to resolve differences over Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished Blue Nile dam, which Cairo claims threatens its water supply. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare, File)

New round of talks on Nile waters starts in Sudan’s capital

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Dozens of people held a rare protest in Cairo during which they called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to quit. Security forces dispersed the protesters and no casualties were reported. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt deports 2 foreign nationals arrested amid protests

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Dozens of people held a rare protest in Cairo during which they called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to quit. Security forces dispersed the protesters and no casualties were reported. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt releases 3 foreigners arrested over protests

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Egypt decreases fuel prices for the first time in decades

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Egyptian officials say some detainees freed after crackdown

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

The golden coffin that once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest in the Ptolemaic Period some 2,000 years ago, is displayed at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, in Old Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Egypt is displaying the gilded ancient coffin returned to the country last week from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art after U.S. investigators determined to be a looted antiquity. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Bakkar)

Egypt displays looted coffin returned from New York’s Met

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Egypt says security forces kill 15 militants in Sinai

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014, file photo, Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah takes a moment as he speaks about his late father Ahmed Seif, one of Egypt's most respected human rights lawyers, during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. The family of Abdel-Fattah, said security forces have re-arrested him on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, while he was under probation. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Amid crackdown, leading Egyptian rights activist is arrested

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, right, meets with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Egypt seals off Cairo’s Tahrir Square, thwarting protest

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Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Dozens of people held a rare protest in Cairo during which they called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to quit. Security forces dispersed the protesters and no casualties were reported. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

U.S. lawmakers call for restraint in Egypt, despite claims ‘political Islam’ behind unrest

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Egypt says 6 Muslim Brotherhood killed in Cairo shootout

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Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Dozens of people held a rare protest in Cairo during which they called on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to quit. Security forces dispersed the protesters and no casualties were reported. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi corruption claim video sparks Egypt protests

By Mina Nader - Special to The Washington Times

Egyptian officials say police kill 15 militants in Sinai

By ASHRAF SWEILLAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Wael Ghonim, center, walks into Tahrir Square after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's televised statement to his nation, in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Ghonim said late Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 in a video on his twitter account that authorities raided his parents' house in Cairo and arrested his brother Hazem, whom he described as &quot;a political person&quot; and confiscated his parents' passports. Ghonim alleges that the Egyptian embassy in the U.S. threatened him the previous day &quot;something will happen&quot; if he didn't stop criticizing Egypt's government on social media. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Egypt warns media it’s monitoring protest coverage

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