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Sudan summons Egypt’s ambassador over border dispute

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Egypt tightens restrictions on media, social networks

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Egypt says 3 troops, 46 militants killed in Sinai

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, people look at a damaged train inside Ramsis train station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Egypt's president is appointing a military officer to lead the country's transportation ministry, less than two weeks after its minister resigned over a deadly February train crash in Cairo that killed 25 people. The general turned president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, said on Sunday that Maj. Gen. Kamal el-Waziri, who heads the military's engineering authority, is awaiting approval from parliament as transportation minister. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt appoints military officer as transportation minister

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Security wait for the departure of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeoas he tours the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Nativity Christ, in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, east of Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Egypt abandons Cairo for ‘New Administrative Capital’

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, Egyptian actor Amr Waked arrives on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in el-Gouna, Egypt. Waked, an Egyptian actor known for his criticism of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government, said Thursday, March 7, 2019, that a military court has sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison in two separate cases. Waked, a 45-year-old actor living in Spain said his lawyer told him he was convicted of “disseminating false news and insulting state institutions.” (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egyptian actor says military court sentenced him to 8 years

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Rights group: Egyptian activists targeted in phishing scams

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Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria FMs take part in talks on Libya

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Mahmoud Abu Zaid, a photojournalist known as Shawkan, center, is hugged by his parents at his home in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 4, 2019. Shawkan was released after after five years in prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt releases prominent photojournalist after 5-year term

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CORRECTION: IT IS THE UMRA, OR MINOR PILGRIMAGE, NOT THE HAJJ - A Palestinian Muslim pilgrim waits for a bus en route to the Rafah border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt before leaving for the umrah, or minor pilgrimage, to the holy city of Mecca, in Gaza City, Saturday, March 2, 2019. Gazan residents resumed the umrah pilgrimage, that can be undertaken at any time of the year, after nearly five years of an Egyptian ban. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gazans resume minor pilgrimage after years of Egyptian ban

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FILE -- In this April 16, 2014 file photo, Hesham Genena, then head of Egypt's oversight body, poses for a portrait in front of pictures of his predecessors at his office in Cairo, Egypt. Ali Taha, an Egyptian lawyer, said Sunday, March 3, 2019, that a military appeals court has upheld a five-year sentence against Genena, the country's former auditor for disseminating false news against the military. Genena can still challenge the ruling a final time at Egypt's highest military court of appeals. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt military court upholds sentence against former auditor

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FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2011 file photo, Ahmed al-Tayeb, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Muslim cleric, meets with Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed El Baradei, in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Tayeb has stirred up controversy after saying that polygamy is an &quot;injustice&quot; for women. His comments, aired Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, on state TV said &quot;those who say that marriage must be polygamous are all wrong.&quot; He said polygamy is restricted in Islam and requires fairness. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt’s top cleric calls polygamy ‘injustice,’ draws debate

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People gather outside Ramsis train station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. An Egyptian medical official says 20 people have been killed and dozens injured when a major fire erupted at the main train station in Cairo. Mohammed Said, the head of the Cairo Railroad hospital, says the death toll is expected to rise further following the blaze on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

The Latest: Egypt says crash happened after conductor fight

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Turkey slams EU for attending summit hosted by Egypt

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FILE -- In this June 29, 2015 file photo, Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a bombing that killed Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists, in Cairo. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 Egypt executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Barakat, security officials said. The nine were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed Barakat, the first assassination of a senior official in Egypt in a quarter century. (AP Photo/Eman Helal, File)

Egypt rejects UN criticism of trials for hanged convicts

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UN body expresses concern over executions in Egypt

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FILE -- In this June 29, 2015 file photo, Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a bombing that killed Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists, in Cairo. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 Egypt executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Barakat, security officials said. The nine were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed Barakat, the first assassination of a senior official in Egypt in a quarter century. (AP Photo/Eman Helal, File)

Egypt executes 9 over 2015 assassination of top prosecutor

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Policemen and residents surround the site of an explosion in the Gamaliya district, near Cairo's famed Khan el-Khalili tourist marketplace in Cairo, Egypt, late Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Egypt's Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber killed a few police officers and wounded some more while he was being pursued near Cairo's famed Khan el-Khalili tourist marketplace. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Suicide bombing kills 3 policemen near Cairo’s famed bazaar

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Met Museum says it’s returning stolen coffin to Egypt

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Members of Egypt's Parliament meet to deliberate constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in office till 2034, in Cairo Egypt, Wednesday, Feb 13, 2019. Wednesday's session will lead to a vote later in the evening or on Thursday, after which the text of the amendments would be finalized by a special committee for a final decision within two months. El-Sissi's current second term expires in 2022. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Egypt’s Parliament extends president term limits

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