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Nobel Medicine Prize opens week of awards
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Gently drifts the river in paradise
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Egypt’s Copts threaten to boycott elections
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Ain Shams faculty, students demand ouster of president
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Egypt supports Palestinian conditions for peace talks
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Al-Wafd, Freedom and Justice parties backtrack on joint electoral lists
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