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Islamic union rebukes France over cleric ban
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UN: Asylum requests to rich countries rose in 2011
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Egypt must stop trials of children in military courts: HRW
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Egyptian Christians await new pope, debate role
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Egypt among world’s worst violators of religious freedom, says report
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Ultras continue PA sit-in, MP criticizes Port Said isolation
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Egypt ex-intelligence mulls presidency: report
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Tugboat explosion kills three in Egypt’s Suez
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