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23 Dead In Baghdad As Armed Men Attack Anti-Government Protesters
The death toll in an attack by armed men at Baghdad's main protest site on Friday night rose to 23 on Saturday, police and medical sources said, the deadliest incident to hit the capital in weeks.
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Several Protests Break Out In Egypt, Several Arrested
Rare small protests broke out on Friday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them, AFP journalists reported.
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Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi Calls for Judicial Reform Requested by Top Cleric
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Friday for the judiciary to undertake "drastic" reforms to allow it to fight corruption, after the country's top Shiite cleric said such measures were required.
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Al-Jazeera Reporter Still Held in Berlin on Egypt Warrant
Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour was being held in Berlin police custody today awaiting a judge's decision on his further detention on an international arrest warrant issued by his native Egypt, authorities said.
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Hosni Mubarak to be Retried Over 2011 Killing of Protesters: Egyptian High Court
Egypt's high court said today that former president Hosni Mubarak would be retried in the case of the 2011 killing of protesters.
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Egypt Court Sentences Former President Hosni Mubarak, Sons to 3 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case.
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Egypt Court Jails 7 for Life Over Tahrir Sexual Assaults
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced seven men to life in prison over sexual assaults at Cairo's Tahrir Square, including during celebrations marking Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's presidential election victory last month.
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Suicide Blast in Central Baghdad Kills Atleast Nine: Police
A suicide bomb blast in central Baghdad on Sunday killed at least nine people and injured 20, police and medical sources said.
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Egyptian President Wants Fight Against Sexual Harassment - Report
Days after sexual assaults on women celebrating his inauguration in the capital's Tahrir Square, Egypt's newly-elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has directed to "strictly enforce an anti-harassment law", state media reported on Tuesday.
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Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Weighs in on Sexual Harassment
Egypt's new president on Tuesday weighed in on one of the nation's most troubling social ills, ordering his interior minister to do whatever it takes to combat sexual harassment after a string of sexual assaults marred weekend celebrations marking his inauguration.
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Egypt: Seven arrested for sexual assault in Tahrir
Egyptian security officials say police have arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of a new president.
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Egypt Seals Famed Tahrir Square Ahead of Poll Results
Security forces in Egypt have sealed off Cairo's famed Tahrir Square, hours ahead of results being announced in the country's first presidential election after the military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
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Clashes kill 29 as Egypt marks 2011 uprising
At least 29 people were killed in clashes in Egypt on Saturday during rival rallies on the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, underscoring the country's violent polarisation.
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Egyptians march on Tahrir on anniversary of deadly protest
Hundreds marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday to mark one year since deadly clashes that left 45 people dead, piling pressure on President Mohamed Morsi to bring his predecessor's police to account.
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5 Egypt policeman handed 10 years for protest deaths
A Cairo court today sentenced five policemen to 10 years in jail in absentia for the killing of protesters during the uprising which ousted president Hosni Mubarak, judicial sources told AFP. Judge Mohammed Faheem, who issued the ruling, also handed out one-year suspended sentences to two other policemen.
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23 Dead In Baghdad As Armed Men Attack Anti-Government Protesters
The death toll in an attack by armed men at Baghdad's main protest site on Friday night rose to 23 on Saturday, police and medical sources said, the deadliest incident to hit the capital in weeks.
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Several Protests Break Out In Egypt, Several Arrested
Rare small protests broke out on Friday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them, AFP journalists reported.
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Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi Calls for Judicial Reform Requested by Top Cleric
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Friday for the judiciary to undertake "drastic" reforms to allow it to fight corruption, after the country's top Shiite cleric said such measures were required.
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Al-Jazeera Reporter Still Held in Berlin on Egypt Warrant
Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour was being held in Berlin police custody today awaiting a judge's decision on his further detention on an international arrest warrant issued by his native Egypt, authorities said.
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Hosni Mubarak to be Retried Over 2011 Killing of Protesters: Egyptian High Court
Egypt's high court said today that former president Hosni Mubarak would be retried in the case of the 2011 killing of protesters.
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Egypt Court Sentences Former President Hosni Mubarak, Sons to 3 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case.
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Egypt Court Jails 7 for Life Over Tahrir Sexual Assaults
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced seven men to life in prison over sexual assaults at Cairo's Tahrir Square, including during celebrations marking Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's presidential election victory last month.
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Suicide Blast in Central Baghdad Kills Atleast Nine: Police
A suicide bomb blast in central Baghdad on Sunday killed at least nine people and injured 20, police and medical sources said.
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Egyptian President Wants Fight Against Sexual Harassment - Report
Days after sexual assaults on women celebrating his inauguration in the capital's Tahrir Square, Egypt's newly-elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has directed to "strictly enforce an anti-harassment law", state media reported on Tuesday.
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Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Weighs in on Sexual Harassment
Egypt's new president on Tuesday weighed in on one of the nation's most troubling social ills, ordering his interior minister to do whatever it takes to combat sexual harassment after a string of sexual assaults marred weekend celebrations marking his inauguration.
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Egypt: Seven arrested for sexual assault in Tahrir
Egyptian security officials say police have arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of a new president.
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Egypt Seals Famed Tahrir Square Ahead of Poll Results
Security forces in Egypt have sealed off Cairo's famed Tahrir Square, hours ahead of results being announced in the country's first presidential election after the military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
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Clashes kill 29 as Egypt marks 2011 uprising
At least 29 people were killed in clashes in Egypt on Saturday during rival rallies on the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, underscoring the country's violent polarisation.
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Egyptians march on Tahrir on anniversary of deadly protest
Hundreds marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday to mark one year since deadly clashes that left 45 people dead, piling pressure on President Mohamed Morsi to bring his predecessor's police to account.
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5 Egypt policeman handed 10 years for protest deaths
A Cairo court today sentenced five policemen to 10 years in jail in absentia for the killing of protesters during the uprising which ousted president Hosni Mubarak, judicial sources told AFP. Judge Mohammed Faheem, who issued the ruling, also handed out one-year suspended sentences to two other policemen.
