Tag Archives: Egypt

• News

  Netizen outrage after Chinese tourist defaces Egyptian tomb

  Parents of a 15-year-old Chinese tourist have apologized after the teenager defaced a stone sculpture in an ancient Egyptian temple with graffiti.
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  Hot air balloon explodes, 18 dead

  A gas explosion caused the balloon to fall almost 1,000 feet
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  Egyptians approve new constitution, unofficial results show

  By Sunday, nearly all the votes had been counted. And the electoral commission will hold a news conference Monday to announce the final results.
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  Egypt votes in final round of controversial draft constitution

  Across the river from Cairo, in its twin city of Giza, voters stood in line for blocks Saturday in the second round of balloting on the country’s controversial draft constitution.
• News / Offbeat

  Real-Life Snake on a Plane Forces Emergency Landing

  The incident forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in the Egyptian resort town of Al Ghardaqa on the Red Sea, according to The Jordan Times.
• News / Offbeat / Weather / Weather Blog

  Debunked: three planet alignment over Egyptian pyramids

  Find out what the sky really looked like today over the pyramids.
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  After power grab, critics wonder if Morsy is Egypt’s next strongman

  Egyptians swarmed Cairo’s Tahrir Square Tuesday
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  Rockets, airstrikes reignite Mideast conflict

  Israel launched a series of blistering air strikes Wednesday on what it says are terrorist targets in Gaza.
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  Egypt’s Coptic Christians pick new pope

  Egypt’s Coptic Christians picked a new leader Sunday, a process that involved a blindfolded boy choosing one of three names in a crystal chalice.
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  Egypt’s Grand Mufti calls for peace and calm

  In Egypt, the tone of the anti-Islam film message has been very different from the other protests around the world.
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  Anti-American protests rage across Middle East

  Anti-American rage sparked by an online film that insulted Islam’s prophet boiled over Friday among Muslims in at least half a dozen countries.
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  Richmond-area Imam ashamed attackers cloaked themselves in Islam

  “You have to understand, there are people out there intentionally provoking ignorant folk on different sides,” said Imam Ammar Amonette.