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Bomb kills 7 in Egypt's Sinai

May 14, 2015 - 3:32 AM

Two officers and two soldiers are killed in a bomb blast during a search operation in Rafah

Egypt army officers killed in shootout with militants

Mar 20, 2014 - 7:10 AM

Two senior Egyptian army officers and 6 attackers from the Ansar Beit al Maqdis are dead following an hours long shootout

Egypt votes on constitution as violence highlights divide

Jan 15, 2014 - 8:30 AM

Polling at most stations was smooth but 8 people were killed in sporadic clashes outside Cairo between Morsi supporters and police and anti Morsi groups

YES OR NO? An elderly Egyptian woman casts her ballot paper during the referendum on the draft constitution, in Luxor, Egypt, 14 January 2014. Radwan Abul Magd/Almasry Alyoum/EPA

Egypt orders 18 Brotherhood members held on terror charges

Dec 26, 2013 - 10:12 PM

They include the son of a deputy leader of deposed president Mohamed Morsi s movement which the government declared a terrorist organisation

BURNING STREETS. A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi gestures during clashes with police in Cairo on August 14, 2013. File photo by Mosaab el-Shamy/AFP

Huge car bomb attack on Egypt police HQ kills 13

Dec 24, 2013 - 6:47 PM

2nd UPDATE The bombing comes just weeks before Egypt holds a referendum on a new constitution

Attacks after deadly Egypt demos shatter relative calm

Oct 08, 2013 - 12:06 AM

Suspected militats killed 9 in attacks in Egypt a day after clashes between Islamists and police left dozens dead

CAR BOMB. A car bomb explosion killed 3 policement in al-Tur, Egypt on October 7, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Death toll in Egypt violence now at 525

Aug 15, 2013 - 6:03 PM

UPDATED The number of deaths from the nationwide crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi continues to rise

GRIEF. A man grieves as he looks at one of many bodies laid out in a make shift morgue after Egyptian security forces stormed two huge protest camps at the Rabaa al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda squares where supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi were camped, in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Photo by AFP / Mosaab el-Shamy

Nearly 350 dead after Egypt police storm protests

Aug 15, 2013 - 4:22 PM

Wednesday s August 14 violence was the worst since the 2011 uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak

GRIEF. A man grieves as he looks at one of many bodies laid out in a make shift morgue after Egyptian security forces stormed two huge protest camps at the Rabaa al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda squares where supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi were camped, in Cairo, on August 14, 2013. Photo by AFP / Mosaab el-Shamy

Leave Egypt, DFA tells Pinoys amid unrest

Aug 15, 2013 - 1:47 PM

The DFA raises alert level 3 in Egypt because of rising tensions there

File photo. Fayez Nuraldine/AFP

Almost 280 dead after Egypt police storm protests

Aug 15, 2013 - 7:48 AM

5th UPDATE Death toll now up to at least 149 says the health ministry; Egypt announces month long state of emergency and imposes curfew starting Wednesday; Vice Pres Elbaradei resigns

ECHOES OF TIANANMEN. An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from hurting a wounded youth during clashes that broke out as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi in a huge protest camp near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in eastern Cairo on August 14, 2013.  Photo by AFP/ Mohammed Abdel Moneim

Morsi loyalists given safe passage out of protest camp

Aug 15, 2013 - 2:17 AM

TV footage showed Morsi supporters leaving the Rabaa al Adawiya encampment through a security corridor some flashing victory signs

Egypt declares curfew in Cairo, several provinces

Aug 14, 2013 - 11:45 PM

The curfew would be from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am 1:00 am to 12:00 pm Manila time ; this follows the announcement of a month long state of emergency

Egypt cabinet orders police to end pro-Morsi sit-in

Aug 01, 2013 - 7:53 AM

Diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful way out of Egypt s crisis gathered pace with the EU and Germany sending envoys

PRO-MORSI RALLY. Egyptian supporters of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi hold his portrait and wave the national flags during a demonstration against the government in Cairo on July 31, 2013. Photo by AFP/Fayez Nureldine

Rappler Newscast | July 9, 2013

Jul 09, 2013 - 8:52 PM

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Police, protesters clash outside US embassy in Cairo

Sep 13, 2012 - 4:35 PM

Police used tear gas as they clashed on Thursday September 13 with a stone and bottle throwing crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo at a film mocking Islam witnesses and the interior ministry said

CAIRO VIOLENCE. Egyptian men walk amidst smoke following clashes between protesters and Egyptian police near the US embassy in Cairo early on September 13, 2012. Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam, images broadcast by Egypt's public television showed. AFP PHOTO/ AHMED MAHMUD

Egyptian runoff candidate's HQ torched in Cairo

May 29, 2012 - 10:43 AM

Protesters set fire Monday May 28 to the headquarters of Egypt s presidential candidate and ex premier Ahmad Shafiq after the election committee said he made it into a run off vote with an Islamist rival