5,973,685 |
31.01887 |
33.0098 |
Egypt |
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A student was killed and seven other civilians were injured when abombwent off near Al-Arish, North Sinai, on Sunday [21 February]. State of Sinai claimed responsibility, saying it was targeting a police patrol in B'ir Al Abd. |
5,973,688 |
30.03389 |
31.23215 |
Egypt |
|
Dozens of Niqab-wearing women from the Faculty of Medicine and Qasr Al-Aini hospitals staged a protest on 21 February outside the Qasr Al-Aini conference hall against Cairo University President Gaber Nassar's decision to ban nurses and doctors from wearing the full-face veil in Qasr Al-Aini Medical School (QAMS) and its affiliated teaching hospitals. |
5,973,692 |
30.58768 |
31.502 |
Egypt |
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Many low-ranking police officers in the Sharqeya governorate organised aprotest on 21 February in front of the security directorate in Zagazig in solidarity with officers who were arrested after it was believed they were going to incite people against the Ministry of Interior. Protesters demanded their immediate release. |
5,973,697 |
22.3457 |
31.61624 |
Egypt |
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A group of Nubian citizens and activists protested on 22 February at Aswan's Abu Simbel Temple. The protest condemned a presidential decree, referred to as 'Decree 444', which designated a large stretch of land in Nubia as a new restricted military zone, adjacent to Egypt's border with Sudan. |
5,973,703 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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MP Mahmoud Khamis, an independent MP, assaulted a journalist in an attempt to prevent the media from interviewing MP Tawfik Okasha, after he was dismissed from parliament. |
5,973,707 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
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One person was killed and three others were severely injured after a missile fell on Rafah. |
5,973,711 |
29.85226 |
31.28158 |
Egypt |
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A police officer of the Badrasheen police station was killed on 26 February in a drive-by shooting in Giza by three unknown assailants. |
5,973,714 |
31.41648 |
31.81332 |
Egypt |
|
A Muslim Brotherhood grouped planted a bomb exploding the main gas pipeline in Damietta governorate. |
5,973,719 |
31.41648 |
31.81332 |
Egypt |
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Security forces clashed with Islamist Muslim Brotherhood protesters in northernEgypt in a firefight, killing two of them and arresting six. The ministry said that the killed men were part of a group trying to stage a demonstration and carry out attacks against security forces in the northern city of Damietta. The Freedom and Justice Party, said in a statement that the men were killed protesting the military overthrow and price hikes. Two security men were injured. |
5,973,724 |
29.95072 |
31.27738 |
Egypt |
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A number of imprisoned journalists in Al-Aqrab (Tora) prison went on hunger strike toprotestmistreatment and poor living conditions. |