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Egypt |
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Dozens of low-ranking policeman at the Borg Al-Arab International Airport staged protests against suspending ten of their colleagues and issuing a decision to transfer them to the Marsa Matrouh Airport on Sunday. The protesters also demanded the return of police officers to their work after the police officers had handed over a mass resignation to the interior minister over allegedly being insulted in a previous confrontation with the low-ranking security staff. |
| 5,566,384 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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Students at the German University in Cairo (GUC) gathered at the university campus on Sunday to protest against the administration following its decision to increase tuition fees. The students blocked the entrance to the financial affairs office. |
| 5,566,387 |
25.69653 |
32.64588 |
Egypt |
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The stagecoach driver strike taking place in front of the Karnak temple in Luxor has officially ended after officers heard the demands of those striking and promised to find ways to address their problems, announced Luxor's Tourist Police. The strike started early on Sunday morning when drivers blocked the roads leading to the temple, protesting what they described as unfair practices by tourist companies favouring some drivers over others. |
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30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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April 6 Youth Movement has condemned the security forces for breaking up its sit-in outside the Shura Council (Egypt's upper house of parliament) early on Monday morning. The youth group began the sit-in on Sunday to call for the release of fellow members detained at an earlier protest. Security forces acted after the group refused to move away from the vicinity of the cabinet building, |
| 5,566,396 |
29.9096 |
33.7483 |
Egypt |
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Egypt's Interior Ministry says gunmen have opened fire on a security convoy in central Sinai, killing a police lieutenant and seriously injuring another policeman before fleeing. The ministry said in a statement on its official webpage that a patrol in the Nekhel area in the center of the desert peninsula was attacked by an unknown number of gunmen Tuesday. |
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Egypt |
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Clashes broke out again at Ain Shams University on Tuesday, drawing civilian and military police forces to campus to stop the fighting. |
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30.00808 |
31.21093 |
Egypt |
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Protesters gathered outside the Saudi embassy in Giza on Wednesday to mark one year since the arrest of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Al-Gizawy by Saudi security forces. Al-Gizawy was sentenced to five years in prison and 300 lashes by the General Court of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in January. He was accused of drug trafficking. |
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25.69653 |
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Egypt |
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The balloon trips scheduled to be resumed on Wednesday in Egypt's Luxor was adjourned due to a strike by the workers of the Civil Aviation Authority. The workers were protesting because their associate was imprisoned although the investigation committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation hasn't yet finished its final report about the accident. |
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30.07708 |
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Egypt |
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The protest followed a march that began at Cairo University around noon. The march was organised by political movements who announced solidarity with the imprisoned lawyer. They included the Kefaya movement, 6 April Youth Movement (democratic front), Ikhwan Kazeboon movement and the Revolutionary Front for Peaceful Change. |
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Egypt |
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Also, anti-Islamist protests were launched in some other governorates including Alexandria, Sharqiya and Daqahliya, where similar skirmishes took place. |
