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8.4202 |
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Sierra Leone |
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| 5,566,457 |
30.51526 |
31.34606 |
Egypt |
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Hundreds of residents of the city of Minya Al-Qamh in Egypt's Sharqiya Governorate blocked the Cairo-Zagazig highway as well as the city's railway line Sunday morning to protest a perceived security vacuum, Ahram's Arabic news website reported. Gunshots were heard during the protest. Angry protesters also set tires ablaze and placed wooden slats on railway tracks, which in turn brought traffic and train movement to a complete halt. |
| 5,566,463 |
31.13159 |
33.79844 |
Egypt |
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Egyptian security forces in North Sinai uncovered an Israeli spy network operating in the peninsula, apprehending its ring leader. A security source within the North Sinai Security Directorate, who chose to remain anonymous, said that Egyptian intelligence had uncovered an Israeli spying ring that consisted of Egyptians and Palestinians, with security forces arresting the ringleader. |
| 5,566,466 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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A group of taxi drivers blocked the 6th of October Bridge on Monday protesting what they claim to be unjust consequences from the government's "white taxi" project. The protesters are demanding that the Ministry of Finance cancels the rest of the instalments they are required to pay and cancel the tax hikes that increased from EGP 50 to EGP 280. |
| 5,566,471 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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Clashes took place between supporters and opponents of Hamdeen Sabahy during a seminar in the Faculty of Engineering at Banha University in Shubra on Monday.Islamist students chanted against Sabahy and asked him to leave; supporters of Sabahy responded by chanting against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohamed Morsi's regime, which led to clashes between the two parties. |
| 5,566,475 |
30.02084 |
31.21394 |
Egypt |
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A group of students protested in front of the faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University against Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud. Students chanted against the minister, the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohamed Morsi. They demanded the removal of the minister, calling him "a disgrace". The protest ended as soon as the students were informed the minister would not be attending the conference. |
| 5,566,479 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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Dozens of students gathered outside the High Court building on Tuesday afternoon, calling for the release of student Mahmoud Safwat and others who were detained last weekend. The students marched from Cairo University and Helwan University to the High Court building in Downtown Cairo chanting against the Ministry of the Interior and the Muslim Brotherhood.Friends claim Safwat was arrested on Friday morning and was one of 22 people for whom Prosecutor General Tala'at Abdallah issued an arrest warrant for alleged connections to the Black Bloc. |
| 5,566,483 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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Hundreds of lawyers staged protests on Tuesday outside a Cairo court to defend the independence of judiciary against the attacks it is being subject to. The lawyers gathered in objection to a judicial authority draft law, currently being discussed by Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of the parliament). |
| 5,566,489 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
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An Israeli Bedouin who has been jailed in Egypt for more than 12 years on charges of spying has begun an open-ended hunger strike, he said in a handwritten letter in Arabic seen by AFP. Egyptian officials denied the report. |
| 5,566,493 |
30.04458 |
31.23997 |
Egypt |
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Dozens of students and NGO members protested on Wednesday at the ministry of education against the recent increase in incidents of violence against school students.Protesters gathered at the ministry's main gate, holding several signs and chanting against the minister of education, President Mohamed Morsi, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters wrote slogans expressing their demands on the walls of the ministry.The demands included dismissing the minister of education, subjecting schools to regular ministerial in-spections, and taking legal action against teachers who violate the rights of the students rather than ordinary suspensions by the ministry of education. |
