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Source: washington.cbslocal A former parking manager at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air and Space annex in Chantilly has pleaded guilty to stealing roughly $1.4 million in parking fees. Thirty-three-year-old Abeselom Hailemariam pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Alexandria. He’s is … read more »
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Egypt’s emergency services say 110 people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters during rallies marking the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The two sides clashed throughout the day Friday in Cairo, Alexandria, … read more »
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Alexandria – An apartment tower under construction collapsed on adjacent buildings in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing 11 people, Egypt’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said five other people were injured and that teams were searching for … read more »
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Cairo – Protesters and soldiers threw rocks at each other over a barbed wire barricade near the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday, with several protesters injured, AFP reporters said. Bleeding protesters were ferried away by motorbike by fellow demonstrators … read more »
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After warning men across the country ‘go big’ this Valentine’s day, it appears President Obama took his own advice. He treated the First Lady to dinner at pricey restaurant Vermilion where plates of caviar, beef and chocolate truffle tarts were … read more »
Egyptians in Tahriri and Abasssiya Squares have a better grasp of American politics and many of us have. Alexandria, 415 or 416 (CAIRO) – This observer spent a good part of Christmas Eve divided between two main Cairo Squares, Tahir … read more »
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November 29, 2011 by benim
Alexandria – Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak have brought the political debut of a potentially powerful new player on the scene, the ultraconservative Islamist movement known as the Salafis. At several voting stations in this … read more »
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November 20, 2011 by benim
Protesters demanding an end to army rule and angered by rough police tactics battled with police on Sunday, presenting Egypt’s ruling generals with their biggest security challenge yet, a week before parliamentary elections. Two people were killed and hundreds wounded … read more »
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Another person has been caught at one of the region’s airports after having swallowed dozens of heroin pellets in a drug-smuggling attempt, according to court records. A 61-year-old Nigerian woman was arrested after she flew into Washington Dulles International Airport … read more »
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Cairo – Egyptian youth protesters vowed on Saturday to remain in Tahrir Square until their demands are met, in escalating tension between demonstrators and the military council running the country. Egyptian military police fired shots in the air and beat … read more »
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Egypt’s military rulers on Saturday accused the April 6 pro-democracy group, which helped launch the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak, of sowing strife after hundreds tried to march to the defence ministry. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces — … read more »
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Ethiopian Man wins $238,000 in Virginia Pick 4 Lottery When the children of an Alexandria restaurant owner graduate from college, they’ll have the numbers 3-6-2-3 to thank for it. Thanks to those four digits, in that exact order, Alemayehu Yonas … read more »
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Cairo – Activists have called for rallies across Egypt on Friday, capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as anger grows with the military rulers over the slow pace of reform. More than 28 movements have called … read more »
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Cairo – Egypt has ordered the detention and questioning of three police officers in the case of a man who relatives say was tortured to death by authorities, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday, citing Alexandria’s public prosecution. Mohamed … read more »
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The prosecutor in Egypt’s second city Alexandria ordered on Saturday the arrest of 12 police officers accused of torturing to death a suspect in a deadly New Year’s church attack, a judicial official said. Adel Emara ordered the arrest of … read more »
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Cairo – Egypt’s public prosecutor has set up a panel of judges to look into claims of police torture before and after a popular revolt that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday. The three-judge panel, … read more »
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Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Monday and stood in silence in memory of activist Khaled Said, beaten to death outside an Internet cafe exactly a year ago by two police officers in the coastal city Alexandria. Pictures … read more »
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Prosecutors following the fallen Egyptian leader’s money trail may have their first big break: $145 million meant for a famous library mysteriously bearing Mubarak’s name. Philip Shenon reports. Have Egyptian anti-corruption prosecutors already found the first big chunk—$145 million—of former … read more »
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January 16, 2011 by benim
She may be 55-year-old, but supermodel Iman looked more like a woman half her age as she attended an awards ceremony last night. The wife of renowned rocker David Bowie showed off glowing skin and an enviably slim figure at … read more »
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One device containing nails and fireworks was found in a church staircase in the southern city of Minya but it had no detonator and one security official told Associated Press it may have been placed there to test security. Egyptian … read more »
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CAIRO – Egyptian Christians say they fear a repeat attack against their community on Coptic Christmas Eve Thursday despite authorities planning heavy security following a New Year’s suicide bombing of a church in Alexandria that killed 21. In response to … read more »
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Cairo – A suspected suicide bomber who killed 21 people – two more have died in hospital – outside a church probably intended to set off the explosives inside so as to kill as many people as possible, Egyptian investigators … read more »
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Egypt is screening people who arrived recently from countries where al-Qaeda is known to recruit after early findings suggested the militant network was behind a New Year’s church bombing, security sources said. A suspected suicide bomber killed 21 people and … read more »
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Egyptian Coptic Christians angered by a deadly bombing at a church in Alexandria have clashed with police for a second day. Hundreds demonstrated in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, and Cairo, the capital, calling for better protection for Christians. In Cairo, … read more »
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Egypt’s president said in a televised address on Saturday the bombing of a church that killed at least 17 people targetted both Christians and Muslims. “Wicked terrorists targetted the nation, Copts and Muslims,” President Hosni Mubarak said in the broadcast … read more »
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Egypt said on Saturday there were indications the bombing of a church in the northern city of Alexandria involved “foreign elements”, the official news agency said. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the circumstances of the incident and … read more »
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President Hosni Mubarak urged Egypt’s Christians and Muslims to unite and confront “terrorism” after a New Year’s day car bomb killed 21 people at a Coptic church in Alexandria, in the latest blow to the Middle East’s largest Christian community. … read more »
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