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Egypt:
Thousands Mourn Rafah Attack Victims, Mursi Absent
Aswat Masriya, 7 August 2012
Thousands mourned on Tuesday the 16 Egyptian border guards who were killed in an attack on an Egyptian-Israeli border post at Rafah city last Sunday. Read more »
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Egypt:
Military Funeral for Sinai Victims Begins, Mursi Absent
Aswat Masriya, 7 August 2012
The military funeral held on Tuesday for 16 Egyptian border guards who were killed in an armed attack on an Egyptian post in Sinai on Sunday night has begun. Read more »
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Egypt:
Mursi Visits Soldiers Wounded in Rafah Attack At Qubba Military Hospital
Aswat Masriya, 7 August 2012
President Mohamed Mursi visited on Tuesday afternoon the soldiers wounded in the Sinai attack at Cairo's Qubba Military Hospital to check on their health conditions. Read more »
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Egypt:
Attackers of Local Border Guards Will Be Brought to Justice
Egypt Online, 7 August 2012
President Mohamed Morsi has vowed revenge from killers of Egyptian troops in Sinai. Read more »
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Egypt:
UN Chief Strongly Condemns Attack On Checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
UN News, 6 August 2012
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the terror attack that occurred yesterday on a border checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 16 Egyptian police officers. Read more »
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Egypt:
U.S. 'Ready to Assist' Egypt With Border Security
State Department, 6 August 2012
Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: Read more »
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Egypt:
Unidentified Gunmen Attack Military Forces
ThinkAfricaPress, 6 August 2012
Security remains elevated and the military on alert in the North Sinai governorate following an attack by unidentified gunmen against Egyptian military forces in Rafah on August 5. Read more »
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Egypt:
Salafi Nour Party Condemns Sinai Attack
Aswat Masriya, 6 August 2012
The Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party condemned Sunday's attack on Sinai's Rafah border that resulted in the death of 16 Egyptian police and army men. Read more »
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Egypt:
Sabahi Condemns Sinai Attack, Says Egypt in Danger
Aswat Masriya, 6 August 2012
Nasserist ex-presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi condemned yesterday's attack on one of Egypt's northern borders that resulted in the death of 16 Egyptian police and army men and… Read more »
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Egypt:
Rafah Crossing Closed Indefinitely After Sinai Attack - Security Source
Aswat Masriya, 5 August 2012
Egypt's Rafah crossing will be closed indefinitely after an attack on an Egyptian border post on Sunday evening, Reuters News Agency quoted an Egyptian security source as saying. Read more »
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Egypt:
Mursi Meets With Army Leaders to Follow Repercussions of Sinai Attack
Aswat Masriya, 6 August 2012
President Mohamed Mursi is monitoring minute by minute the repercussions of the terrorist attack on a unit of border guards forces on Egypt's eastern borders. Read more »
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Egypt:
15 Dead, Seven Injured in Sinai Attack - Health Ministry
Aswat Masriya, 5 August 2012
15 were killed and seven injured in an attack on an Egyptian border post in Sinai's Rafah on Sunday evening, the Egyptian Health Ministry announced. Read more »