All posts tagged "Egypt"

  • Cyprus Hijacked Plane, Egypt
    Hijacking of Egypt plane by ‘unstable’ man ends peacefully

    LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — An Egyptian wearing a fake explosives belt who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight and forced it to land in Cyprus on Tuesday surrendered and was taken into custody after releasing all passengers and...

    • Posted March 29, 2016
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  • In this Nov. 5, 2014 photo, Egyptian children push each other as a woman takes a photograph of them with her mobile phone on the outskirts of the town of Aga., Egypt. Minister of State for Population Hala Youssef told The Associated Press on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, that the government is providing financial incentives to keep children in school, expanding family planning services and boosting public awareness. The Egyptian government aims to reduce the country's surging fertility rate to 2.4 over the next 15 years, from its current rate of 3.5. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
    Overpopulated Egypt seeks to reduce fertility rate by 2030

    CAIRO (AP) — Egypt aims to reduce its surging fertility rate over the next 15 years, a government minister said Tuesday, in an effort to address overpopulation concerns in the Arab world’s most populous country. With around...

    • Posted June 9, 2015
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  • Soccer fans hold lit flares at the stand as they watch a match between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek and ENPPI at Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. A riot broke out Sunday night outside of the major soccer game, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 22 people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gwad, El Shorouk newspaper)
    Officials: 25 people killed in Egyptian soccer match riot

    CAIRO (AP) — A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 25 people, authorities said. The riot, only three...

    • Posted February 8, 2015
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  • An Egyptian policeman stands guard in front of a damaged bus after a deadly explosion Sunday near the Egyptian border crossing with Israel in Taba, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. An explosion tore through a bus filled with South Korean sightseers in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, killing at least four people and raising fears that Islamic militants have renewed a bloody campaign to wreck Egypt’s tourism industry. (AP Photo)
    Koreans no longer off terrorists’ target lists

    By Kang Seung-woo Koreans have been victims of terrorism in the Middle East Asia and Africa over the past 10 years, with the fatal incident in Egypt, Sunday, being the latest. According to the Ministry of Foreign...

    • Posted February 17, 2014
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  • An image made from a video provided by the Israeli Airports Authority shows smoke, white area at upper right,. from the bombing of the bus carrying South Korean sightseers near the tip of the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba Sunday Feb. 16, 2014. At least three South Korean tourists were killed and 12 seriously wounded, according to Egyptian security officials. (AP Photo/Israeli Airports Authority)
    3 South Koreans killed in bomb attack in Egypt

    (Yonhap) — A bomb attack on a tourist bus in Egypt has killed three South Koreans, along with one Egyptian, and injured 14 others, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. The bus, carrying 31 South Korean churchgoers and...

    • Posted February 17, 2014
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