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Cairo, May 16 .- Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a Nubian soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt, Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eisa said.

This Travel Alert supersedes the Travel Alert for Egypt dated March 29, 2013, and has been updated to include information about a knife attack on a private U.S. citizen near the Embassy on May 9. This Travel Alert expires on August 15, 2013.

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Hundreds of protesters flocked Friday to central Tahrir Square in Egyptian capital of Cairo to join demonstrations condemning the rule of President Mohamed Morsi and ruling Muslim Brotherhood group.

The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of ... (more)

Abdel-Nour, the father of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, speaks on the phone to a live television show about his daughter from his home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

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Pigs once played an important economic role for Cairo's Coptic Christians and helped keep the Egyptian capital clean.

The 2013 Liverpool Art Prize 'People's Choice Award' will be presented in tribute to Joe, who was tragically killed in February of this year in a hot air balloon disaster at Luxor, Egypt.

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Authorities investigating the disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell spent two days this week searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell's father said.

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The mission also uncovered a residential house along with a coin from the reign of Emperor Heracles .

A Coptic Christian teacher in Egypt accused of committing blasphemy and evangelizing in school was released Tuesday after posting nearly $3,000 in bail.

Egypt's unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2013 rose to 13.2 percent, according to an official report released Wednesday, raising fears that the ongoing political chaos would lead to further economic and social troubles.

Luxury African safari operator Great Safaris is offering two unique itineraries exploring Egypt this year.

Witches flying broomsticks in Swaziland above 150m will be subjected to arrest and a hefty fine of R500 000, civil aviation authorities say, according to a report.

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A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt.