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Nine people are killed in two coordinated attacks targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt. Two of the victims are killed by a gunman in a Coptic-owned appliance store in the Helwan area of Cairo. The gunman then moves to a church where he kills a further six civilians and a policeman before being arrested.
2017-12-29

Egypt's state prosecutor Hisham Barakat dies in a bomb attack in Cairo.
2015-06-29

A bomb targeting an Egyptian military intelligence building north of Cairo in the village of Anshas wounds four soldiers.
2013-12-29

Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
2013-07-27

Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, calls for talks on national unity as thousands of rival protesters are on the streets of Cairo and the International Monetary Fund delays a loan.
2012-12-11

At least 7 people are killed and more than 770 are injured during clashes between supporters and opponents of the President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo. The Egyptian Army deploys several tanks and armoured troop carriers to secure the building.
2012-12-6

Egypt security services foil an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Cairo.
2012-05-1

Mohamed ElBaradei, an emerging leader of anti-regime protests, and other protesters say that Mubarak must leave Egypt by Friday at the latest to avoid further bloodshed and turmoil.
2011-02-2

A man sets himself on fire outside the parliament building in Cairo, Egypt. Copycat burnings also take place in Algeria and Mauritania.
2011-01-17

Ex-IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei is set to return to Egypt hoping to run for the presidency in the 2011 election.
2010-02-19