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Romney, Obama challenge each other in third and final debate
Associated PressBOCA RATON, Fla. -- President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, "Every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is...Tags: Iraq, Iran, Charity, Osama bin Laden, White House
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Free speech, religion clash over anti-Muslim film
CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) — While the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East would likely face swift punishment in his native Egypt for making the film, in America the government is in the thorny position of...Tags: Google Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Separation of Church and State, Libya, West Bank
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Political Systems, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Teaching and Learning, Libya
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Egypt denies local fenugreek seeds caused E. coli
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's agriculture minister says reports blaming Egyptian sprout seeds for a deadly E. coli outbreak in Europe are "baseless" and that tests show the seeds were not contaminated. The European Food Safety Authority has said one lot...Tags: E. coli Infection, Exports, Diseases and Illnesses, Lab Tests, Health
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American student arrested in Cairo arrives in US
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least one of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. Saturday evening, nearly three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.
Gregory Porter, 19, was greeted by his parents...Tags: Indiana University, Georgetown University, St. Louis, Cairo (Egypt), Students
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Notre Dame students to be evacuated from Egypt
The University of Notre Dame is working to evacuate 12 students studying at the American University of Cairo.
A spokesperson says even though the government shut down cell phone and internet use, the students were allowed to use landlines yesterday to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of State, Egyptian Revolution (2011-12), Education
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Obama tells Mubarak: Must take 'concrete steps'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is stepping up the pressure on Egypt. Obama says he has personally told President Hosni Mubarak in a phone call to take "concrete steps" to expand rights inside the Arab nation and refrain from violence...Tags: Building Material, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Demonstration, Foreign Aid
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Notre Dame students safely evacuated from Egypt to Turkey
SOUTH BEND -- Twelve University of Notre Dame students studying in Cairo, Egypt, have been evacuated, Notre Dame spokesman Dennis Brown said in a press release.
The students are among the many Americans who arrived safely in Istanbul Monday night...Tags: Health and Safety at School, U.S. Department of State, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Cairo (Egypt)
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Upton: Gas prices could climb higher
NILES — Unhappy with gas prices? Chances are, they’re about to go higher. U. S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, predicted during a stop in Niles Monday the civil unrest in Egypt will push up the cost of gas even more. "Egypt doesn’t...Tags: Republican Party, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Politics, Health, Labor Legislation
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Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead
CAIRO (AP) — Officials in Egypt say the transfer of more bodies to hospitals has prompted a revised death toll of 21 after a car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church. The blast came as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in...Tags: Islam, Christianity
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Michiana Egyptians keep eye on revolt
Egyptian natives living in Michiana are closely watching the historic events unfolding in their old country.
Two local residents born in Egypt, both of whom are Christian, don't favor the growing political movement to oust Egyptian President Hosni...Tags: Science and Technology, Christian Orthodoxy, Cairo (Egypt), Politics, Human Interest
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Clinton: Critical time for American leadership
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says recent developments in Egypt and the broader Middle East demonstrate a critical need for America's global leadership. Speaking to an unprecedented mass meeting of nearly all U.S....Tags: Washington, DC, Arts and Culture, U.S. Department of State, Mass Media, Hillary Clinton
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