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Archaeologist campaigns for removal of mummies from Egyptian Museum

by Dalia Assam | Feb 4, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo—Having spent over 25 years as a tour guide in Egypt, archaeologist and Egyptologist Bassam Al-Shamaa believes ancient Egyptian mummies should not be exhibited in museums and is calling for them to be returned to their tombs in the Valley of the...

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Rescue personnel remove an injured passenger from a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane that crash-landed into a river outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei in New Taipei City on February 4, 2015. (AFP Photo/Sam Yeh)

Taiwan plane cartwheels into river after take-off, killing at least 16

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 4, 2015 | World

Taipei, Reuters—A TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board cartwheeled into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and leaving about a dozen missing, officials said. As many as 28...

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In this August 18, 2014 file photo, a Palestinian fighter from the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Opinion: Egypt and Hamas

by Ali Ibrahim | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion

It is worth reexamining the reaction of Hamas and some of its allies to an Egyptian court’s decision last week to designate the Islamist group’s military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, as a terrorist organization. Ultimately, this is simply a legal decision; the case...

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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the armed Forces in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Egypt to issue new “terrorist entities” law: sources

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Feb 4, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Cairo is preparing to amend its anti-terrorism laws, including new penalties for terror-related crimes, high-level Egyptian official sources informed Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday. The new anti-terror law will include a new, more stringent and...