Egypt boots out MP sentenced to death - for absence
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Egypt's parliament has voted to expel a ruling National Democratic Party member from the assembly weeks after a court sentenced him to death for murder, the state's MENA news agency said on Monday.
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Insult Islam at your peril An Egyptian blogger found guilty of insulting both Islam and the country's president has been jailed for four years, Reuters reports.â¦
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Nigeria's House of Representatives remained closed Thursday as parliamentarians travelled to the northern Katsina state to attend the burial of a lawmaker who died the previous day, an MP told AFP.
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Egypt sent a convicted Israeli spy  home after eight years in jail and Israel released six Egyptian  infiltrators Sunday in the clearest sign of a warming of  relations strained by a Palestinian uprising.
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Egypt sent a convicted Israeli spy  home after eight years in jail and Israel released six Egyptian  infiltrators on Sunday in a sign that relations strained by the  Palestinian uprising were warming.
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A prominent Muslim activist who admitted participating in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's crown prince was sentenced Friday to the maximum 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.
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A court on Monday sentenced the editor of an opposition newspaper and two other journalists to two years in jail for &quot;damaging the image of justice&quot;, in the latest case against Egypt&#39;s media.
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Six members of the same family were hanged in Egypt after being convicted for the revenge-killing of 22 members of a rival family two years ago.
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Pakistani opposition parties on Thursday nominated a politician serving a life term in jail for defaming the military as a candidate in an election for a new prime minister.
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CAIRO - An Egyptian court sentenced four outspoken newspaper editors to one year in prison with labor yesterday for defaming President Hosni Mubarak and his politician son, drawing swift condemnation from human rights groups.
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Former Indian cricketer and MP, Navjot Sidhu, is sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter.
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Reports say Egypt is to free an Arab-Israeli man jailed on spying charges in return for six students held by Israel.
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An Egyptian blogger was  convicted for insulting Islam and Egyptian President Hosni  Mubarak on Thursday and sentenced to four years in jail over  his writings on the Internet.
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An Egyptian terror suspect, held by Britain for three years without trial because he was said to be the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group, has been released from prison, the government said on Tuesday.
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A jailed Fatah chief has put a major crimp in hopes for a smooth transition of power in the wake of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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An Egyptian terror suspect, held by  Britain for three years without trial because he was said to be  the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group, has been  released from prison, the government said on Tuesday.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Egypt released businessman Azzam Azzam, convicted of spying for Israel, for six Egyptian students suspected of trying to kidnap Israeli soldiers.