CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE EGYPT

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

1. APR. 22, 2015

   Egyptian court sentences deposed president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison; he was ousted by military in 2013 and convicted of inciting street violence. MORE

2. APR. 16, 2015

   Bomb blast in Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt, kills three military academy students in what appears to be latest attack by militants on security forces. MORE

3. APR. 15, 2015

   Egyptian court upholds decision by Interior Ministry banning Libyan student's return to Egypt because he is gay. MORE

4. APR. 14, 2015

   Study in journal mBio finds that strains of H5N1 avian flu in Egypt, which has surpassed Indonesia as country with most human cases of virus, carry mutations that may make it easier for it to attach to human airway cells or to reproduce there; results raise concerns that virus could rapidly adapt to human airway microenvironment. MORE

5. APR. 13, 2015

   Militants linked to the Islamic State carryout three separate attacks on security forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 12 people.

6. 1. APR. 12, 2015

      American citizen Mohamed Soltan is among nearly 40 people sentenced to life in prison in Egypt for protests against military ouster of Pres Mohamed Morsi in 2013. MORE

   2. APR. 6, 2015

      Bomb kills police officer and wounds two civilians in affluent area of Cairo, raising fears that militants are targeting neighborhoods thought to be most secure; militant group Ajnad Misr claims responsibility for attack. MORE

   3. APR. 3, 2015

      Islamic State militants attack two army checkpoints in Egypt, killing at least 15 people. MORE

   4. APR. 1, 2015

      Pres Obama lifts weapons freeze against Egypt that he imposed after country's military overthrow in 2013, seeking to mend ties to regional ally amid burgeoning war in Middle East; in trade-off, he tells Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi he will support full $1.3 billion in yearly military aid Egypt traditionally gets.MORE

   5. APR. 1, 2015

      Editorial welcomes some of Obama administration's sweeping changes to Egypt's military aid package, noting that it will give US more control over type and amount of aid Egypt receives; criticizes administration's decision to authorize delivery of items that were held back in protest of country's human rights record; suggests administration should have used aid as leverage to curb human rights abuse of Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's government.
   6.  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html