Egypt (Arabic: مصر, romanized Misr, in Egyptian Arabic Már, ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a Middle Eastern country in North Africa. While the country is geographically situated in Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, east of the Suez Canal, is a land bridge to Asia.

Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometres (386,560 square miles), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel and the Gaza Strip to the northeast; on the north and the east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, respectively.

Egypt is the sixteenth most populous country in the world. The vast majority of its 78.8 million population (2006) live near the banks of the Nile River (about 40,000 km² or 15,450 sq. miles), where the only arable agricultural land is found. Large areas of land are part of the Sahara Desert and are sparsely inhabited. About half of the Egyptian people today are urban, living in the densely populated centres of greater Cairo, the largest city in Africa and the Middle East, and Alexandria.

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Egypt uses water cannon as Palestinians try to storm border - AFP
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:16:26 -0000
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EGYPT: The trouble with Mugabe - Los Angeles Times
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:56:27 -0000
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Pranab’s Egypt visit part of growing ties with West Asia - Hindu
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:11:42 -0000
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Mwanawasa's condition remains the same - Independent Online
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:16:27 -0000
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Angola: Egypt - Angolan Prime Minister Meets With African Leaders - AllAfrica.com
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:38:33 -0000
Times OnlineAngola: Egypt - Angolan Prime Minister Meets With African LeadersAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jul 1, 2008Angola's Premier, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Tuesday in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, held informal meetings with Libyan President, Mouhammar Kadhafi, ...Mugabe Finds Friends in African Union Washington PostSouth Africa close to brokering Zimbabwe deal: report ReutersEgypt tightens media restrictions after British TV crew tussle ... International Herald TribuneIndependent Online - Reutersall 1,292 news articles
Egypt's OCI says takes 20 pct of ex-Conagra unit - Reuters
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:02:08 -0000
Egypt's OCI says takes 20 pct of ex-Conagra unitReuters - 18 minutes agoCAIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries OCIC.CA (OCICq.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it was acquiring ...

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