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Leader Muhammad Najib becomes the ruler of Egypt and it is declared a republic! It was the first time in over 2,000 years that Egypt was ruled by a Egyption.
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The rulers Egypt, and Jordan signed the defence pact. Israel says it increases danger of war with Arab states.Then the 6 day war startes!
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Isreal had a 6 day war and defeted Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Israel took control of Sinai Peninsual, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank. =(
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Nasser dies and it is replaced by his Vice-President, Anwar al-Sadat. The President that dies is Bashar Assad. He is in the picture to the right he is in the middle with the tuxedo.
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58 tourists are killed in front of the Temple of Hatshepsut. It is proven that Egypt's Islamic Group is responsible for what happened.
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Bomb attacks target Israeli tourists on Sinai peninsula, which killed 34 people. Later they bombed the Sinai Peninsula agian.
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Bombing attacks in the Red Sea killed more than 20 people. It accoured when Egypt's sucitury forcees tryed to cross the border in Isreal and tryed to launch a seprat attact there. The president ordered the defence minister to head of the countries military, after they bombed the Sinai Peninsula.
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2009 June - US President Barack Obama makes key speech in Cairo calling for a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim world.
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In January 3, people got killed in a boming that accured in a Christian church. Christians gathered there to selebrate the New Year. This event killed over 23 people!
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Industry executives estimate that the government is $6 billion to $7 billion behind in payments to foreign companies for oil and natural gas they have produced and delivered to Egypt.