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At least one person was killed July 11 in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
 

Egypt-born actor Omar Sharif has died at the age of 83.

Sharif, best known for his roles in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," suffered a heart attack in a hospital Cairo, according to his agent, Steve Kenis.

Earlier in 2015 his agent announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, according to reports of the BBC News.

Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif, who starred in "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia", died on July 10 in Cairo aged 83, his London-based agent said.

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Internationally renowned actor Omar Sharif has died at the age 83. The Egyptian-born film star is best known for his roles in classics like Laurence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago, for which he picked up Golden Globe award. His agent, Steve Kenis, had confirmed earlier this year that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Two years after the army deposed president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt is roiled by brazen Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and brutal government repression that has killed hundreds.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu lives the difficult life of fiction heroes. The tiny Turkish superman is fighting evil in every corner of a world populated by an increasing number of evil men. But the hero will never grow tired of fighting.  

Dozens of people were killed July 1 in a wave of unprecedented attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group on Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, in a major challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants launched a wide-scale coordinated assault on several military checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai on July 1 in which 50 people were killed, security sources said, the largest attack yet in the insurgency-hit province. 

A visibly angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged tougher laws against militants and suggested fast track executions at the funeral on June 30 of the state prosecutor assassinated in a car bombing.

Turkey released late June 29 just a one-sentence statement to condemn a terrorist attack against an Egyptian prosecutor who had issued a death sentence against Mohamed Morsi, the ousted president of Egypt.