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It is a blessedly quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press.<\/strong> The only story of note making the rounds: Authorities are demanding that Italy extradite former Italian honorary consul in Luxor for smuggling artifacts out of Egypt, reports Arab News<\/a>. Ladislav Otakar Skakal was sentenced to 15 years in jail in absentia by a Cairo criminal court this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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