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Topping the coverage this morning in the foreign press:<\/strong> Human Rights Watch is calling on<\/a>Egypt<\/a> to release prisoners who are in prolonged pretrial detention after court trials were postponed due to covid-19. The Associated Press<\/a> has picked up the statement.<\/p>\n

The National raises the spectre of war between Egypt and Ethiopia:<\/strong> Speculation is rising that Egypt may have to resort to military action against Ethiopia if it follows through on its plans to begin filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in July without an agreement, Hamza Hendawi opines in the UAE\u2019s the National<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Topping the coverage this morning in the foreign press: Human Rights Watch is calling onEgypt to release prisoners who are in prolonged pretrial detention after court trials were postponed due to covid-19. The Associated Press has picked up the statement. 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