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It\u2019s a mixed bag of nuts in the pages of the foreign press this morning:<\/strong> AFP<\/a> and Arab News<\/a> picked up Egypt\u2019s latest counter-terrorism operations<\/a> in Sinai that resulted in the killing of over 70 terrorists.<\/p>\n

Human rights is again a hot button topic:<\/strong> The Washington Post<\/a> reported on the 15-year prison sentence handed down in absentia to human rights activist Bahey Eddin Hassan for social media posts critical of the government, under the country\u2019s new cybercrimes law and before a counterterrorism court. It noted the condemnations by media and internet freedom campaigners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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