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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Jun 8, 2020

REFILE-CORRECTING BYLINE A man holds a placard during a vigil to commemorate Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo a year ago, in downtown Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - RC15BEE20430 — A man holds a placard during a vigil to commemorate Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo in 2016, in downtown Rome, Italy, Jan. 25, 2017. — REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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Italy advances arms deals with Egypt despite opposition

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Activists of human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) take part in a demonstration in Piazza Castello in Turin on January 25, 2020, to mark the fourth anniversary since the disappearance of Italian student Giulio Regeni. - Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD student from Italy, disappeared on January 25, 2016 in central Cairo, as police were out in force in anticipation of protests that day. His body was later found by the side of a road bearing signs of torture. He had been researchi

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