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A00662942 Nile and the diversion of its course—a move Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were supportive of. This breakaway led to the signing of the 2010 Entebbe Agreement by the upstream countries in East Africa including Ethiopia. The agreement allows for the signatories to carry out water projects on the
d political outcome. It was clearly intended to intimidate anyone who dares to challenge the military or shows sympathy for the Brotherhood and Mr. Morsi, who was elected president in 2012 in a democratic election and then ousted in a military coup last summer. According to legal experts, the verdict
untry. An erudite, accomplished classical pianist, Barak was a special forces legend famous for actions such as planning the hostage-rescue raid on Entebbe and sneaking into Lebanon on an assassination run dressed as a woman. He finished his military career as chief of the general staff, then parachute
banks, and regional institutions. Likewise, the Middle East remains in the early phase of a revolutionary transition. In a year, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will almost certainly still be in power, but it is not so clear how he will use that power — and what Egypt will look like politically and economic
ionary regime, which neglected the country's African neighbours and left relationships to deteriorate until the upstream states decided to sign the Entebbe Agreement. Egypt even threatened to resort to war if its rights over the Nile's water were encroached upon. Egyptian former foreign minister Ahmed
oved the arrangement, which could set a precedent for future trade. Egyptian officials were not immediately available for comment Sunday. However, Morsi has tried to avoid alienating Abbas, who would presumably oppose the idea of a Gaza-Egypt trade without oversight by his Palestinian Authority. An
Entities connected to both Entebbe and Mohamed Morsi

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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United States
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Hosni Mubarak
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Cairo
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Lebanon
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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Damascus
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Jerusalem
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Tunisia
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Bill Clinton
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Fatah
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Marc Rich
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Saddam Hussein
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Middle East
LOCATIONthe West Bank
LOCATIONSinai
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