By Tim Moynihan, Press Association, The Independent/UK, Jan 8, 2010
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Plainclothes Egyptian police officers bundled George Galloway on to a plane bound for London
George Galloway was deported from Cairo today despite wanting to return to Gaza to help members of a humanitarian convoy who have reportedly been arrested, a spokeswoman for the convoy said.
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Egyptian ‘President’ Mubarak rejects even ‘debate’ on Gaza barrier
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Under heavy public criticism inside and outside Egypt
HRW calls on Egypt to revoke its ‘draconian emergency law’, slams ‘thuggery’ police state.
CAIRO – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday defended the construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip as a matter of national security and sovereignty.
“The works and reinforcements on our eastern border are a matter of Egyptian sovereignty. We do not accept a debate on the issue with anyone,” Mubarak said in a speech to mark Police Day.
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