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Egyptian tanks, helicopters push through Sinai
Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Correction: Egypt story
Egypt's interior minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a suspected car bomb tore through his convoy, wounding 22 people and leaving a major Cairo boulevard strewn with debris.