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  2. 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings - Wikipedia

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    The attacks took place in the early hours of the morning at the Red Sea resort, when many tourists and locals were still out at restaurants, cafés and bars. The first bombing took place at 1:15 am Egypt summer time (22:15 UTC) at the Old Market bazaar in downtown Sharm, killing 17 people, mostly Egyptians.

  3. Sharm El Sheikh Summit of 2005 - Wikipedia

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    The Sharm El Sheikh Summit of 2005 was a meeting of four Middle Eastern leaders at Sharm El Sheikh, in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, that took place on 8 February 2005 in an effort to end the four-year Second Intifada which started in September 2000.

  4. Metrojet Flight 9268 - Wikipedia

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    Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight [1] operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST (04:13 UTC), [2] the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint ...

  5. United States presidential visits to the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    Egypt: Cairo Briefed President Hosni Mubarak on the Middle East Peace Process. October 16–17, 2000: Sharm el-Sheikh Attended the Israeli-Palestinian Summit Meeting. George W. Bush [7] June 2–3, 2003: Sharm el-Sheikh Attended "Red Sea Summit" with the leaders of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, and with Palestinian prime minister ...

  6. South Sinai Governorate - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Sharm El Sheikh was hit by a terrorist attack. 88 people were killed, the majority of them Egyptians, and over 200 were wounded, at that time making it the deadliest terrorist action in the country's history (exceeding the Luxor massacre of 1997, which killed 62 people). [5] 2006 saw the Dahab bombings, which killed 23 people and ...

  7. 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks - Wikipedia

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    The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and, on 5 December 2010, a German woman was killed when she was attacked while wading and snorkeling in the shallows close to the shoreline.

  8. Sharm El Sheikh - Wikipedia

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    Sharm el Sheikh and the Strait of Tiran in the 1840 Kiepert map of the Sinai Peninsula. The town of Shurm is shown just north of two bays: Sharm El Sheikh and Sharm El Miya (Arabic: شرم المية). This area forms the southern tip of the modern city. Sharm El Sheikh is located on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, at the southern tip of the Sinai ...

  9. Straits of Tiran - Wikipedia

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    There are several passages formed by the islands between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The westernmost strait, between Egypt and the island of Tiran, overlooked by the Egyptian city Sharm El Sheikh, is the "Strait of Tiran", 5 or 6 km (3 or 4 mi) wide. It has two passages deep enough to be navigable by large ships.