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Deal had provoked outrage among Egyptians and prompted thousands to take to streets in rare protests.

Egyptians have protested the exchange of the islands.

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Can we blame China for seeking to bolster its defences with the US acting so recklessly with military force throughout the world?
In the following episode of CrossTalk, three experts discuss the growing tensions in the South China Sea between both China and the United States. The central contention is that China is creating islands to repurpose as military outposts.

Government warns marchers to 'not get carried away' as police use tear gas to disperse protests over transfer.
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There are more than 1200 Greek islands, and fewer than 300 of them are populated. An Egyptian billionaire is in talks to possibly purchase two of these islands to give refugees from Syria a place to land, and possibly their own ‘country’ instead of returning to a war-torn region.

From Guernsey to the Seychelles, island communities are working to reinvent themselves. Lucy Purdy explores the new social and economic systems being developed offshore