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US senator blocks Egypt military aid over rights
WASHINGTON: The new top US senator on foreign relations on Tuesday blocked some US$235 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, after his predecessor was indicted in a scandal that touched on ties with Cairo.Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he told state secretary Antony Blinken that his hold on funds “will remain until specific human rights progress is made.”“I believe it is imperative that we continue to hold the government of Egypt, and all governments, accountable for their human rights violations,” Cardin said in a statement.He said he would withhold the assistance to Egypt if it “does not take concrete, meaningful and sustainable

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