Egypt ends travel ban in US NGO row

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By Reuters Egypt has decided to lift a travel ban preventing American pro-democracy activists from leaving the country, judicial sources said on Wednesday, a move that is likely to defuse a standoff that has plunged US-Egyptian ties into a crisis.

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