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Tear gas OK? Based on 2011, the EU ban will mainly affect Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech republic and Italy, but not France, Germany, the UK or Spain (Photo: Tilemahos Efthimiadis)

Loopholes aplenty in EU 'arms ban' on Egypt

The EU's ban on sales of "repressive" equipment to post-coup and post-massacre Egypt leaves plenty of room for interpretation.

Member states imposed the restrictions on 21 August in the wake of violence which saw the army kill more than 800 Muslim Brotherhood protesters, most of whom were demonstrating peacefully.

Foreign ministers "agreed to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any ...

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Tear gas OK? Based on 2011, the EU ban will mainly affect Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech republic and Italy, but not France, Germany, the UK or Spain (Photo: Tilemahos Efthimiadis)

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