In Egypt , a State of Emergency has been in effect almost continuously since 1967 . Following the assassination of President Anwar el-Sadat in 1981 , a state of emergency was declared . Egypt has been under state of emergency ever since ; the Parliament has renewed the emergency laws every three years since they were imposed . The legislation was extended in 2003 and were due to expire at the end of May 2006 ; plans were in place to replace it with new anti-terrorism laws . But after the Dahab bombings in April of that year , state of emergency was renewed for another two years . In May 2008 there was a further extension to June 2010 . In May 2010 , the state of emergency was further extended , albeit with a promise from the government to be applied only to ' Terrorism and Drugs ' suspects
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2006 Dahab bombings
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