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                 Egypt: Detained American Hangs Self in Prison

   by VOA News

   Egyptian security officials say a U.S. citizen who was detained in the
   Sinai peninsula has been found dead in his prison cell, after
   apparently committing suicide.

   The officials said James Henry's body was found on Sunday, hanging in
   the jail in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia.

   Egyptian authorities had detained him in northern Sinai in August on
   suspicion of violating a curfew imposed as part of a government
   crackdown on opposition and militant activity.   Henry told the
   Egyptians he was a retired U.S. military officer.

   There was no immediate comment on Henry's case from the U.S. Embassy in
   Cairo.
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