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An Egyptian investigating judge renewed, on Tuesday evening, the detention of an Uber driver for 15 days, pending further investigations into an abduction attempt of a 24-year-old woman. The driver, whose name has not been disclosed yet, has also been charged with attempted manslaughter after he had reportedly tried to kidnap Habiba El-Shamaa earlier last week, a case that has sent shockwaves across Egypt, according to local news reports. On Wednesday, 21 February, Shamaa jumped from a fast-moving car on a dangerous highway on the outskirts of Cairo to reportedly escape a horrific fate. “The U…

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