Sinai suicide bomber kills Egypt soldier

A suicide bomber killed an Egyptian soldier in the Sinai Peninsula onFriday, as a second blast hit a bus wounding five civilians on a nearby road, securityofficials said.The suicide attack also wounded six police at a joint police-army checkpoint outsidethe South Sinai provincial capital Al-Tur, the officials said.Security forces have deployed in strength to protect the resorts along the SouthSinai coast that are a major plank of the country's battered tourism sector.Militants based in the increasingly lawless desert peninsula have killed scores ofsoldiers and police since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi lastJuly. Source: AFP