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<p>A line of protesters at the Ministry of Defense.</p>
29 Apr 2012
Unknown armed men clash with Abou Ismail supporters in Cairo
Unidentified armed men clashed on Saturday evening with supporters of former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abou Ismail, who have been camping in the Abasseya area of Cairo, near the Ministry of Defense, Thugs used Molotov cocktails to...
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<p>File photo of abdel Moneim abul Fotouh, former leader at the Muslim Brotherhood and potential candidate to presidency, 31 May, 2011.</p>
28 Apr 2012
Nour Party endorses Abouel Fotouh for president
The Salafi Nour Party announced its official endorsement of presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh Saturday evening. Nour Party authorities arrived at the decision to support Abouel Fotouh after voting during a meeting on...
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<p>Fire in Toshiba factory in Monofiya.</p>
28 Apr 2012
Fire at Toshiba factory injures 500
A fire at an Arab Toshiba factory in Quesna that produced refridgerators has injured about 500 workers there, witnesses said Saturday afternoon. Most of those injured suffered respiratory problems from the smoke or broken bones due to the...
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<p>Protesters demonstrating against the constituent assembly during a rally outside the High Administrative Court, Cairo, April 10, 2012.</p>
28 Apr 2012
SCAF, political parties agree on timeline, oversight of consituent assembly
The Supreme Council of Armed forces said on Saturday that the process of writing the constitution should finish before the run-offs of the presidential elections, and specified the numbers of non-Parliament members that will participate in...
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<p>A motley crowd of voters at the Agriculture Museum polling station in Dokki</p>
28 Apr 2012
Egyptian voters increase by 3 million between parliamentary, presidential elections
The number of Egyptians eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential elections has grown to 53 million, Ashraf Abdel Wahab, minister of state for administrative development, told state-run MENA. The newest figure shows a 3 million...
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<p>File photo of Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa during an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, 23 February, 2011.</p>
28 Apr 2012
Moussa: We will work on reforming what former ruler destroyed
"We will not invent new policies," presidential candidate Amr Moussa said Saturday. "We will rather work on reforming what the former ruler has destroyed because the homeland is injured."  MENA quoted the...
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<p>The Saudi capital of Riyadh, photo by AFP/Getty images</p>
28 Apr 2012
Update: Saudi Ambassador to leave Egypt for a consultation with Saudi officials
The Saudi Ambassador in Cairo and a the number of embassy and consulate employees will fly out of Cairo International Airport Saturday night on a private jet, following the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's call for the ambassador to...
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<p>File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail</p>
28 Apr 2012
Abu Ismail: SCAF respects constitution, Parliament follows personal interests
Hazem Salah Abu Ismail defended the ruling military council in an interview with state owned Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper on Saturday, as scores of his backers continued a sit-in outside the Defense Ministry. The Salafi leader and ...
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<p>One of supporters of Presidential excluded candidate Hazem Salah Abou Ismail holds up hi portrait as she taking part in sit-in at headquareters of Presidential Elections Commission, Cairo, April 18,2012. The Presidential Elections Commission confirmed on Tuesday that 10 candidates have been barred from running for president, ruling out a challenge by Muslim Brotherhood leader, a Salafi preacher Abou Ismail, and Hosni Mubarak&#39;s ex-spy chief.</p>
28 Apr 2012
Lawyer demands Abu Ismail's late mother be stripped of Egyptian nationality
Lawyer Hassan Yassin filed a lawsuit at the administrative court Saturday demanding that the Egyptian citizenship of Nawal Abdel Aziz Nour, the late mother of disqualified presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, be revoked. Yassin...
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<p>أبو العز الحريري، القيادي في حزب التجمع .</p>
28 Apr 2012
Abouel Fotouh has strong ties with Brotherhood, says presidential hopeful Hariri
Presidential hopeful Abul Ezz al-Hariri said Saturday that he will withdraw from the presidential race if revolutionary candidates agree to nominate just one among themselves to run, to avoid splitting the vote. Hariri excluded Abdel...
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