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<p>أبو العز الحريري، القيادي في حزب التجمع .</p>
06 May 2012
Wafd MP wants candidate Hariry referred to ethics committee
Wafd Party MP Ahmed Attalah has called for presidential candidate Abul Ezz al-Hariry to be referred to Parliament’s ethics committee for saying on a satellite TV channel that Parliament practices “political striptease.”...
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<p>International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses a news conference in Berlin in this November 20, 2009 file photo. ElBaradei pulled out of the race to become Egyptian president on January 14, 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying "the previous regime" was still running the country which has been governed by army generals since Hosni Mubarak was deposed.</p>
06 May 2012
ElBaradei's party postpones rally out of respect for Abbasseya victims
The new Constitution Party, spearheaded by leading Egyptian dissident Mohamed ElBaradei, postponed a public rally slated for Friday, 18 May to a later date. In a statement issued on Sunday, the party attributed its decision to the tragic...
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06 May 2012
Lebanese protest calling for secular state
More than 1,000 people marched in the Lebanese capital on Sunday calling for the establishment of a secular state in the country which is ruled by a system of power-sharing along religious lines. "Secularism is the solution," and...
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<p>Supporters of Sheikh Hazem Salah Abou Ismail, excluded presidential candidate, doing the prayer during their sit-in at Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 26,2012. Abou Ismail&#39;s supporters continue their open sit-in backing their salafist candiate.</p>
06 May 2012
Salafis boycott Abu Ismail's call for Friday million-man protest
Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a Salafi lawyer excluded from the presidential election last month, has called on Islamists and other political forces to stage a million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square Friday to protest the clashes in Abbasseya...
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<p>صورة أرشيفية بتاريخ 6 مارس 2008، للدكتور محمود غزلان، عضو مكتب الإرشاد بجماعة الإخوان المسلمين.</p>
06 May 2012
Brotherhood spokesperson says Morsy is not a 'spare tire'
The Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesperson attacked a prominent Salafi political figure Sunday after the latter described Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy as “weak.” Brotherhood spokesperson Mahmoud Ghozlan...
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<p>Sinai Peninsula&#39;s map</p>
06 May 2012
Police checkpoint fired on in North Sinai
Yet another police checkpoint in North Sinai was attacked on Sunday, when unknown assailants driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle fired at it with automatic weapons and drove away. Security sources were unable to identify the identity of...
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06 May 2012
Protesters open Qasr al-Aini to traffic following Abbasseya detentions
Different groups that have been separated by political rivalry and contradictory interests marched together on Sunday to the Parliament building demanding the release of over 300 people detained by the military following clashes in...
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<p>Al-Masry Al-Youm interviews Muslim Brotherhood (MB) media spokesman Dr. Mohammed Morsi, 24 November 2010.</p>
06 May 2012
Morsy: Army-backed Cabinet impeding reform
The Muslim Brotherhood did not abandon its principles when it reversed its previous ban on fielding a presidential candidate, but rather the circumstances are what changed, said Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy on his...
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06 May 2012
Parliament reduces high school finals period to 1 year
Parliament on Sunday approved an amendment to the Education Act that would reduce the number of years dedicated to obtaining a high school certificate from two to one beginning the next academic year. The high school certificate, which...
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<p>March to Abbasseya</p>
06 May 2012
Leftist candidates warn against postponement of presidential poll
Presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi, Abul Ezz al-Hariry and Hesham al-Bastawisi warned Sunday of attempts to drag Egypt into “chaotic scenarios” and condemned the violence last week near the Defense Ministry in Abbasseya...
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