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Egypt’s presidential election: an all-male affair – Independent Online
Independent OnlineEgypt's presidential election: an all-male affair
Independent Online
By NEHAL EL-SHERIF AP An Egyptian woman looks at a ballot as she votes in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo. Cairo – Less than a week before Egypt's presidential election, Reham Raouf has not yet decided for whom she is going to vote. That's because not one of …
Egypt's presidential elections: What you need to knowBBC News
Egypt's bourse seen sideways ahead of pollsTrade Arabia
Egypt: 14 Police Officers AcquittedNew York Times
Winnipeg Free Press -Bloomberg
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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 8:19 am
Egypt’s Brotherhood goes into poll with less support – Middle East Online
AFPEgypt's Brotherhood goes into poll with less support
Middle East Online
By Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has activated its formidable grassroots ahead of next week's presidential vote, but the Islamists may have hemorrhaged the support that helped them take parliament earlier this year.
Egypt Brotherhood forms human chain for candidateReuters Africa
Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stuntAFP
VOA Interview: Egypt Presidential Hopeful Outlines VisionVoice of America
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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 7:34 am
‘After the Battle’ brings Egypt uprising to Cannes – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.com'After the Battle' brings Egypt uprising to Cannes
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AP Actor Bassem Samra, Egyptian actress Menna Shalaby, Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah and actress Nahed Al Sebai arrive for the screening of "Baad El Mawkeaa (After The Battle") presented in competiton at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 17, …
"After the Battle" defies Egypt Islamists in CannesMiddle East Online
Cannes Film Festival entry 'After the Battle' turns Egypt's messy revolution …Washington Post
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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:37 am
Opinion polls give few clues to Egypt presidential election – BBC News
BBC NewsOpinion polls give few clues to Egypt presidential election
BBC News
By Jon Leyne Middle East correspondent, BBC News, Cairo For what is probably the first time in Egyptian history, no-one knows who is going to be leading this country in six weeks time. The presidential elections which begin on 23 May are the first …
Egypt's Consensus Islamist Aboul-Fotouh Seeks PresidencyBloomberg
Egypt's presidential electionThe Economist
Aboul Fotouh Courts Egypt's Broad Political BaseVoice of America
Philadelphia Inquirer -Tablet Magazine
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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:23 am
Egypt: Belly dancing TV station raided – Southeast Missourian
Kansas City StarEgypt: Belly dancing TV station raided
Southeast Missourian
By SARAH EL DEEB ~ AP CAIRO — Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said.
Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrestedSeattle Post Intelligencer
Egyptian vice police arrest owner of TV station that broadcasts belly dancing …Washington Post
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Posted on 18 May 2012 | 5:05 am
Revolution on campus: Who will Egypt students vote for? – Ahram Online
Ahram OnlineRevolution on campus: Who will Egypt students vote for?
Ahram Online
In front of Cairo University lies the famous Al-Nahda Square, where students gathered from across Egypt to protest the war on Iraq, the first and second Palestinian Intifadas, police interference within universities, and many other issues.
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 9:19 pm
Algerian singer Warda dies in Egypt at 71 – U.S. News & World Report
Al-ArabiyaAlgerian singer Warda dies in Egypt at 71
U.S. News & World Report
Egyptian state TV said Warda died Thursday at her home in Cairo. The official MENA news agency said she was 72, and that her body will be flown to Algeria on Friday for burial. Along with Lebanon's Fayrouz and Egypt's late Umm Kalthoum, Warda was one …
Warda, famous Arab singer, and Doug Dillard, renowned banjo player, have diedWashington Post
Algerian singer Warda dies in Cairo at 72Aljazeera.com
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:34 pm
Egypt T-bill yield hits decade high ahead of vote – Reuters
Egypt T-bill yield hits decade high ahead of vote
Reuters
182-day yield rises to highest since at least Aug 2000 * Egyptian pound closes at 6.046 to dollar * Benchmark share index falls for fourth day (Adds background, analyst comments) By Patrick Werr CAIRO, May 17 (Reuters) – The average yield on 182-day …
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 3:21 pm
Egypt: Arab Spring could be wasted in youthful nations – New Scientist
Egypt: Arab Spring could be wasted in youthful nations
New Scientist
A YEAR after ousting Hosni Mubarak, Egypt appears poised this week to elect his former minister of foreign affairs, Amr Moussa, as its next president. Many commentators say his presidency will differ little from Mubarak's, disappointing those who hoped …
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 1:34 pm
Egypt’s cautious provinces make vote hard to call – Reuters UK
Ahram OnlineEgypt's cautious provinces make vote hard to call
Reuters UK
By Tamim Elyan | SOHAG, Egypt (Reuters) – Democratic fervour is gripping Egypt's big cities ahead of a presidential election but in the provinces many are nostalgic for the autocratic past. In Sohag, a town 250 miles (400 km) up the Nile from Cairo, …
Israel becomes target in Egypt's presidential voteReuters AlertNet
Israel becomes a target in Egypt's presidential votePakistan Daily Times
Israeli firm writes off investment in Egypt gas dealJerusalem Post
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 10:19 am
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Egypt Brotherhood forms human chain for candidate
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised a 760-km (470-mile)-long human chain of supporters across the country on Thursday to back the group's presidential candidate Mohamed Mursi in a show of strength ahead of next week's historic vote. From Cairo to Aswan, members of the Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), held posters of Mohamed Mursi, the Brotherhood's …
Posted on 18 May 2012 | 6:21 am
Egypt Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent network of activists it counts on to win.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:17 pm
Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested
Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:29 pm
Israel becomes a target in Egypt's presidential vote
CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel has become a punchbag for politicians vying for votes in Egypt's presidential race, playing on popular antipathy in Egypt towards its neighbor, but the realities of office are likely to ensure a 33-year-old peace treaty is not jeopardized. An ex-air force commander in the race boasts of bringing down Israeli aircraft in 1973, the last of Egypt's four wars with Israel …
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
Egypt's cautious provinces make vote hard to call
SOHAG, Egypt (Reuters) – Democratic fervour is gripping Egypt's big cities ahead of a presidential election but in the provinces many are nostalgic for the autocratic past. In Sohag, a town 250 miles (400 km) up the Nile from Cairo, residents have been alarmed by civil unrest, labour strikes and lax policing since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak last year. "Egypt is a land of pharaohs. If it isn …
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 10:56 am
Egypt's cabinet approves new budget: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's government submitted its final draft budget for 2012/2013 to the state's military rulers on Wednesday, increasing spending by 17.7 billion Egyptian pounds from a previously announced figure earlier this month. Once approved by the army that took over power after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak last year by an uprising, the budget will be sent to the country's newly elected …
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 6:11 am
Military hopes for 'great leader' from Egypt vote
Egypt's military ruler said Wednesday he hopes that a "great leader" will emerge from the country's upcoming presidential election, and said it will be a free and fair vote that will reflect the will of the people.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 6:30 pm
Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's military ruler on Wednesday promised next week's presidential election would be free and fair, urging people to exercise their right to vote in what the authorities are saying will be the country's first genuine presidential contest. Seeking to dispel fears that the military will rig the election in favor of a candidate it may prefer amid allegations it is meddling in …
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 4:52 pm
Egypt's military ruler vows fair election
Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi urged citizens on Wednesday to vote in next week's presidential election, vowing a fair poll that will serve as an example to the world.
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 4:22 pm
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work
CAIRO (Reuters) – Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to be monitoring the vote said. The election to decide who succeeds ousted President Hosni Mubarak after more than a year of interim army rule begins in a week, but …
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
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Egypt election dispatch: why a former Mubarak minister may triumph against the Islamists
As Egypt prepares for elections – the first truly free poll for a national leader in the country’s 5,000 year history – Colin Freeman talks to voters in Cairo.
Posted on 13 May 2012 | 6:00 am
Israel is an ‘aggressor’ and ‘enemy’, say Egypt presidential candidates
Egypt’s presidential front-runners have pledged to revise the country’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel, using a pre-election television debate to denounce the Jewish state as an “aggressor” and “enemy”.
Posted on 11 May 2012 | 2:04 pm
Egyptians watch first presidential debate with bemusement
Egyptians watched in near-astonishment on Thursday night as for the first time in their history they were able to see what their possible future leaders had to promise them before they took power.
Posted on 11 May 2012 | 5:18 am
World War II RAF Kittyhawk fighter plane found in the Sahara Desert in Egypt
World War II RAF Kittyhawk fighter plane found in the Sahara Desert.
Posted on 10 May 2012 | 4:34 pm
WWII fighter plane hailed the ‘aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun’s Tomb’ found preserved in the Sahara
Second World War fighter that crash-landed in the Sahara Desert has been found almost perfectly preserved.
Posted on 10 May 2012 | 10:51 am
WWII fighter plane hailed the "aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun’s Tomb" after being found preserved in the Sahara
A Second World War aeroplane that crash landed in the Sahara Desert before the British pilot walked to his death has been found almost perfectly preserved 70 years later.
Posted on 10 May 2012 | 10:51 am
Egypt: two killed, hundreds injured and 170 arrested in Cairo clashes
At least two people have been killed, one of whom was a soldier, in clashes between antimilitary protesters and soldiers in Cairo following skirmishes outside the defence ministry, according to hospital officials.
Posted on 4 May 2012 | 7:22 pm
Thousands take to streets in Cairo
Thousands of antimilitary protesters took to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria, three weeks of landmark presidential elections.
Posted on 4 May 2012 | 2:23 pm
Egypt’s presidential election campaign in disarray after day of violence
Egypt’s presidential election campaign was thrown into violent disarray on Wednesday after at least 11 people were killed when an unidentified mob attacked an Islamist protest camp in Cairo.
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 5:24 pm
Bloody clashes in Cairo, Egypt
Thugs attack an anti-military protest near the defence ministry in Cairo.
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 1:51 pm
