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| Election day violations widespread but relatively minor |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| On the first day of Egypt’s first post-Hosni Mubarak presidential election, violations of electoral laws and fair practices are occurring sporadically across the country. Some campaigns are violating the legally mandated period of campaigning silence, but thus far, no evidence of vote rigging and vote buying has been documented. |
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| Shafiq is winning, say his campaign |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| More controversy clouds the presidential vote as Ahmed Shafiq’s campaign says he is leading, despite widespread reports suggesting otherwise. |
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| Egypt on high alert as country awaits presidential poll results |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| Egypt's interior ministry on Sunday declared a state of "high alert" as the country awaits with bated breath official results of a hotly-contested presidential runoff between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi and Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq. |
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| Parliament dissolution could postpone election, says Ghonim |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| The deputy head of the State Council said in a phone conversation with Wael Ghonim that the Supreme Constitutional Court’s ruling dissolving Parliament would delay the presidential election, because candidates must have signatures of endorsement from Parliament members, Ghonim said Thursday on Twitter. |
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| Brotherhood spokesperson: Election results already known |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson Mahmoud Ghazlan has said that result of the presidential elections in Egypt is already known and will be the same as that announced by the Freedom and Justice Party and by judges in polling stations around the country. |
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| Egypt Presidential election results delayed |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| Egypt's tumultuous political scene on Thursday was on the boil again after its election authority deferred the announcement of the historic post-Mubarak era Presidential poll results saying it needs "more time" to examine nearly 400 appeals filed by the two contenders. |
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| Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Elections |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| As today’s Israel Daily News Stream went to press, Egypt’s Presidential Election Commission declared Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi the winner. Twitterville, weary of the droning speech, was eager to move on. |
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| Israel respects Egyptian election results: PM |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he respects the Egyptian election results and that he hopes the peace agreements between the two countries will be honored. |
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| Egypt parliament set to meet, defying army |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| Egypt's parliamentary speaker said the chamber would reconvene on Tuesday after the new, Islamist president defied the generals by quashing their decision to dissolve the assembly last month. |
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| Carter Center faults Egypt's presidential elections |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| After observing Egypt’s landmark presidential elections, the Carter Center’s monitoring mission raised concerns that “elements of martial law” obstructed voting and the democratic process. |
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| Clinton Visits Egypt, Carrying a Muted Pledge of Support |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Egypt on Saturday for meetings with its newly elected Islamist president and the chief of its still-dominant military council, declaring that the United States “supports the full transition to civilian rule with all that entails.”
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| Egypt president-elect vows to fight for authority |
| 17 Temmuz 2012 |
| In front of tens of thousands of cheering supporters, Egypt's first Islamist and civilian president-elect vowed Saturday that nobody can take away his authority and symbolically read an oath of office in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the eve of his official inauguration. |
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| Egypt's Brotherhood loses vote bid |
| 02 Haziran 2010 |
| The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it would back a drive by former U.N. atomic watchdog head Mohammed ElBaradei to reform Egyptian politics after the group secured no seats in a vote to parliament's upper house. |
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| Egyptians vote, opposition says supporters blocked |
| 02 Haziran 2010 |
| Many Egyptians were blocked by security forces and ruling party backers from voting in an election on Tuesday, particularly where the opposition Muslim Brotherhood was running, rights groups and the opposition said. |
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| Scholars and Intellectuals Debate Egypt 's Future |
| 18 Mayıs 2010 |
They considered many issues mainly concerning regime repression, and this month's extended Emergency Law. Scholars debated political reform in Egypt and the consequences of external pressure, namely US interference
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| US urges repeal of Egypt emergency law |
| 12 Mayıs 2010 |
| The White House expressed disappointment over the Egyptian government's decision on Tuesday to extend a longstanding emergency law for two years and said it should be repealed. |
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| Egyptian Emergency Law Is Extended for 2 Years
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| 11 Mayıs 2010 |
After years of the government’s promising to end Egypt’s state of emergency, Parliament on Tuesday approved a government request to extend for two years its right to arrest people without charge, detain prisoners indefinitely, limit freedom of expression and assembly, and maintain a special security court.
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| ElBaradei Backers Call For Change
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| 10 Mayıs 2010 |
Supporters of Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei said they were gathering signatures to support a push for political reforms in Cairo.
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| 17 Brotherhood Members Arrested in 3 Governorates
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| 08 Mayıs 2010 |
Yesterday, security forces arrested 17 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in three different governorates, most of whom were preparing to submit their candidacy papers for the Shura Council midterm elections in Beheira, Alexandria and Monufiya.
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| Egypt's ElBaradei Will Not Run For Presidentship: Aide |
| 07 Mayıs 2010 |
Former director of the IAEA Muhammad El Baradei will not run for Egyptian Presidentship, his aide has said, warning that the country is reeling under under social conditions that might lead to a civil war.
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| Egypt's Mubarak Regime Signals Harsh Tactics Against Opponents
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| 07 Mayıs 2010 |
| President Mubarak gave his first public address since March in Cairo yesterday in a bid to thwart a possible merger between disgruntled workers and the political opposition amid increasing uncertainty about who will succeed the 82-year-old leader.
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| Egypt NDP Drags Feet in Announcing Shura Candidates |
| 05 Mayıs 2010 |
Signs have emerged of a new crisis in the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which has not yet announced the names of its candidates for upcoming elections for the Shura Council (the upper, consultative chamber of parliament)--even though candidate registration officially began on Wednesday and will continue until Sunday.
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| NDP Drags Feet in Announcing Shura Candidates |
| 04 Mayıs 2010 |
| Signs have emerged of a new crisis in the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which has not yet announced the names of its candidates for upcoming elections for the Shura Council (the upper, consultative chamber of parliament)--even though candidate registration officially began on Wednesday and will continue until Sunday.
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| Egyptian police beat anti-government protesters |
| 04 Mayıs 2010 |
| Egyptian police on Monday beat anti-government protesters who were demanding an end to the country's 30-year emergency law that restricts civil freedoms in the latest challenge to the authorities from the streets of Cairo. |
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| Rights groups call on Egypt to lift union rules, raise wages |
| 03 Mayıs 2010 |
The international human rights watchdog group Amnesty International has urged Egypt to lift restrictions on establishing independent labor unions and setting up a system that would guarantee a minimum wage, referring to protests planned for today and tomorrow.
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| Mısır'da Olaylı Gün |
| 03 Mayıs 2010 |
| Mısır’ın başkenti Kahire’de, 30 yıldır uygulanan sıkıyönetimin sona ermesini isteyen yüzlerce kişi gösteri düzenledi. Polisin kalabalığa müdahalesiyle çatışma yaşandı. Olayda çok sayıda kişi yaralandı. Bazı göstericiler gözaltına alındı. |
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| Mohamed ElBaradei could spark political upheaval in Egypt |
| 01 Mayıs 2010 |
| With presidential elections on Egypt's horizon, those opposed to the government run by President Hosni Mubarak since 1981 want change. They are pinning their hopes on the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Nobel Peace prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei. |
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| Egypt Mubarak warns opposition |
| 29 Nisan 2010 |
| Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned a new and growing opposition movement not to jeopardize the nation's stability. Meanwhile, he welcomed spirited political debate over Egypt's future. |
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| Restrictions in Egypt Elections Render Democracy a Far Dream |
| 29 Nisan 2010 |
| With the impeding, Shura, parliamentary and presidential elections, much controversy has emerged regarding Egypt's political system, according to ikhwanweb.com. The country boasts of a constitution, a head of state, a prime minister, a parliament, judicial institutions, political parties, and civil society organizations; however in all reality it can not be considered part of an overall system. |
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| National Association for Change plans march on parliament
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| 27 Nisan 2010 |
| Leaders from the National Association for Change, established by Mohamed ElBaradei, agreed yesterday in Alexandria to hold a march on 3 May from Tahrir Square, Cairo, to the People's Assembly, where they will present Fathi Sorour, speaker of the assembly, with a memorandum of the association's demands. which include ending the emergency law and the immediate ratification of a law guaranteeing political rights in Egypt. |
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| Egyptians in America support ElBaradei but are divided in approach
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| 26 Nisan 2010 |
| Washington DC--Today at 6 PM EST, a group of independent Egyptian academics will meet with Mohamed ElBaradei at Harvard University’s Kennedy School in Boston.
A few days ago, a group of independent Boston-based Egyptian academics sent a Facebook invitation to Egyptian faculty and graduate students living in the United States to meet with ElBaradei in a small gathering. |
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| Egypt: Change should not threaten the nation |
| 25 Nisan 2010 |
| Egypt's president cautioned that street protests and calls for change could endanger the country's future, in his first public speech since recovering from surgery in Germany. President Hosni Mubarak's speech dominated the press Sunday, which showed photos of the 81-year-old president presiding over a military parade in the canal city of Ismailia. |
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| EGYPT: Mubarak warns opposition against 'gambling' with Egypt's stability |
| 25 Nisan 2010 |
| While he welcomed spirited political debate over Egypt's future, President Hosni Mubarak warned a new and growing opposition movement not to jeopardize the nation's stability.
Addressing Egyptians for the first time since the removal of his gallbladder of his gallbladder in Germany last month, the 81-year-old leader stressed Saturday that rising political awareness was a sign of what he called unprecedented freedom of opinion, expression and the press. |
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| Egypt’s Mubarak promises free and fair elections |
| 25 Nisan 2010 |
| President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday pledged a fair election in Egypt next year in his first speech since he had an operation last month, but also warned the opposition against "gambling" with stability. |
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| Minister of Legal Affairs & Paraliamentary Councils Reassures the Public about the Shura Council Elections |
| 24 Nisan 2010 |
| Mofid Shehab, Minister of Legal Affairs & Parliamentary Councils, stated on Wednesday 21st of April, that the National Party is in the process of selecting candidates for the Shura council. Those candidates have a proven record of high performance and have developed ambitious and applicable programmes. Shehab made his statement in an effort to assure the masses and gain their confidence regarding the Shura Council election process. |
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| No Brotherhood candidate for presidency, says supreme guide |
| 15 Nisan 2010 |
| “The Muslim Brotherhood does not want to rule Egypt at the moment and does not have any political agenda regarding any presidential candidate,” said the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohamed Badea’, on Dream TV’s “Al-Ashera Masa’an” Wednesday. |
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| Egypt: Protesters Criticize Ruler, Demand Change |
| 13 Nisan 2010 |
| Dozens of Egyptians on Tuesday demonstrated against police brutality and called for constitutional reform near the high court in downtown Cairo while hundreds of police looked on.It was a rare case in the past year of a political protest being permitted and comes only a week after dozens of demonstrators were beaten and detained for a similar protest near parliament. |
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| Egypt says Nile sharing meeting fails |
| 13 Nisan 2010 |
| Egypt's state news agency reported Tuesday that 10 African nations have failed to conclude a long delayed new agreement for sharing water from the Nile and will call for closer cooperation instead.The Nile basin nations have failed for years now to agree on the Nile River Cooperative Framework Agreement to administer the longest river in the world, which would reduce Egypt's share of the Nile water. |
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| Baradey'den Mısır Seçimlerini Boykot Çağrısı |
| 13 Nisan 2010 |
| Mısır Devlet Başkanı Hüsnü Mübarek'in gelecekteki en önemli rakibi Muhammed el Baradey, seçimlerin boykot edilmesini istedi.Uluslar arası Atom Enerjisi Ajansı Eski Başkanı Muhammed Baradey, anayasa değiştirilmediği ve seçimlerin dürüstlüğü garanti altına alınmadığı takdirde Mısır’daki muhalefet partilerini yaklaşan seçimleri boykot etmeye çağırdı. |
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| Egypt political stability turning to liability |
| 08 Nisan 2010 |
| Egypt's calcified politics has long been judged an asset in a turbulent region but as President Hosni Mubarak ages in office with no clear successor investors are wondering if it might be a liability. |
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| Egypt opposition party denounced ElBaradei visit |
| 04 Nisan 2010 |
A number opposition party leaders from the governorate of Daqahlia said that they have denounced Mohamed ElBaradei's visit last Friday to Egypt's Mansoura province.They added that there was no coordination with them prior to the visit. They emphasized that the political forces they represent have a long history and deserve respect, criticizing the control that, in their words, the "Communists" exercised over the trip.
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| ElBaradei takes Egypt reform campaign to the street |
| 29 Mart 2010 |
| Egypt's most high-profile dissident, former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, has taken his reformist campaign to the street with a whirlwind of encounters with Muslim worshippers, Christian activists and film stars.ElBaradei also used his Internet page on the social networking group Facebook to urge Egyptians to join his newly formed National Association for Change, which seeks constitutional amendments and free elections. |
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| Mubarak Returns to Egypt; Succession Debate Persists |
| 27 Mart 2010 |
| President Hosni Mubarak arrived back in Egypt on Saturday, three weeks after undergoing an operation in Germany, ending a period of intense speculation over the state of his health but maybe not about the future of his country’s leadership. |
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| With eye to elections, Egypt cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood |
| 09 Şubat 2010 |
| At least a dozen senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested in raids throughout the Cairo area, Middle East Newsline reported. The detained included deputy Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Izzat."These 14 arrests included a number of leading members following the internal elections and ahead of parliamentary elections," Abdul Moneim Abdul Maqsoud, an attorney who represents Brotherhood detainees, said. |
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| Mubarak: Egypt presidential elections will be freer in 2011 |
| 26 Ocak 2010 |
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday told his country to prepare for elections in 2011 and hinted that the next round of voting could be a little more democratic than in the past.
Mubarak, who has ruled almost unchallenged for 29 years, said in an interview with Egypt's police news magazine that presidential elections would be open to all comers |
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