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Mubarak appoints 10 MPs, mostly Copts

By-EG

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Monday ,13 December 2010

Mubarak appoints 10 MPs, mostly Copts

CAIRO - President Hosni Mubarak Saturday issued a Republican Decree appointing ten MPs to the newly elected Parliament, including seven Copts. 

The appointees included only woman, Amina Shafiq who is also a member of the State-backed National Council for Women (NCW). 

    The MPs, who will meet Monday for the maiden session of the legislature will be 514. Four seats from the 518-member House are suspended.