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Sabbahi, ElBaradei mull launch of broad-based 'revolutionary alliance'
Others | 13 June 2012
First-round presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi and reform campaigner and founder of the newly-established Constitution Party Mohamed ElBaradei, met Monday evening to discuss the potential for creating a broad umbrella group to unite pro-revolution political forces.
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Financial corruption trial for Mubarak's sons to begin 9 July
Others | 13 June 2012
The Cairo Court of Appeals has set 9 July as the start date for the trial of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of the ousted president, and seven others on financial corruption charges.
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ElBaradei: Constituent Assembly formation is attempt to hurt revolution
Others | 13 June 2012
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday attacked the planned formation of the committee tasked with writing the country's new constitution, describing it as an attempt to undermine the 25 January revolution.
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Supreme court says will not send representatives to Constituent Assembly
Others | 13 June 2012
The Supreme Constitutional Court’s general assembly agreed on Tuesday not to send representatives to the committee tasked with writing Egypt’s new constitution.
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Confident of acquittal, runaway minister says will return to Egypt soon
Others | 13 June 2012
Former Industry and Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, who fled the country during the 25 January uprising early last year, said Monday he is confident he will be acquitted of corruption charges and plans to return to Egypt soon.
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Sabbahi: Stability after election of new president not guaranteed
Others | 12 June 2012
Egypt will not necessarily be stable after the election of a new president, former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi said Sunday in an interview with CBC satellite channel.
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Egypt July-March balance of payments deficit doubles to $11.2 bln
Others | 12 June 2012
Egypt's balance of payments slid deeper into the red in the first nine months of 2011-2012 with a deficit of $11.2 billion compared to a shortfall of $5.5 billion a year earlier, as political turmoil hit investment and tourism, figures showed.
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Wafd: Parties agree to allocate half of Constituent Assembly to FJP, Nour
Others | 12 June 2012
Parties have agreed to allow the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi-oriented Nour Party to hold 50 percent of the constitution-writing committee’s seats, Wafd Party chief Al-Sayed al-Badawy has said.
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Mubarak requests his elder son in Tora prison hospital
Others | 12 June 2012
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak requested the transfer of his son Alaa to accompany him in Tora prison hospital after reportedly suffering a deterioration in his health and breathing difficulties following the announcement of his verdict on 2 June.
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Egypt play for the World Cup dream, says coach Bradley
Others | 12 June 2012
Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley has expressed his pleasure after beating Guinea 3-2 in the African World Cup qualifiers on Sunday and leading the Group G.
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ElBaradei reiterates calls for presidential council or interim president
Others | 11 June 2012
Longtime reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei has called for the formation of a three-member presidential council to write the new constitution.
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Egypt political, civil society groups name choices to write constitution
Others | 11 June 2012
The moderate Islamist Wasat Party said on Saturday it will nominate two of its members as representatives in the constituent assembly (CA), including the party's head, Abul-Ela Maady, and deputy party head MP Essam Sultan.
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Presidential candidate Shafiq sharpens attacks on Brotherhood's Mursi
Others | 11 June 2012
Presidential finalist Ahmed Shafiq held a press conference on Sunday afternoon in which he stepped up attacks on his electoral rival, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi.
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Girl reportedly caught with Salafi MP in obscene act not his niece
Others | 11 June 2012
The girl reportedly caught in an obscene act with Salafi MP Ali Wanees in his car is not his niece as he previously claimed, security services determined after an investigation.
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Political powers disagree over Islamist representation in Constituent Assembly
Others | 11 June 2012
Political powers strongly disagree on Islamic representation on the constitution-writing committee, sources who attended a meeting Sunday for political groups at the Wafd Party headquarters said.
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Judicial body recommendation, if implemented, would dissolve Parliament
Others | 8 June 2012
A judicial body recommended on Wednesday that the law regulating parliamentary elections be overturned, raising the possibility that the legislature could be dissolved.
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Political forces reach unhappy consensus on Egypt's constituent assembly
Others | 8 June 2012
Parliamentary political parties are due to meet with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) 2.30pm Thursday, at the end of a 48-hour grace period granted by the ruling military council for the political forces to reach an agreement on the formation of the constituent assembly. This follows a heated meeting at the Wafd Party headquarters that lasted until 4am Thursday morning between delegates of Egypt's parliamentary forces.
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Court commissioners' legal opinion could disqualify Shafiq 2 days before runoff
Others | 8 June 2012
The commissioners for the Supreme Constitutional Court have decided that the Presidential Elections Commission's referral of the Political Isolation Law to the court is invalid, an opinion that if adopted would exclude Ahmed Shafiq from the presidential runoff election two days before it is set to begin.
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SCAF gives parties 48 hours to resolve constituent assembly crisis
Others | 8 June 2012
After a meeting with Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Tuesday, political party representatives said that the council had given them a two-day period in which to issue a parliamentary decision on the membership criteria for Egypt's constituent assembly – tasked with drafting a new constitution – or else the SCAF would either issue a 'constitutional annex' or revive the 1971 constitution.
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New constituent assembly guidelines referred to Egypt parliament speaker
Others | 8 June 2012
According to independent daily Al-Shorouk, Parliament’s legislative affairs committee on Saturday referred new draft guidelines for the formation of a constituent assembly – tasked with drafting a new constitution – to Parliamentary Speaker Saad El-Katatni.
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Mubarak put on artificial respiration five times since Tuesday: Official source
Others | 7 June 2012
Ousted president Mubarak has been given artificial respiration five times in the last few hours and he remains in a ‘critical’ condition following his incarceration in Tora prison on 2 June, an official source told Ahram Online.
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