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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Iran has hailed Mursi's victory over former air force commander Ahmed Shafik in Egypt's first free presidential election as a "splendid vision of democracy" that marked the country's "Islamic Awakening". Since Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was toppled in one...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Spokesman 27 June 2012 Egypt's presidency will announce where the Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi will officially be sworn into office, on Thursday. Mursi is expected to be sworn in on Saturday, ending a transition period ruled by...
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Reuters
| 11 months ago
Topics The Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi (R) meets with Saad al-Katatni, speaker of the Egyptian parliament and senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood (C) and Ahmed Fahmy, speaker of the Shura Council (the upper, consultative...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The office of Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Mursi is to take legal action against the Iranian Fars news agency for fabricating an interview with him, the official Mena news agency said. Fars quoted Mr Mursi saying the two countries should improve...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Head of the Future Movement Parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Siniora congratulated Wednesday Egyptian president-elect Mohammad Mursi, who was officially announced as Egypt's president last Sunday. Electing you as the first president in the era of the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Mursi Meter' to monitor Egyptian Prez' performance Cairo: As Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Mursi began consultations to form a national reconciliation government, a youth group has launched a website called 'Mursi Meter' to monitor the...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
June 26, 2012 Egyptian army personnel stand guard as Egyptian women arrive and depart after casting their vote at a polling station on June 17, in Cairo, Egypt. (Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images) An Egyptian court on Tuesday ruled to suspend giving...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a government decree allowing the army to arrest civilians, a setback for military rulers preparing to hand power to an elected president. The army-backed interim government issued the decree days before a tense...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Egypt's first democratically elected president, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi, will make a woman and a Coptic Christian his vice-presidents, according to one of his political advisors. Ahmed al-Deif told CNN it would be the first...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Hezbollah has congratulated the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohammed Mursi, calling the election of Egypt's new president a "historical achievement." "The movement praises this unprecedented step and hopes that Egypt's first presidential polls...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Obama's Call With Egypt's President-Elect Morsi 24 June 2012 document Egypt's first elected President Mohamed Mursi, middle, address the media (file photo). President Obama called Dr. Mohamed Morsi today to congratulate him on his victory in Egypt's...
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Reuters
| 11 months ago
News Related Topics Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi (C) arrives to his office at the Presidency, in Cairo June 25, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood has reached some agreements with the army on the powers of Egypt's first Islamist...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Days after being declared the country's first democratically elected president, Mursi intensified efforts to field his government that will take over from the cabinet of Kamal El-Ganzouri. However, the leader who has been thrust with the...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
A Cairo airport official says Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister who was defeated by an Islamist in the race for Egypt's new president has left the country for the United Arab Emirates. The official says Ahmed Shafiq flew out of Egypt at dawn...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Mursi to represent all of the people 25 June 2012 Last updated at 17:58 ET Egypt's president-elect, Mohammed Mursi, has moved into his new office in the presidential palace and begun work forming a government he says will represent all of the people.
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi hold a rally in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Fredrik Persson/AP video President-elect Mohamed Morsy speaks during his first televised address to the Egypt in this...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
On Sunday, the Presidential Elections Committee declared the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi Egypt's first democratically-elected president, ending a transition period ruled by a group of army generals. Shafiq, who served as toppled President...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Assuming the historic mantle of Egypt's first elected president, Mohammed Mursi on Monday launched moves to form a broad-based national reconciliation government, to help shake off apprehensions over his Islamist leanings and buttress his image as a...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
58 ET Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been confirmed as Egypt's first freely-elected president. The victory marks a revolution for the Muslim Brotherhood in the country where it was born and, for decades, banned.
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Iran's hardline government has hailed the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi's victory in Egypt's first democratic presidential polls as "an Islamic awakening" in the region. "The foreign ministry of the Islamic Republic...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Arabs react to newly elected Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi 25 June 2012 Last updated at 07:16 ET Egyptians hope for the end of military government as their neighbours send congratulations across with the results of the democratic elections. On...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
eyes closer ties with Iran Cairo: Newly-elected Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has called for closer ties with Iran in a bid to create a strategic balance' in the region, according to a report. During an interview with the Iranian state media,...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Mohammed Mursi, Egypt 's first elected leader since former head of state Hosni Mubarak was toppled in early 2011, has vowed to be "president for all" after beating his independent rival, ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq, to the presidency. Share This Story "I...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Italy's foreign minister Giulio Terzi on Monday praised the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi's victory in Egypt's first-ever democratic presidential elections. "Mursi's election is an important step for Egyptian democracy," said...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The Egyptian press on Monday hailed the victory of the country's "first civilian president", the Islamist Mohammed Mursi, with some newspapers saying that the "revolution" that toppled Hosni Mubarak had defeated the holdovers of the old regime. Mursi...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Egyptians might have elected Mohammed Mursi as their new President, but he is not in the real in-charge as he is still answerable to the country's military force and the leader of his own party Muslim Brotherhood, according to a report. According to...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Obama congratulates Egypt's Mohammed Mursi Washington: US President Barack Obama called Mohammed Mursi and congratulated him for winning the Egypt's Presidential Elections and reaffirmed America's continued support to his country, the White House...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-06-25 11:22 AM U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated incoming Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi for his election victory in a phone call in which both...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Describing Egypt's Presidential Election as a "milestone" in country's transition to democracy, the White House on Sunday congratulated Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Mursi over his win, Xinhua reported. Mursi won the Presidential Election by...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
The younger Mursi wrote, "We will resist you if you do not implement the revolution and its goals and will resist you if you do not protect the rights of those who were killed and wounded in the revolution."
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
June 24, 2012 Egyptians celebrate Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi's victory in Egypt's presidential elections in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 24. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/GettyImages) Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi was declared the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
Mr Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, took 51.7 per cent of the total in last weekend's run-off election, beating secular candidate Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister in Mubarak's regime. Both candidates claimed victory last week, and...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
The presidential elections commission declared Mursi president with 13,230,131 votes while ex-candidate Ahmed Shafiq got 12,347,380 votes. In a statement on the FJP website, the party attributed this step to a promise it made before the election that...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Celebratory Atmosphere in Egypt After Mursi's Victory 24 June 2012 Al Jazeera television news, which has tracked the course of last year's North African Spring uprisings and subsequent events, reports on reactions in ... ( Resource: Tahrir Square...
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MarketWatch
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi was declared the official winner of the first democratic presidential election in decades in Egypt, the nation's election commission announced Sunday. Reuters Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, on Sunday...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Although, not their first choice as a presidential candidate, the powerful Muslim Brotherhood threw its weight behind Mursi, 60, the chairman of its Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)...A more quietly-spoken man, Mursi got the support of Brotherhood's...
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Gawker
| 11 months ago
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidency in Egypt, beating opponent Ahmed Shafik in the country's closely watched election. Shafik was the last prime minister to have served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Officials were...
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Time of India
| 11 months ago
Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi today won the historic post-Mubarak presidential polls in Egypt , beating his rival and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq to become the country's first freely elected President. Supreme Presidential Elections...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 11 months ago
Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi was declared today the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, the head of the electoral commission announced. Mursi, who ran against ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, won 51.73 per cent...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Sunday that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi would be sworn in as president, becoming the Arab world's first elected Islamist head of state after more than a year of popular uprisings that ousted autocrats and fueled the rise of political...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Melisa Goh Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi is Egypt's new president, the country's electoral commission announced on Sunday. A massive crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted in cheers at the announcement. Morsi's election is a victory for...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
Click photo to enlarge In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi react to the announcement of his victory in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Egypt's election commission...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Muslim Brotherhood candidate wins 51.7% of vote, beating out former general Ahmed Shafik to become Egypt's first democratically elected president since fall of Mubarak. Islamist Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood was elected president of Egypt...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Fredrik Persson/AP The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi has been declared Egypt 's first post-revolutionary president, bringing an end to days of feverish speculation amid increased divisions and polarisation...Second-placed Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
In a statement on Saturday, the election commission's secretary general Hatem Bagato said: "Farouq Sultan, head of the election commission, will announce the results of the polling at 3pm on Sunday." Egypt held the run-off of the presidential...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Two men have been claiming victory since the polls closed a week or so ago. One was ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, the other a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Guest host David Greene speaks with NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
A supporter of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq hits a defaced poster of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi during a rally at Nasr City, Cario. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters The BBC's Cairo correspondent John Leyne...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
This came during Amr's contacts with European Union Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton, Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis whose country will take up the European Union's rotating...
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The Independent
| 11 months ago
Amid continuing protests and claims of victory by opposing sides, the results of Egypt's presidential election will finally be revealed this afternoon. This comes after days of disputes over who has won a bitter contest between a former military...
