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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Egyptian protesters assemble in Tahrir Square ahead of Friday's demonstration...Mursi is taking part in the march of a million Egyptians tomorrow at Tahrir Square and across the country, the agency cited his spokesman Yasser Ali as saying, adding...
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j.
| 11 months ago
In his conversation with the victor, the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, The president underscored that the United States will continue to support Egypt's transition to democracy and stand by the Egyptian people as they fulfill the promise of...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Dersso, 28 June 2012 analysis It was with a great sigh of relief that the announcement of the official results of the presidential elections in Egypt was received both within and outside Egypt. On Sunday 24 June 2012, the leader of the Muslim...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The Council of Europe on Thursday expressed its concern over the "obstacles" threatening democracy in Egypt, which will swear in its first civilian president this Saturday...But, it cautioned, Morsi "will first have to face the challenge of...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The major challenge facing Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Mursi will be how to redress the downward spiral of the country's battered economy which relies heavily on tourism, analysts say. The candidate of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood was...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Egypt's ailing former strongman Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of a coma and his morale has plunged after news of Mohamed Morsi's victory in the presidential polls, officials told AFP on Wednesday. "The former president has been greatly...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Mursi met with Christian leaders from different denominations at the presidential palace in Cairo. Islamist President-elect Mohammad Mursi began talks Wednesday with groups nervous about where he will take Egypt after the generals who have ruled...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Morsi says Iran's Fars News Agency fabricated an interview with him and promised Wednesday to sue. Morsi was quoted by the agency, which has ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, as saying he hopes to build the...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Israel and Egypt have for strategic reasons adhered to their peace pact, which has been buttressed with generous U.S. aid. And the Egyptian president-elect, Mohamed Morsi , has pledged to keep his country's international commitments. Still,...
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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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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Egypt 's newly elected president Mohammed Morsi has charged that an Iranian news agency fabricated an interview with him which suggested that he wanted closer ties with Teheran...The earlier report by Fars claimed that Morsi sought to improve ties...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Taipei, June 27 (CNA) Taiwan congratulates Mohamed Morsi on his victory in Egypt's presidential election, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. "The Republic of China (Taiwan) also expresses respect for the people of Egypt for their...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Mursi pushed ahead on Wednesday with selecting a government, after a court delivered a blow to the ruling military, suspending its powers to arrest civilians. Egypt's first civilian president, and its first elected...
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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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Asian Tribune
| 11 months ago
39 editor Well, after a week of doubt, delays and fears of a military coup, last Sunday to the cheers and jubilation of a massive crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Dr. Mohammed Morsi was declared winner in the presidential election.
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
The Brotherhood wants to emulate Turkey's model; the generals prefer deep state' control. Photo: Mohamed Messara/EPA Even before the Egyptian army's latest power grab , optimism about the Arab uprisings had reached a low ebb. For many the "Arab...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
The army that emerged after the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 as the saviour of the nation has been slowly falling in Egyptian voters' estimation as it has become clear just how reluctant it is to release its grip on government. The country...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 26, 2012 An Egyptian court has overturned a government decree that gave the military powers to arrest civilians. The decree was issued by the army-backed interim government before this month's presidential run-off election. Rights...
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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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Japan Times
| 11 months ago
Mr. Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, prevailed over former Gen...The outcome is symbolic on many levels, but most significantly because it is not clear if Mr. Morsi is president in any real sense. Egypt's old order is waging a...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 11 months ago
Mohamed Morsi makes his first televised speech to the Egyptian people, at a studio in Cairo. Photograph: EPA Mohamed Morsi 's first appointments as president-elect of Egypt will be a woman and a Coptic Christian, his spokesman has told the Guardian.
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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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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
18 AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 26 2012, 9:18 AM EDT The Muslim Brotherhood has reached some agreements with the army on the powers of Egypt's first Islamist president and the fate of a now-dissolved Islamist-led parliament, Brotherhood...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Everyone has a reason to hate the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been in the limelight ever since the brutally oppressive reign of former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak ended. The Western mainstream opinion is united against the Brotherhood, an...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
President-elect Mohamed Morsi was on Tuesday drawing up a battle plan to confront Egypt's economic and security crises as he pushed ahead with selecting a government of technocrats, a senior aide said. Egypt's first civilian president, and its first...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, caretaker Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, left, shakes hands with newly elected President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 25, 2012. Morsi met with...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
President-elect Mohamed Morsy speaks during his first televised address to the Egypt in this still image from a video, on June 24, 2012. Reuters video Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi hold a rally in Cairo,...
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Al Jazeera
| 11 months ago
20 Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, is preparing to select his new cabinet amid deep political divisions in the country. Morsi held talks with the country's military rulers on Monday as he attempts to coax a mistrustful...
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The Jakarta Post
| 11 months ago
The administration is calling the election of Mohammed Morsi on Sunday a milestone in the transition to democracy. Morsi, from the formerly banned fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood group, is the first Islamist president of Egypt. He defeated Ahmed...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 11 months ago
President-elect Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday toured his new office in a presidential palace once occupied by Hosni Mubarak, taking a break from the power struggle with Egypt's ruling generals to savor, for a moment at least, his...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah wished success to Egypt's newly elected President Mohammad Mursi following his victory in the highly polarized presidential election, the SPA news agency reported. We appreciate this choice ... and hope God will grant you...
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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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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
An Egyptian official welcomes the new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, at his new office in the Al-Ittihadiya presidential palace yesterday. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president whose powers have already been...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, whose reputation for caution will be useful when dealing with his Middle East neighbours. Photograph: Reuters Mohamed Morsi 's victory in Egypt 's presidential election has brought him congratulations from across...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Stringer/Egypt/Reuters President-elect of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi , spent his first day in office on Monday locked in discussions with the military over choosing his cabinet, with an inbox piled high with challenges for the near future.
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Earlier Fars published what it said was an interview with Morsi in which Egypt's first Islamist and democratically elected civilian president said he wanted to build ties with the Islamic republic which were severed in 1980. Morsi was also quoted as...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Egypt's first freely elected President Mursy, who today moved into his Presidential palace that once housed Hosni Mubarak, tried to project the image of a moderate leader as he reached out to all, including electoral rivals, for forming the...
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NewKerala
| 11 months ago
We respect and welcome the verdict of the people of Egypt and extend our congratulations to them and president-elect Dr. Mohamed Morsi," India's ministry of external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said in response to a query. "We wish the new...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Hezbollah on Monday congratulated the Egyptian people for the historical accomplishment of the presidential elections and their protection of the result against any kind of rigging. The statement issued by Hezbollah congratulated newly-elected...
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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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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
After a week of restive anticipation, Muhammad Mursi was declared the winner of Egypt 's presidential elections on Sunday. With 52 percent of the vote, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) candidate edged out Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq. June 25 (UPI) -- U.S President Obama congratulated...
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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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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Eyder Peralta Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate who became Egypt's president-elect yesterday, began consultations and moved into the office once held by the deposed Hosni Mubarak. This was a historic weekend for Egypt: Many feared that...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Morsi, a candidate of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, got 51.73 percent of all the votes in the run-off round, defeating his rival Ahmed Shafiq, who got 48.27 percent. "We would like to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations to Mr Morsi and...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi began selecting a new government on Monday as his supporters pursued a sit-in to pressure the ruling military to hand over full powers to the Islamist. After a tight race in which Morsi was forced to reach out to...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Monday wished success to Mohamed Morsi following his victory in Egypt's highly polarized presidential election, the SPA news agency reported. "We appreciate this choice... and hope God will grant you success and guide...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 25, 2012 Iranian state media reports say Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi wants to strengthen ties with Iran. The semi-official Fars news agency on Monday quoted Morsi saying a closer relationship with Tehran would create a "...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story President-elect Mohamed Morsy speaks during his first televised address to the Egypt in this still image from a video, on June 24, 2012. Reuters video In this Sunday, May 20, 2012 file photo, Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed...
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News 24
| 11 months ago
Egypt's Islamist president-elect, Mohamed Morsi, wants to "reconsider" the peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to "create a strategic balance" in the Middle East, according to an interview published by Iran's Fars news agency on Monday.
