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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Egypt's main opposition National Salvation Front is activating a plan to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, the group's leader said Wednesday. NSF head Mohamed ElBaradei wrote on his Twitter account that the group wouldn't participate in "a...
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The Globe & Mail
| 3 months ago
Video Video The Globe and Mail Editorial cartoon The president has announced that the parliamentary elections originally slated for February 23 will now commence on April 22 and likely won't be completed until June 16. Due to a shortage of election...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 3 months ago
Mr Obama "welcomed President Morsi's commitment to serving as a president for all Egyptians, including women and people of all faiths," says the White House, describing a phone call between the two leaders on Tuesday. Mr Obama "emphasised President...
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International Herald Tribune
| 3 months ago
Egypt 's main opposition coalition declared Tuesday that it would boycott the coming parliamentary elections, all but ensuring that Islamists will continue to dominate the legislature and that their rivals will continue to question their legitimacy.
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Daily Nation
| 3 months ago
Egypt's main opposition bloc said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming elections because their transparency cannot be guaranteed, as President Mohamed Morsi urged dialogue to ensure the polls are impartial. "The decision of the Front, unanimously, is to...
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Taiwan News
| 3 months ago
Egypt's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to push the country into a new round of political turmoil and worsen an already troubled economy. The announcement by the liberal,...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Traditionally viewed by analysts as a regional Muslim Brotherhood backer, Qatar has become one of the Egyptian economy's most steadfast lenders and investors after $12.84 billion in foreign...
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Al Jazeera
| 3 months ago
24 Egyptian forces flooded some of the tunnels with sewage earlier this month [Reuters] A Cairo court has ruled the government must destroy all tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, removing a route for smuggled weapons but also a lifeline for...
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The Guardian
| 3 months ago
Associated Press The Egyptian National Salvation Front (NSF) leader, Hamdeen Sabahi, whose party said it would boycott parliamentary elections. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images Egypt 's main opposition coalition has said it will boycott...
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Zee News
| 3 months ago
Today I repeat my call, will not be part of an act of deception," Nobel Laureate Mohamed El Bardai, a leading figure from the NSF, wrote on his Twitter handle...The parliamentary elections will take place over four phases, starting on 22 April and...
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AKI
| 3 months ago
The National Salvation Front, an umbrella alliance of liberal and leftist groups, made the decision at a meeting in Cairo, spokesman Sameh Ashour said. Ashour said the NSF would not contest the polls under an election law which critics said favours...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Police removed metal barriers and barbed wire Tuesday erected by protesters last November in the streets leading to Cairo's Tahrir Square. Sixty-five people were arrested during the operation, with police confiscating Molotov cocktails, weapons and...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
Egypt's main opposition coalition has announced it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections. The decision by the liberal and secular National Salvation Front was announced in a televised news conference by leading member Sameh Ashour, who also...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Human Rights Watch said the spirit of the Egyptian revolution in 2011 is undermined by draft legislation that would curtail the right to public assembly. Long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign in February 2011 following weeks...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 3 months ago
The Congress party leader informed Asharq Al-Awsat that we, in the opposition, have plans related to securing a better life for the [Egyptian] people, in terms of the economy, justice, healthcare, education, and society in general. He confirmed that...
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The Daily Star
| 3 months ago
Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy stands in a queue outside a outside a voting center in the final stage of a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Giza, south of Cairo, December 22, 2012. A leading Egyptian...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Opposition leaders in Egypt are calling for a parliamentary election boycott to hide their lack of popularity, a Muslim Brotherhood leader said. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi scheduled the start of parliamentary elections for April 22.
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Jerusalem Post
| 3 months ago
Speaking to The Media Line before the change of dates for the election was announced, former lawmaker Mohamed Abu Hamed said, "These are illegal parliamentary elections. Morsi intentionally chose the days of Coptic Christian holidays to hold the...
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Africa Headlines
| 3 months ago
This came during a television interview on Sunday 24/2/2013 with TV host Amr al-Leithy. He also underlined that relations between Muslims and Copts are based on amity and citizenship. President Morsi said that the minimum of the income tax exemption...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
Morsi Changes Election Date After Coptic Christian Uproar; Opposition Warns Against Hasty Vote Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi announced new dates for the parliamentary elections Sunday to avoid conflict with the Coptic Christian celebrations of Palm...
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Africa Headlines
| 3 months ago
The government-proposed draft law in Egypt concerning public demonstrations would severely limit the right to peaceful public assembly and is open to abuse by police, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president and the Justice Ministry.
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Arab News
| 3 months ago
Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi on Monday called for a meeting with the country's opposition to discuss upcoming legislative polls, amid calls for a boycott. I call on all the brothers in the different parties in all of Egypt to come... so we can...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 3 months ago
Breaking News Egypt's Morsi invites opposition to dialogue on elections Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi invited opposition parties to a meeting on Monday to discuss concerns about upcoming parliamentary elections, which some parties have threatened...
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Jerusalem Post
| 3 months ago
I tell everyone of all colors of the spectrum, to all dear brothers in different parties across Egypt, I approach them by name, by party, by persons to sit tomorrow and put down guarantees for transparent and fair elections," Morsi said in a recorded...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
Egypt's Islamist president has invited political forces to join him in a dialogue to find ways to ensure the integrity and transparency'' of upcoming parliamentary elections. Speaking in a television interview, Mohammed Morsi also rejected opposition...
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The New York Times
| 3 months ago
World Briefing Middle East Morsi Moves Election Day in Egypt to Avoid Holiday Conflict Published: February 24, 2013 President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday changed the dates for the parliamentary elections to avoid conflict with the Coptic Christian...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 3 months ago
Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of myriad clashes over the past two years. Parliamentary elections called over the weekend by the...
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The Guardian
| 3 months ago
Cairo Egyptian elections Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, centre, with supporters in Cairo. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP Two leading Egyptian opposition figures have called for a boycott of the parliamentary...
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Zee News
| 3 months ago
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has preponed the first post-constitution parliamentary elections to be held from April with the dates clashing with the Easter holidays, even as a leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei called for a boycott of...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 3 months ago
The decision by Mursi to start the four-stage vote five days earlier than scheduled was announced by his spokesman on Facebook. According to a presidential decree, the parliamentary elections, previously scheduled for April 27 will now be brought...
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The Daily Star
| 3 months ago
Protesters on Sunday closed the doors to Cairo's main administrative building as part of a growing campaign of civil disobedience around the country, employees and witnesses said. A group of protesters closed the doors of the Mugamma, a massive...
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Telegram & Gazette
| 3 months ago
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within his movement who said it was a hasty decision. The dispute showed the fragility of a fairly new...
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The Herald
| 3 months ago
Opposition seeks boycott of elections Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei is calling for a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, a day after he said the vote will inflame the country's political tensions. ElBaradei, who leads the National...
