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Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group. The Brotherhood said its candidate was leading the race, with 90 percent of the votes counted, ahead of Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted
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Vote counting was underway in Egypt after two days of polling ended Thursday in a landmark presidential election which pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule. Just hours after polling stations closed at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT), the powerful Muslim Brotherhood -- using their formidable nationwide network to tally votes -- predicted a win
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Egyptians were voting Thursday on the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule. Small queues formed outside polling stations after they opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), with voting expected to gain momentum during the day after authorities declared Thursday a public holiday
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Cairo - Egyptians vote on Thursday in the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule. Polls are scheduled to open again at 08:00 for voters to choose among 12 candidates, with the front runners divided between Islamists who say they will champion the
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Cairo -Excited, anxious, even a little confused, Egyptians across this vast capital city went to the polls on Wednesday to cast their ballots in the first presidential vote since the 2011 uprising. At the Gamal Abdul Nasser school in the Dokki neighbourhood, some arrived an hour before polls opened, with men queuing to the right, women to the left of
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A front runner in Egypt's presidential election, former premier Ahmed Shafiq, told AFP Wednesday the country would face "huge problems" if his Islamist rivals won as Egyptians flocked to the polls on the first day of voting. Shafiq added that voters had made a "mistake" by allowing the Muslim Brotherhood to win in earlier parliamentary elections. Shafiq, who also held
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Cairo - An Egyptian policeman was shot dead on Wednesday when he was caught up in a gunfight between supporters of two presidential candidates outside a polling station in Cairo, security officials told AFP. Another person was injured in the same fight, which erupted as Egyptians were voting to choose a successor to president Hosni Mubarak, ousted last year in
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An Egyptian policeman was shot dead on Wednesday when he was caught up in a gunfight between supporters of two presidential candidates outside a polling station in Cairo, security officials told AFP. Another person was injured in the same fight, which erupted as Egyptians were voting to choose a successor to president Hosni Mubarak, ousted last year in a popular
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Cairo - Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, millions of Egyptians on Wednesday waited patiently in long lines outside polling stations across the nation to freely chose their first president since last year's ouster of longtime ruler and close US ally Hosni Mubarak. "I can die in a matter of months, so I came for my children, so they
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Cairo - Polling stations opened across Egypt on Wednesday for the historic first presidential poll since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak, capping a tumultuous transition from autocratic rule. Before the polls opened at 08:00, queues had already begun to form outside voting stations where police and army officers were stationed to secure the process. "It's a beautiful day for
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Cairo — Proposed plans to change the interim constitution before Egypt's landmark presidential election have made some candidates nervous - enough to break the 48 hour campaign silence rule. Egypt's military council will make changes to the Constitutional Declaration in order to define the role of the president, according to reports. "These changes that the army wants to make to
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Egypt's premier Kamal al-Ganzuri on Tuesday urged for calm during the country's first presidential election since a popular uprising, calling on political forces to accept the results of the historic vote. Ganzuri called on Egyptians to "stand together to ensure the success of the electoral process and to accept the decision of the majority of Egyptians who will express their
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Cairo — As Egyptians prepare to elect their country's first president since the uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, the military junta that has ruled for the last 15 months has shown little sign it is prepared to accept civilian oversight. "Dismantling the military's hold on the state is a process that will take years," says Robert Springborg, professor of
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Cairo - They came out in droves united in their desire to overthrow Hosni Mubarak, but on the eve of Egypt's landmark presidential election, the youth that spearheaded that revolt are divided over how to keep it alive. After a tumultuous, sometimes bloody, transition following the strongman's fall, activists say they are tired of the constant struggle with those left
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Cairo — Campaign of presidential candidate Hisham Bastawisi denied reports that he may withdraw for another candidate, insisting on his intention to run the race until the end. "We insist on our commitment to our principles and not giving up on them under any circumstances, and we are counting on the awareness of the Egyptian people in electing a candidate",
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On 23 May, Egyptians head to the polls to elect the first president of the post-Mubarak era. Whilst this is likely to be the freest election in Egyptian history, the process faces a number of constraints. Accusations abound that the ruling military council (SCAF) has used indirect pressure on the levers of state - especially the courts - to limit
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Algerian singer Warda, whose powerful vocal range and patriotic songs earned her legendary status throughout the Arab world, died of a heart attack late on Thursday aged 72, her family said. Known throughout the region as Warda al-Jazairia (Warda the Algerian), she performed for presidents and popular audiences, reinventing herself throughout the decades to appeal to old and young alike.
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week's presidential election, displaying the potent network of activists it counts on to win. Islamist activists stood side by side for kilometres through Cairo and north of the capital holding posters of Mohammed Mursi, who sketchy polls suggest is trailing behind in the May 23-24
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Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah, in Cannes with an Arab Spring drama, defiantly vowed Thursday that the Islamists jockeying for power back home would never succeed in stifling art. "In a context where cinema is being attacked as a sin in Egypt by so-called Islamist parties, this film is not so much a political commitment as a commitment to cinema," he
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Sohag - Democratic fervour is gripping Egypt's big cities ahead of a presidential election but in the provinces many are nostalgic for the autocratic past. In Sohag, a town 400km up the Nile from Cairo, residents have been alarmed by civil unrest, labour strikes and lax policing since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak last year. "Egypt is a land of
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Cairo - The face of Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister beams down from huge billboards on major highways promising "Egypt for everyone", but Ahmed Shafiq is polarising voters ahead of next week's presidential poll. For some, his government experience and background as a former air force commander promise an end to the turbulence since Mubarak was ousted more than 15
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Cairo - Egypt's military rulers are to carry out a minor cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, state television reported. Two weeks before presidential elections, the ministers of higher education, manpower, culture and parliamentary affairs are to be replaced in the first shake-up under Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri since his government was appointed in December, the broadcaster reported. No reasons were given
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Cairo - The Bedouin abductors of 10 Fijians from the Multinational Force and Observers (FMO), charged with monitoring peace between Egypt and Israel, said on Monday they had freed their captives. The peacekeepers in Egypt's Sinai peninsula were briefly detained by the tribesmen, one of whose number told AFP they had seized the men because they were seeking the release
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Cairo - Hundreds of Egyptian riot police stormed out of their camp and cut off a desert highway out of Cairo following reports that an officer had killed one of their colleagues, state media reported on Monday. "Senior security officials have managed to contain the crisis involving conscripts in the Central Security Forces who cut the Cairo-Ismailiya desert road," on
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Cairo - Egypt's military ruler attended on Saturday an unprecedented public funeral for a soldier killed in clashes with protesters as the army detained 179 people over the violence in the run-up to landmark presidential polls. Following the arrest of 320 people after Friday's clashes near the defence ministry in Cairo, the prosecution "has decided to hold 179 people, including
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