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Electoral amendments may benefit Mubarak-era players

A voter casts her ballot in the 2010 Parliamentary elections in Ismailia, 28 November 2010. Elections are being held today from 8 am to 7 pm.
21 Jul 2011
  New amendments to laws regulating the Egypt’s electoral process, which were announced by the ruling military council Wednesday, could pave the way for remnants of deposed President Hosni Mubarak's regime to infiltrate the...
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Egypt's army draws fire over military trials

Military outside Egyptian Museum
21 Jul 2011
Actor Aly Sobhy's trial in an Egyptian military court lasted just 20 minutes, hours after he was detained in March with more than 160 other protesters in central Cairo. He was among a score of lucky ones acquitted of charges of "...
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As Egypt rejects international election monitors, rights advocates fear fraud

One polling station, Raml Station, Alexandria, November 28, 2010.
21 Jul 2011
A spokesperson for the ruling military council on Wednesday announced that Egypt will not allow international monitors of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, describing it as an issue of Egyptian sovereignty. But many...
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Egyptian women protect rights from Islamist groups

A group of activist women belonging to NGO's, standing in front of State Council, Giza, February 18, 2010, in protest of State's General Assembly's decision not to appoint women as judges by a landslide majority of 89%. The assembly justified decision referring to unsuccessful experience of women judges in Family Courts.
21 Jul 2011
Feminists dismayed that Egypt's revolution is failing to advance their cause are trying to rally disparate women's groups to defend women's rights from perceived threats from resurgent Islamists and other conservatives. "...
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Confusion and frustrations loom around Egypt’s new cabinet

The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) at the cabinet building
20 Jul 2011
The delay of the swearing-in of 14 new ministers and two deputies have raised concerns about looming tensions around the new cabinet reshuffle.   The reshuffle took place in a bid to appease thousands who have been holding sit-ins...
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Tourist visa changes could leave expats with little recourse

Mugamma Tahrir building
20 Jul 2011
The Mugamma has long been a symbol of Egypt’s bloated government bureaucracy, and for foreigners who have endured the long waits and navigated the befuddling sequence of windows to obtain visas there, it has been the subject of many...
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Nearing 2-week mark, Tahrir sit-in becomes Tahrir City

Tents are set, in Tahrir Square, where thousands sit-in, Cairo, July 9,2011, demanding swift trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, and officers accused of killing protesters.
20 Jul 2011
As the ongoing Tahrir Square sit-in wraps up its second week, the tent city in the heart of downtown Cairo is taking on a life of its own. Now boasting a school, a cinema, a bookstore, a radio station and dozens of open-air “...
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Political groups seek consensus on constitutional clauses, drop special role for military

Major General Ismail Etman, spokesperson of the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), during a press conference, Cairo, 28 March, 2011. SCAF announced parliamentary elections will be held in September, but didn't specify time for presidential elections. The council also said emergency will be lifted ahead of the elections.
19 Jul 2011
Members of various social and political organizations have pooled their minds and resources in an attempt to create a unified vision for immutable supra-constitutional precepts that could contribute to defining the main elements of an...
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Egypt's military seeks future political role

Egyptians hang a banner supporting Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council, at center, during a pro military council rally in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's ruling generals are seeking to enshrine a future role for themselves with considerable independence from civilian leaders and possibly an authority to intervene in politics.
19 Jul 2011
Egypt's ruling generals are seeking to enshrine a future role for themselves with considerable independence from civilian leaders and possibly an authority to intervene in politics. The push appears to be driven by the military's...
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Trials of ex-officials present myriad challenges

File photo of ousted President Mubarak's sons Gamal (R) and Alaa, while commemorating deceased President Anwar al-Sadat, 6 October, 2010. Attorney-general ordered arresting both of them for 15 days pending investigations.
18 Jul 2011
With dozens of officials from former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, including his sons, closest aides, and at least eight former ministers, scheduled to face trials on an array of corruption and murder charges, some experts and...
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