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Presidential hopefuls start appeals against exclusion from race
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Apr 2012
Presidential candidates will start Sunday to appeal a decision by the Presidential Elections Commission to exclude them...
File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail
Abu Ismail accuses committee of 'treachery and treason' following disqualification
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Apr 2012
Following his exclusion from the presidential race Saturday evening conservative lawyer and preacher Hazem Salah Abu...
Update: Presidential Elections Commission excludes 10 candidates
Egypt Independent
Agencies
14 Apr 2012
The Presidential Elections Commission announced on Saturday that 10 presidential candidates are disqualified from the...
Poster of Islamist presidential candidate sheikh Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, stuck on back of supporter performing Friday prayers outside a mosque, Cairo, March 30, 2012. Abu Ismail registered for the upcoming elections scheduled for May which will mark the beginning of a handover of power by the ruling military to an elected civilian leader, following last year's popular uprising that overthrew veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak.
Elections commission postpones announcing candidates after meeting cut short
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Apr 2012
Judge Mohamed Momtaz Metwally, a member of the Presidential Elections Commission, said Saturday that the commission has...
File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail
Abu Ismail: Interior Ministry gave me papers stating my mother was not dual citizen
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Apr 2012
Presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail said late on Thursday that he got an official document from the Interior...
Polling stations open doors for voters on constitutional referendum, Cairo, 19 March, 2011. Referendum includes nine proposed amendments for articles of the constitution, in force since 1971. Amendments were made by a committee formed by the Supreme Council for Armed Forces.
Deadline for expat voting registration expires
MENA 12 Apr 2012
The Presidential Elections Commission on Thursday closed voter registration for Egyptian expatriates in the...
Dr. Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, Islamist Presidential Hopeful, greets his supporters during public conference in Mahla al-Kubra, Gharbiya, January 20,2012.
Abu Ismail aims for legal loophole to stay in race
Sarah Carr
Mohamad Adam
12 Apr 2012
For ecstatic Hazem Salah Abu Ismail supporters outside the State Council yesterday, the Administrative Court’s...
File photo of Prosecutor Hatem Bagato of the Constitutional Amendment Committee during an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Cairo, 16 March, 2011.
Brotherhood says elections commission official is Amr Moussa's relative
Al-Masry Al-Youm 10 Apr 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party posted on its Facebook page that secretary general of the...
Traffic flow around Tahrir Square, Cairo, December 10,2011. Tahrir protesters re-open the square and formed popular committees to organize the traffic, while they continue their sit-in in the middle garden of the square, and in front of Mogamaa al-Tahrir.
April 6 Youth Movement calls for million-man protest on 20 April
Al-Masry Al-Youm 10 Apr 2012
The April 6 Youth Movement on Tuesday called on all Egyptians citizens, parties and groups to take part in a mass...
Thousands of supporters of presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abou Ismail, gathering in Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 6,2012, to support ABou Ismail after Interior Ministry declared that his mother is an american citizen, which threatens his candidacy.
Update: Ministers did not issue decision on Abu Ismail’s mother’s nationality, govt lawyer says
Egypt Independent 10 Apr 2012
The Cairo Administrative Court continued to hear presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail’s lawsuit demanding...