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Former Egyptian presidential candidate and former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa stands in line before casting his vote at a polling station in Cairo June 16, 2012. Egypt's first free presidential election concludes this weekend in a run-off between the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsy and Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.
NSF mulls satellite channel, political merger to strengthen position
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Mar 2013
The National Salvation Front announced Tuesday plans to launch a satellite channel to promote a national boycott of the...
Minister accuses election boycotters of sowing 'destruction and chaos'
MENA 01 Mar 2013
  Minister of Religious Endowments Talaat Afify criticized calls for boycotting the upcoming parliamentary...
Mohammed Omran, chairman of Egypt's stock exchange, delivers his speech during the inauguration ceremony of the stock exchange's new premises in the Smart Village on the outskirts of Cairo, April 12, 2012.
EGX shares market value falls LE700 million
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Feb 2013
Shares were down overall by the end of trading Thursday on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. The EGX30, the exchange’s...
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members of parliament protest against the extension of emergency law, in place since 1981, during a parliament session in Cairo.
Brotherhood mulls Cabinet shuffle, NSF boycott ahead of national dialogue
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Feb 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau discussed a proposal calling for a mandatory Cabinet shuffle ahead of...
Voter casts her ballot in Presidential Elelctions runoff, Shalateen, Red Sea, 16 June 2012. Run-off between the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.  
Jihadi group calls for boycott of polls for violating Sharia
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Feb 2013
The Jihadi Organization, a right-wing Salafi movement, said Wednesday that it is asking citizens to boycott the...
Internal elections of Salafi Asala party, Cairo, 4 January 2013.
Opposition has until Thursday to submit elections recommendations
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Feb 2013
The president's office said opposition groups who boycotted Tuesday's national dialogue have until Thursday to...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses a news conference in Berlin in this November 20, 2009 file photo. ElBaradei pulled out of the race to become Egyptian president on January 14, 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying
Islamists attack ElBaradei for election boycott call
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Feb 2013
Islamists have slammed Dostour Party head Mohamed ElBaradei after he called for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary...
National Association for Change urges boycott of parliamentary elections
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Feb 2013
The National Association for Change (NAC) issued a statement Friday calling for a mass boycott of the upcoming...
An Egyptian expatriate living in Oman casts her ballot for the upcoming May 23-24 Egyptian elections at the Egyptian Embassy in Muscat, May 12, 2012. Thirteen candidates are competing in the presidential elections which should mark the end of a tumultuous military-led transitional period since Mubarak's overthrow in February 2011.
Calls return for boycotting 'murky' elections
Jano Charbel 19 May 2012
Out of some 53 million eligible voters, tens of millions are expected to partake in Egypt’s upcoming presidential...