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Al-Masry Al-Youm obtains leaked ballots in advance of elections

Al-Masry Al-Youm obtains leaked ballots in advance of elections

Al-Masry Al-Youm has obtained official ballots from the Red Sea and Fayoum governorates a day before parliamentary elections. The ballots…
Tantawi seeks to form advisory council

Tantawi seeks to form advisory council

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, president of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, on Sunday met with 50 figures from…
Eye on elections: Islamists lead in Fayoum

Eye on elections: Islamists lead in Fayoum

Islamists are at the forefront of the electoral scene in Fayoum Governorate, southwest Cairo, where parliamentary elections are slated to…
Egypt mufti denies discrimination, plays down Islamists

Egypt mufti denies discrimination, plays down Islamists

Egypt's highest Islamic legal official denied on Tuesday that minority Christians faced sectarian discrimination and said Islamists would win no…
Thousands gather on Sunday for demo against ruling military council

Thousands gather on Sunday for demo against ruling military council

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square Sunday to participate in the ‘Revolutionary Legitimacy’ million-strong demonstration. Students of Cairo and…
Political forces remain opposed to choice for new prime minister

Political forces remain opposed to choice for new prime minister

Political parties and revolutionary coalitions continue to oppose the recent appointment of Kamal al-Ganzoury as prime minister. They favor letting…
Police pledge to secure polling stations ‘from outside’ during elections

Police pledge to secure polling stations ‘from outside’ during elections

In a statement on Sunday, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that its role in the upcoming parliamentary elections would be…
Eye on elections: Egyptians reluctantly take to the polls

Eye on elections: Egyptians reluctantly take to the polls

Egypt’s first post-25 January elections were supposed to be a celebratory milestone on the long road to democracy. But after…
Al-Azhar grand sheikh: Failure to vote is a sin

Al-Azhar grand sheikh: Failure to vote is a sin

Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb has urged Egyptians to take part in the parliamentary vote, whose first phase starts…
Eye on elections: To vote or not to vote?

Eye on elections: To vote or not to vote?

As the detritus of the six-day battle between protesters and security forces is cleared from downtown Cairo, the ongoing debate…
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