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Egypt's Constituent Assembly referred to High Constitutional Court - Ahram Online

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:56:11 GMT

Egypt's Constituent Assembly referred to High Constitutional Court
Ahram Online
The High Constitutional Court (HCC) declared parliament null and void in mid-June after ruling Egypt's parliamentary elections law – which regulated the legislative polls – unconstitutional. Several lawsuits were filed challenging the constitutionality ...
Egypt top court to rule on constitutional panelSan Jose Mercury News
Egypt Constitution Panel Case Referred to Supreme CourtBloomberg
Egypt's top court to decide on constitution panelKansas City Star
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Egypt's prosecutors to probe challenge to President Morsi's election victory ... - Washington Post

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:40:38 GMT

AFP

Egypt's prosecutors to probe challenge to President Morsi's election victory ...
Washington Post
CAIRO — Egypt's prosecutor general ordered Monday an investigation into allegations of irregularities and forgery in the presidential election, after the candidate who narrowly lost filed a complaint and said he remained in politics despite facing ...
Egypt prosecutor to probe election challengesThe Associated Press
Egypt freezes assets of ex-presidential candidateFond du Lac Reporter
Egypt freezes assets of ex-presidential candidate and Mubarak allyLos Angeles Times
AllAfrica.com -Ahram Online -AFP
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Jewish group condemns Egypt's president for prayer where preacher calls for ... - Washington Post

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:43:03 GMT

Jewish group condemns Egypt's president for prayer where preacher calls for ...
Washington Post
CAIRO — The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, has made a strong condemnation of Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, after he attended a sermon where the preacher called for the ...

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Egypt association plans list of Islamic stocks - Reuters

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:39:30 GMT

Egypt association plans list of Islamic stocks
Reuters
CAIRO Oct 23 (Reuters) - An Egyptian association plans to launch a list of sharia-compliant equities next week as part of its efforts to raise awareness of Islamic finance in the country. The list will filter out companies which fail to meet religious ...

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'America has to stand with democracy': Obama on Egypt Add to ... - Globe and Mail

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:27:48 GMT

Globe and Mail

'America has to stand with democracy': Obama on Egypt Add to ...
Globe and Mail
'America has to stand with democracy': Obama on Egypt Add to ... The Globe and Mail. Published Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 1:37 PM EDT. Last updated Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 9:26 PM EDT. 18 comments · Print / License; AA. Tonight's the final U.S. presidential ...

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Egyptian liberal, pseudo-left groups demonstrate against Mursi - World Socialist Web Site

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:54:37 GMT

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Egyptian liberal, pseudo-left groups demonstrate against Mursi
World Socialist Web Site
It calls for equal constitutional representation of all political groups in Egypt and condemns an attack by MB members on protests staged by the liberal and pseudo-left groups the Friday before. On October 12, Islamist thugs attacked a stage set up by ...
Egypt TV host gets jail term for insulting presidentChicago Tribune
Mursi's letter to Peres still causing controversygulfnews.com
Egypt TV host Tawfiq Okasha gets jail term for insulting President MursiNews Tribe

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Working With the Muslim Brotherhood - New York Times

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:10:31 GMT

Press TV

Working With the Muslim Brotherhood
New York Times
CAIRO — Perhaps the most radical change in U.S. foreign policy under President Obama has occurred here in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood, long shunned as a collection of dangerous Islamist extremists, is now the de facto object of American ...
Egypt Brotherhood party leader seeks broad alliance with rivalsReuters
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood's political party elects former parliament speaker ...Fox News
Leading FJP member resigns in protest at Morsi's letter to IsraelAhram Online
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Egypt groups say anti-Islam film defendant being mistreated - Reuters

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:12:39 GMT

Egypt groups say anti-Islam film defendant being mistreated
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian rights group said on Monday a Coptic Christian on trial for posting online a video that ignited protests around the globe for mocking Islam was being fed food unfit for human consumption and held in a cell plagued with insects.

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The Real War on Women is in Egypt: The Case of Sonia Dridi [Video] - Gather.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:58:15 GMT

Brisbane Times

The Real War on Women is in Egypt: The Case of Sonia Dridi [Video]
Gather.com
The real war on women has nothing to do with free contraception, and everything to do with attacks on women in the middle east. This is the case of Sonia Dridi, yet another female journalist who was groped in Egypt while broadcasting in Tahrir Square.
Another female reporter sexually assaulted in Egyptallvoices
Female journalist assaulted in EgyptBrisbane Times

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Egypt's Orascom hikes Wind Mobile voting stake - Ottawa Citizen

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:47:49 GMT

Globe and Mail

Egypt's Orascom hikes Wind Mobile voting stake
Ottawa Citizen
Egypt's Orascom telecom company has increased its voting stake in new telecom player Wind Mobile, simplifying the Toronto's company's ownership structure for investment and any consolidation among the new players. Orascom will increase its voting ...
GLOBE & MAIL: Egypt's Orascom Plans Formal Control of Wind MobileFox Business
Egypt's Orascom Telecom to change nameBusinessweek
Egypt's Orascom to change nameIT News Africa

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Draft Bill Seeking Retrieval of Gifts Presented to Former Senior Official - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:24:15 GMT

Ahram Online

Draft Bill Seeking Retrieval of Gifts Presented to Former Senior Official
AllAfrica.com
Al-Ahram correspondent learned that Prime Minister Hisham Qandil asked the Egyptian Mint to prepare a special register of all gifts so as to sell them in public auctions by the end of the year. Qandil called upon all former officials to hand over ...
Egypt to discuss $2 billion aid from Algeria: paperReuters
Egypt's cabinet plans new law to fight sexual harrassmentAhram Online
Egypt, Algeria agree to confront weapons smugglingEgypt Independent

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Doctors in Egypt often won't treat HIV-AIDS patients - Kansas City Star

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:32:29 GMT

Doctors in Egypt often won't treat HIV-AIDS patients
Kansas City Star
Similar efforts, however, are largely nonexistent in North Africa and the Middle East, and AIDS activists now worry that the rise of a conservative Islamic government in Egypt, where former longtime Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi became the ...

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Allentown, New Egypt filed hockey nab No. 2 state seeds - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:43:47 GMT

The Times of Trenton - NJ.com

Allentown, New Egypt filed hockey nab No. 2 state seeds
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
In all, 17 Times-area field hockey teams will begin chasing the goal of capturing a state title when the NJSIAA tournament gets underway tomorrow afternoon. Notre Dame, Northern Burlington, Hightstown and Nottingham will partake in Group III Central ...

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Egypt Moves to Kick-Start Renewable Revolution - Forbes

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:35:06 GMT

Egypt Moves to Kick-Start Renewable Revolution
Forbes
After years of steady development for wind and solar efforts, Egypt's push towards adopting green energy alternatives hit a snag when political protests led to the ousting of the government of Hosni Mubarak early last year. Since then, investor ...

Complaint Filed By Shafik Is Political Bankruptcy, Muslim Brotherhood Lawyer - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:53:16 GMT

Complaint Filed By Shafik Is Political Bankruptcy, Muslim Brotherhood Lawyer
AllAfrica.com
Egypt: Complaint Filed By Shafik Is Political Bankruptcy, Muslim Brotherhood Lawyer. 22 October 2012. Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud, Muslim Brotherhood's lawyer, said that the law suit put forward by Shawky El Sayed, Ahmed Shafik's lawyer, regarding ...

Foreign aid undermines confidence among political players in Egypt - Ahram Online

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:13:08 GMT

Foreign aid undermines confidence among political players in Egypt
Ahram Online
The volume of aid Egypt has received is more than the majority – if not all – of its Third World peers have ever seen. In the 1950s and 1960s Egypt had special ties to the Soviet Union, which no other non-Marxist country enjoyed. International ...
Rand Paul: US should suspend aid to Libya, EgyptOCRegister

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Egypt: ANHRI Calls for an End to the Dominance of the Authority Over the Media ... - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:00:50 GMT

Egypt: ANHRI Calls for an End to the Dominance of the Authority Over the Media ...
AllAfrica.com
ANHRI expressed its severe annoyance due to the editor- in chief of the national newspaper "Al-Akhbar" verbal decision of banning "Abla Ruwaini" from writing in her daily column which started since four years on the pages of the newspaper and in the ...

Egypt court to rule on fate of constitution - Khaleej Times

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:42:12 GMT

Egypt court to rule on fate of constitution
Khaleej Times
(AFP) / 23 October 2012. CAIRO — A court is to rule on Tuesday on the fate of a panel drafting the country's new charter in a divisive case pitting Islamists against secularists over the role of religion in post-Mubarak Egypt. The Supreme ...

Egypt protest traps Nigeria's Sunshine stars in hotel - Chicago Tribune

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:41:42 GMT

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Egypt protest traps Nigeria's Sunshine stars in hotel
Chicago Tribune
CAIRO (Reuters) - A protest by Egyptian soccer players angered at the suspension of their domestic league briefly prevented Nigerian side Sunshine Stars from leaving their Cairo hotel on Sunday for an African Champions League match against local side ...
El-Ahly Qualify to CAF Champions League FinalAllAfrica.com
CAF official denies Champions League's final moveAhram Online
In Egypt, football fans politicise sportsBusiness Standard

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Oil Minister Confirms Jordan's Understanding of Suspending Nation's Gas Exports - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:40:50 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Oil Minister Confirms Jordan's Understanding of Suspending Nation's Gas Exports
AllAfrica.com
Eng. Osama Kamal, the Minister of Petroleum confirmed Jordan's understanding of the present circumstances in Egypt in the field of energy and that the suspension of Egypt's gas exports to Jordan came due to the explosions of the line carrying gas and ...
Egypt and Cyprus to jointly explore Mediterranean deepwatersDaily News Egypt

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Israel Says No to Amending Peace Treaty With Egypt - AllAfrica.com

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:49:59 GMT

Israel Says No to Amending Peace Treaty With Egypt
AllAfrica.com
Egypt has recently proposed amendments to its peace treaty with Israel but Israel turned them down, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said. Egypt deployed reinforcements in the Sinai Peninsula in an attempt to rid the area of terrorist ...

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President Mursi Witnesses Naval Exercise - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:00:50 GMT

President Mursi Witnesses Naval Exercise
AllAfrica.com
The maneuver, which was attended also by Lt. General Sedqi Sobhy, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces featured the entry into service of high speed boats which were designed by Egyptian expertise and were manufactured in cooperation with Turkey.

Smith sparks New Egypt and Roberts rolls at Burlington County Divisional ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:16:14 GMT

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

Smith sparks New Egypt and Roberts rolls at Burlington County Divisional ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Kevin Smith finished first in 18;06 to lead New Egypt to a 38-45 over Palmyra for the boys Freedom Division title at New Egypt High School. boys pack at vanny.JPG. In the boys Liberty Division, Wyatt Million crossed first in 15;51 to spark Northern ...

Egypt Orders Investigation Into Ex-Premier Vote-Rigging Claims - Bloomberg

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:06:44 GMT

Egypt Orders Investigation Into Ex-Premier Vote-Rigging Claims
Bloomberg
Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered an investigation into a lawsuit filed by former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik alleging violations in the elections in May, the Cairo Court of Appeals said in a faxed statement today. The move comes one day ...

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Blogging - From Expression Venue to Continuous Revolution - AllAfrica.com

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:50:05 GMT

Blogging - From Expression Venue to Continuous Revolution
AllAfrica.com
Prominent Egyptian bloggers said on Sunday that blogging is still significant although it has developed to keep up with the rapidly unfolding events. In a conference that grouped bloggers Wael Abass, Nawara Negm, Wael Khalil and Lillian Wagdy, Wael ...

Egypt TV host gets jail for defaming Morsi - Sky News Australia

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:31:33 GMT

Sky News Australia

Egypt TV host gets jail for defaming Morsi
Sky News Australia
Egyptian television presenter Tawfiq Okasha has been sentenced to four months in jail for defaming Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The court in the southern province of Luxor on Monday sentenced Okasha - who was not present at the trial - to four ...

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Number of Measures to Stimulate Investment Movement - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:19:06 GMT

Number of Measures to Stimulate Investment Movement
AllAfrica.com
The meeting was attended by governor of the Central Bank of Egypt CBE Dr. Farouq Al Oqda, together with the ministers of investment, electricity, industry foreign trade, communications and the cabinet secretary general. Dr. Ashraf El Arabi, the ...

Christians Worry Over a Future in Egypt - Inter Press Service

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:03:46 GMT

Christians Worry Over a Future in Egypt
Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 23 2012 (IPS) - The tranquil, green, upper class Cairo suburb Maadi is a bubble of privilege separated from the city's noisier, dirtier and overcrowded suburbs where working class Egyptians struggle to make ends meet and where Egypt's Muslim ...

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Foreign Minister - Foreign Ministry Is First Defense Line for Egyptian Interests - AllAfrica.com

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:56:49 GMT

Foreign Minister - Foreign Ministry Is First Defense Line for Egyptian Interests
AllAfrica.com
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said that the Foreign Ministry is one of the national security institutions and the first defense line for Egyptian interests. The top diplomat made his remarks on 21/10/2012 during graduation ceremony of 43 and 44 ...

Aid to Egypt - Washington Post (blog)

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:19:27 GMT

Aid to Egypt
Washington Post (blog)
Delicious. The U.S. since the Camp David Accords has spent billions on the sort of economic development and institution building Romney just suggested. Egypt has been among the largest recipients of U.S. foreign and military assistance for many years.