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Egyptians vote in landmark presidential election, News Story #89| Vicky |
Posted: 12:51 Wednesday 23 May 2012
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Wednesday 23 May 2012 Egyptians vote in landmark presidential election Egyptians are voting in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising.Fifty million people are eligible to vote, and large queues have formed at some polling stations. The military council which assumed presidential power in February 2011 has promised a fair vote and civilian rule. Full story at BBC News |
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| Sophie |
Posted: 18:47 Thursday 24 May 2012
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Thursday 24 May 2012 Candidates spar as Egypt presidential polls near close Tensions have been rising between some of the main candidates in Egypt’s presidential elections as polls near a close on the second day of voting.Amr Moussa and Ahmed Shafiq have traded accusations, saying false rumours are being spread that each is about to withdraw from the hotly contested race. Other candidates have also been accused of breaking “election silence” rules. BBC News -------------------- Σοφία
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| JaneFairfax |
Posted: 13:38 Saturday 26 May 2012
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Saturday 26 May 2012 Mursi and Shafiq go to Egypt poll runoff Egyptians will choose between between the Muslim Brotherhood and a candidate from the Mubarak-era regime when the presidential election goes to a run-off on 16–17 June, state media confirm.The Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Mursi, has a slight lead on former PM Ahmed Shafiq, with a reported 25.3% of votes against 24.9%. The two represent forces that have battled each other for decades. Voting in the first round took place peacefully on Wednesday and Thursday. BBC News |
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| Truth-Serum |
Posted: 11:53 Thursday 07 June 2012
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I've never been to Egypt myself but three years ago two of my friends went to Egypt for a holiday. They went to Hurgada, I think it's called. They said it was nice and they enjoyed it.
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| Sophie |
Posted: 09:39 Saturday 16 June 2012
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Saturday 16 June 2012 Egypt starts presidential election run-off Egyptians are voting in a two-day run-off election to choose their first freely elected president.Mohammed Mursi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, is up against Ahmed Shafiq, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister. The ruling generals have vowed to hand over power to the winner by 30 June. BBC News -------------------- Σοφία
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| Sylvia |
Posted: 14:11 Tuesday 19 June 2012
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Did you know? Hosni Mubarak was a dictator in the opinion of many people. I have just read about dictatorship in the glossary at the end of Chapter 13, “Politics and government”, under the section THE HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT in Volume 2, “The human world”, of the Reader’s Digest Library of Modern Knowledge.
-------------------- Sylvia A. Anderson
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| Sophie |
Posted: 11:29 Wednesday 20 June 2012
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Thursday 20 June 2012 Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak’s health worsens Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been moved from prison to an army hospital in the capital, Cairo, where he remains in a critical condition.He is said to have had a series of strokes and to be on a life support machine. Reports that he was “clinically dead” were later denied. But there is no official statement. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people protested in Cairo’s Tahrir Square against a move by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) to assume new powers. The rally was called by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is also claiming victory for its candidate Mohammed Mursi in last weekend’s presidential elections. His rival Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister under Mubarak, has also said he has won. BBC News -------------------- Σοφία
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| ExeleTuh |
Posted: 15:38 Monday 25 June 2012
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| Sylvia |
Posted: 16:30 Monday 27 August 2012
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Monday 27 August 2012 Egypt president names Copt and woman among assistants Egyptian leader Mohammed Mursi has appointed a Christian intellectual, a female university professor and two Islamists as presidential assistants.Samir Murqus, a liberal Coptic writer, was named assistant for democratic transition, officials announced. Pakinam al-Sharkawi, who teaches political sciences at Cairo University, will be in charge of political affairs. BBC News -------------------- Sylvia A. Anderson
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| shyvera |
Posted: 21:13 Monday 29 October 2012
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Did you know? A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt is voting for a successor to Pope Shenouda III, who died in March.
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