16/05/2012

The Egyptian Presidency Is Up For Grabs. Whoever Wins Has A Battle On His Hands


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Amr Moussa, Mohammed Morsi and Abdel Mohammed and Aboul Fotouh
Mustafa Amir writes from Cairo: Egyptians are preparing to vote in the presidential election later this month.

Egypt Around The World

Five posts from around the world that Egypt is being mentioned. Many of the information has small links and snippets of what is happening but not all the information gives you the full picture. The workers bee’s among you should be happy with what you read, most of the information is clear and concise.
  • Egypt falls ahead of elections; Saudi off lows Gulf Times 
  • Fearing discrimination, Copts to shun Islamist in Egypt presidential vote The Daily Star, Lebanon Tue, 15 May 2012
  • Fabricated ‘farewell sex’ story casts shadow on Egypt women’s rights The Daily Star, Lebanon Tue, 15 May 2012
  • Egypt and Eritrea reach agreement on increased air traffic Egypt Independent Tue, 15 May 2012
  • Egypt-Uprising Killings Detailed The Wall Street Journal Tue, 15 May 2012

Five links to Egypt Referring To The City

  1. Foundations of former regime intact in Egypt Gulf News Tue, 15 May 2012
  2. Egypt: Authorities Raid Cairo Bureau of Iranian TV Station AllAfrica.com Tue, 15 May 2012
  3. Brighton’s Adam El-Abd included in Egypt’s squad for Mozambique clash Goal.com  Tue, 15 May 2012
  4. Adam El-Abd included in Egypt’s squad for Mozambique clash Goal.com Tue, 15 May 2012
  5. No fraud in expat vote, Egypt says UPI  Tue, 15 May 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Salafists dominate parliament.
Coat of Arms of Egypt, Official version. Gover...The Arab League choice Mubarack’s foreigner minister Amr Moussa, who walks a hard line when it comes to Isreal. Amr it is hoped will split the front line muslim opposition.
Perhaps Mohammed Morsi head of the Freedom and Justice party will come out of the shadows and be tested to see if he can play the right roles in society be candidacy submission.
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Coat of Arms of Egypt, Official version.  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
  • Low expat turnout for Egyptian vote (upi.com)
  • Egypt elects a president (bangordailynews.com)
  • First post-Mubarak elections in Egypt (arabnews.com)
  • Egypt presidential candidate blasts Islamist MP (sacbee.com)