Moussa denies receiving Saudi funds for presidential campaign

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Former Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa denied receiving funds from Saudi Arabia for his election campaign, in an interview with London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper Friday.

When the newspaper asked Moussa about repeated charges that he has received funding

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Egypt opposition says govt meeting inconclusive

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Egypt opposition says govt meeting inconclusive Government says agreed road map for talks; youth activists want Mubarak out now Published Sunday, February 06, 2011 From right, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman, Hossam Badrawy, secretary general of the ruling National Democratic Party, El-Sayed el-Badawi, leader of the Wafd opposition party, Naguib Sawiris, member of the wise men committee, and Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim brotherhood's spokesperson, are seen during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, said it would begin talks Sunday with the government to try to end the country's political crisis but made clear it would insist on the immediate ouster of longtime authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP) Egyptian opposition groups said on Sunday a meeting with Vice President Omar Suleiman was positive but had done nothing specific...
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Egypt runoff exposes tensions between Islamists

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Egypt runoff exposes tensions between Islamists By BEN HUBBARD,Associated Press CAIRO — A runoff Monday for Egypt's first-round parliamentary elections exposed tensions between competing Islamist parties that have so far dominated the vote. In the southern province of Assiut, supporters of the hardline Islamist Gamaa Islamiya attacked and chased away campaign workers from the Muslim Brotherhood outside a polling station where the two groups were facing off in a vote. Supporters of one Brotherhood candidate said they received death threats and one of their clerics was beaten up by campaign workers of Gamaa Islamiya — an ex-militant group now running a political party.
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Runoff for parliamentary elections in nine governorates today

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Runoff for parliamentary elections in nine governorates today By YOUM7 STAFF – Translated by AMANY SABER Runoff of the first phase of the parliamentary elections will be held in nine Egyptian governorates today December 5. Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said, Red Sea, Kafr el- Sheikh, Asyut, Luxor and Fayoum will have polling stations ready for the voters. It is going to be a matter of whether the Muslim Brotherhood -affiliated Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) will sweep the runoffs or an electoral fight will stay as dispute between political forces. There will be a total of 45 FJP candidates participating in the runoffs today. Meanwhile those who won the first phase in the elections, such as Amr Hamzawi , Akram al-Shaer and Mostafa el-Barry already have their parliamentary membership cards. They completed their personal data in People’s Assembly hall. The competition between the FJP and ...
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