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Confusion in Egypt as polls open
Despite the controversial dissolution of parliament, voting begins in presidential elections in Egypt. But what does the situation mean for the country’s transition process?
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Has Egypt’s revolution failed?
As Egypt prepares for presidential elections this weekend, activists claim that gains made during the revolution could be wiped out after a court ruling overturned last year’s parliamentary poll.
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Court plunges Egypt elections into chaos
Egypt’s historic presidential run-off at the weekend has been thrown into chaos after a senior court ruled that parliamentary elections in January were unconstitutional.
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Former president Mubarak sentenced to life
Former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of hundreds of protesters in the first court ruling since the start of the Arab Spring.
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Egyptian election: Islamist or former military man?
Partial results indicate Islamist candidate Mohammed Mursi will be pitted against Mubarak-era Ahmed Shafiq in the second round of the Egyptian presidential election.
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Egypt Christians insecure after Shenouda's death
The death of His Most Blessed Beatitude Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Shenouda III comes at a perilous time for Egypt’s Christian minority.
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The politics of non-intervention in Syria
The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.
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Middle East in flux as Hamas shifts from Iran
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year’s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and the Palestinians too
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Why thuggery cuts both ways in Egypt
If it wasn’t for a hard core of violent youths, many of them football fans, manning the barricades and taking on the police a year ago, would Egypt’s revolution have gone as far as it has?
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Scores killed in Egyptian football violence
Officials in Egypt say at least 74 people have been killed after a football pitch invasion in the city of Port Said.
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Egypt’s revolution a year on: what next?
On the first anniversary of protests which swept Egypt and led to the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year presidency, Channel 4 News asks: what has the revolution meant for Egypt?
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Chaotic day for Egypt’s new parliamentarians
As Egypt prepares to mark a year since anti-government protests ended President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule, Channel 4 News looks at the new parliament’s debut appearance.
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Egypt's best chance of change?
Jonathan Rugman blogs on Egypt’s historic day of change, as people prepare to vote following the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
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Egyptians go to the polls in landmark elections
Egyptians are taking to the polls to cast their vote in the first election held since protesters in Tahrir Square and across the country ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.
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Egypt's radicalised youth fight on
A new corps of protestors are armed with stones and Molotov cocktails, and they feel the next stage of Egypt’s revolution is now theirs.