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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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Egypt's unlikely bedfellows: the Islamists and the military
“In Tahrir Square itself the grass has died, and much youthful optimism with it.”
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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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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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Who will be getting Egyptian women’s vote?
Egyptians take to the polls today to vote for the first democratically elected president in 60 years. But after being so involved in the revolution, is there a role for women in Egypt’s future?
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Channel 4 News team ‘not mistreated’
After a Channel 4 News team is deported from Bahrain, a Bahrain government spokesman denies there was any mistreatment and says the kingdom is “in a much better position than last year”.
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Berlusconi claims girls played ‘burlesque’ games
The former Italian prime minister turned up unexpectedly at his trial in Milan – where he is facing allegations that he paid for sex with an underage prostutute and then tried to cover it up.
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Bahrain grand prix ‘to go ahead’, despite opposition
Formula 1’s governing body says Bahrain’s grand prix will take place on 22 April, despite continuing protests against the kingdom’s ruling Sunni monarchy for its repression of opposition.
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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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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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Protests for Syria as bloodshed continues
As the death toll mounts in Syria’s bloody uprising, thousands of people are staging a mass rally in London to show their solidarity with protesters across the Middle East.
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Four killed in violent clashes in Egypt
There have been more deaths following clashes between police and demonstrators in Egypt, as protests continue over the handling of the football stadium riot in Port Said.
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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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Clashes in Cairo over Egypt football riot
There has been widespread anger in Egpyt after 74 people died in football violence. As Jonathan Rugman reports, conspiracy theories abound about how the tragedy could have happened.
