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Elections Monitor: Opposition parties respond to first round losses
Egypt
December 1, 2010
Elections Monitor: Opposition parties respond to first round losses
After suffering severe losses in the first round of parliamentary elections, Egypt’s opposition parties and movements are condemning electoral violations…
Muslim Brotherhood levels fraud accusations against NDP
Egypt
November 29, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood levels fraud accusations against NDP
The Muslim Brotherhood in a press statement issued late Sunday night accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) of rigging Sunday’s…
Egypt’s election campaigns
Opinion
November 26, 2010
Egypt’s election campaigns
Parliamentary election campaigns are coming to a close as the actual voting will start in a couple of days. Candidates…
Egypt’s president of Jewish community to go on retrial
Egypt
November 20, 2010
Egypt’s president of Jewish community to go on retrial
An Egyptian appeal court decided Saturday to go on with a retrial of the head of Egypt's small Jewish community…
Opposition plans to monitor election fraud
Egypt
November 9, 2010
Opposition plans to monitor election fraud
Opposition parties and groups on Tuesday held a conference at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc, in…
Does Egypt need international election observers?
Opinion
October 14, 2010
Does Egypt need international election observers?
International observers are for newly independent states without the institutions needed to run elections--unlike Egypt--according to Moqbel Shaker, vice chairman…
Fraud guaranteed in upcoming elections, says report
Egypt
October 4, 2010
Fraud guaranteed in upcoming elections, says report
According to a report released recently by the Middle East Report Information Project (MERIP), Egyptian elections should not be confused…
No judicial monitoring, no hope
Egypt
September 27, 2010
No judicial monitoring, no hope
Elections to the People’s Assembly, Egypt’s lower house of parliament, slated for 29 November will be conducted without an independent…
1980s-era scammer released after 21 years in jail
Egypt
August 10, 2010
1980s-era scammer released after 21 years in jail
Ahmed al-Rayan, mastermind of a notorious pyramid scheme that cost thousands of Egyptians their life's savings in the 1980s
Hebrew press: Egyptian-Jewish leader flees country after fraud sentencing
Egypt
July 25, 2010
Hebrew press: Egyptian-Jewish leader flees country after fraud sentencing
Israeli Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth has reported that Karmen Weinstein, leader of Egypt's modest Jewish community, fled the country after…