#Egypt buzzing ahead of landmark poll, Tuesday, a day before its first presidential election

Egypt buzzing ahead of landmark poll

Jakarta Globe  -  12:50 PM

by Ines Bel Aida | May 22, 2012 A buzz of excitement swept through the Egyptian capital Tuesday, a day before its first presidential election since an uprising overthrew Hosni Mubarak and ushered in a tumultuous military-led transition. The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), ...

 

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Egypt elections: 'Women need a champion' »

Throughout the official 21 days of presidential propaganda, we the public have learned that all the candidates "value" women and believe that women are half of the Egyptian society and there...

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(Reuters) - In the Cairo shantytown of Dweika, raw sewage forms puddles in dirt roads and families of seven or more live crammed into two-room shacks that appear in imminent danger of collapse - as does the ground beneath their feet...More wlnew.blogspot.com/2012/05/egypt-underclass-finds-voice-voting.html

Egypt underclass finds voice, voting against misery »

(Reuters) - In the Cairo shantytown of Dweika, raw sewage forms puddles in dirt roads and families of seven or more live crammed into two-room shacks that appear in imminent danger of collapse - as do...

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ahmed galal

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tomorrow is special egypt elections

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Egypt election: nationalist Hamdeen Sabahy offers third way

The Guardian  -  11:59 AM

That's the slogan and the underlying message of Egyptian presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahy's campaign. Though the main faultline of Wednesday's elections will inevitably be the secular-Islamist divide, the diehard Arab nationalist who idolises Gamal Abdel-Nasser has seen his popularity surge ...