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Dr. Morsi Receives Foreign Minister of Burundi

In a cordial meeting, in Cairo, Freedom and Justice chief meets with top Burundi officials, and discusses better relations in post-revolution Egypt, especially with regard to Nile Basin agreements signed

FJP Faces Fierce Smear Campaign Prior to Presidential Elections

Al-Youm Al-Sabea newspaper headline, May 13, claims a Freedom and Justice Party medical convoy performed female genital mutilation in Minya province; an allegation vehemently denied by party officials.

Dr. Morsi Receives Saudi Ambassador in Cairo

Saudi Ambassador vows to strengthen economic ties with Egypt by increasing volume of trade and investment in Egypt and employment opportunities for Egyptians in Saudi Arabia.

Osama Yassin: Revolution Needs President to Head Off Anti-Revolution Forces

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood political wing, the FJP, warns the public against complacency, pointing that the remaining days before the country’s first post-revolution presidential election are just as sensitive and crucial

Brotherhood’s Tosson Welcomes Decision Allowing Egypt’s Presidential Elections to Be Held on Schedule

Much to the relief of all parties concerned, Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court accepts presidential committee’s appeal against earlier decision to halt the country’s first post-revolution elections.

Ashri Calls on Elections Commission to Facilitate Voting for Egyptians Abroad

Fighting to secure Egyptians’ right to vote from abroad, legal expert Mukhtar Ashri – of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing the FJP – urges the presidential committee supervising the whole

Morsi on CBC: I Stand With Freedom of Creativity, Expression

Excerpts from Dr. Morsi’s interview in the Egyptian satellite TV channel CBC on Wednesday and Thursday 9 and 10, May 2012

Ashri: Ruling to Suspend Presidential Elections Issued by Non-Competent Court

Controversial decision by administrative court raises many questions and causes concern for future of Egypt’s march from despotism to democracy, especially as court acts out of jurisdiction.

Dr. Morsi Visits Industrial Area in Menoufia Province

The Brotherhood leader, Dr. Morsi, tours a major industrial area in Menoufia, Egypt, meets the managing director of one of the largest privately owned industrial groups in the country, and

Dr. Morsi, in Kafr El-Sheikh: Egypt Will Never Again Become a Den of Corrupt Cronies

As Egyptians across the land gear up for the first free and fair presidential elections in long decades, the people commit their resolve to see the revolution through, never allowing