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Can Elbaradei get elected as President in Egypt?

At November's end, Mohammed Elbaradei will be stepping down as the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Egypt: 70 MB Workers Win In First Phase Amid Security Pressures

The first round of the Trade Union election has come  to a close and MB candidates garnered 70 seats nationwide, including two female workers one in Sharqeya and the other in

Egypt: Two MB Candidates For The Trade Union Elections Detained

The Egyptian security forces on November 7,2006, detained two candidates of the Trade Union elections while they were in front of the Ministry of Manpowe. The two were taken to an undisclosed

Egypt: Heshmat’s Case May Go Before International Court

Ten months have passed since the Egyptian parliamentary elections in 2005, and the Egyptian court hasn’t yet issued its ruling on the vote rigging and other election irregularities. Cases of

MB candidates Reveal Violations During Chamber of Commerce Elections

During a press conference, the MB candidates for the Chamber of Commerce revealed many violations committed by the government during the latest elections in Alexandria.  

Police Arrest 300 MB Members in Cairo, Police Truck Crashes

State Security police in massive numbers surrounded all entries to downtown Cairo to prevent large number of Egyptians who came from all over the country to show their solidarity to

College students disciplined for distributing Test Preparation handouts!

Fourteen medical students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood at Asyut University, have been disciplined for distributing test preparation handouts.

20 of Brotherhood’s Students at Medicine School are Fired

In a new episode of oppression series targeting the Muslim Brotherhood’s members, 20 students, affiliated to the MB, are suspended form the Medicine School of Cairo University for week or

Pharmacists Stage Sit-in to Demand the Release of their Detained Colleges

On Tuesday, 70 of Egyptian pharmacists staged an open sit-in in the headquarters of el-Dakahlya syndicate in solidarity with their colleagues that were put under arrest in the course of

Controlled Reform in Egypt: Neither Reformist nor Controlled

>Drawn out over five weeks in November and December 2005, Egypt’s parliamentary elections gripped a country normally jaded about formal politics -- and produced some surprising results.