Posts for: "Protests"

Islamists sweep the board in Egyptian elections

  As the MPs pledged their loyalty to serve the Egyptian nation in the newly elected Parliament on Monday (23rd January), almost a year to the day since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, political divisions and cracks were already beginning to show. A number of parliamentarians added their own personal flourishes to the scripted oaths,
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Egyptians continue to take to the streets, calling for an immediate end to military rule

   General Field Marshal Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), appeared on state television last night (Tuesday 22nd ) in an attempt to assure the swelling ranks of protesters that the military had no intention of staying in power for longer than necessary. Tantawi promised that the parliamentary elections scheduled
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