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A woman casts her vote at a polling station during a referendum on Egypt’s new constitution in Cairo on January 14, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt: 98.1 percent of voters approve constitution

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 18, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s election committee says 98.1 percent of voters have approved a new, military-backed constitution in the first vote since a coup toppled the country’s president. Egypt’s High Election Commission said Saturday that 38.6 percent of the...

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Polling station officials count ballots in the Egyptian capital Cairo on January 15, 2014 at the end of the second day of voting in a referendum on a new constitution. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egyptian voters back new constitution, says official

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt has passed its first milestone on the military-backed roadmap this week, with reports agreeing that Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed a new constitution during the two-day nationwide referendum. A senior government official,...

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epa04020788 An Egyptian polling station worker holds an unmarked ballot to be filled by voters during the referendum on the draft constitution, at a polling station, in Imbaba, Cairo, Egypt, 14 January 2014. Egyptians turned out in large numbers to vote in a referendum on a draft constitution that the military-backed government says is aimed […]

Opinion: After Egypt’s Referendum

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 15, 2014 | Opinion

Egypt is reaping the first tangible gains from the roadmap agreed upon following June 30 and the end of Muslim Brotherhood rule. Today, Egyptians are heading to the ballot box to cast their votes in a referendum on the new constitution drafted by the 50-member...

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Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh speaks during an interview with Associated Press at his home in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Aboul-Fotouh: Egypt constitutional referendum “window dressing”

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jan 15, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Egypt heads to the polls to vote on the constitutional referendum, members of the Muslim Brotherhood are not the only people expressing discontent about the new document and the way it has been drawn up and presented to the public. Abdel...

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Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour speaks to an audience of government officials and members of the panel that drafted Egypt’s amended constitution at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt: Constitutional referendum announced for January 14/15

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour announced on Saturday that a public referendum on Egypt’s new constitution will take place on January 14 and 15. The referendum is the first major milestone in Egypt’s transitional political roadmap. But...