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In this Thursday, July 18, 2013, photo released Friday, July 19, by the Egyptian Presidency, Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour makes his first address to the nation since taking his post after the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
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Egypt’s constitutional committee chairman Amr Mussa (C) gestures as he sits alongside other officials under a poster to promote a new draft constitution wish a slogan reading in Arabic, “All Egyptians Constitution” , in Cairo on December 15, 2013. An Egyptian official has resigned amid controversy over the poster to promote a new draft constitution that featured images of non-Egyptians and misspelled “Egyptians” in Arabic, state media. Amgad Abdel Ghaffar, head of the State Information Service, the government’s media arm, had already apologised for the poster, which featured Caucasian-looking images under the caption: “All Egyptians Constitution.” AFP PHOTO/HOSAN FADL
Egypt: National dialogue opens, will soon set election dates
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first session of Egypt’s national dialogue on the transitional roadmap set out following the July 3 ouster of former President Mohamed Mursi opened on Thursday in Cairo. The session was attended by Interim President Adly Mansour and...Caption:
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
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...Caption:
In this Thursday, July 18, 2013, photo released Friday, July 19, by the Egyptian Presidency, Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour makes his first address to the nation since taking his post after the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
Egypt: Uncertainty clouds draft constitution, political roadmap
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s transitional roadmap was thrown into doubt once more on Saturday after local media reported that interim president Adly Mansour met with consultants to discuss “errors” in the final draft of the constitution that had been sent to him for...Caption:
Mourners gather outside former President Nelson Mandela’s house in Houghton, Johannesburg December 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Sibongile Ngalwa/GCIS/Handout via Reuters)