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In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 file photo, an Egyptian election worker shows his colleagues an invalid ballot while counting ballots at the end of the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of president Mohammed Morsi at a polling station in Giza, Egypt. (AP)

Egyptian Court Postpones Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s controversial legislative elections, due to begin next month, have been postponed by a court ruling only two weeks after Egypt’s largest opposition coalition announced it would boycott them. The elections for the lower house of Egypt’s...

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In this Saturday, June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt’s former President, Hosni Mubarak, lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Retrial of Egypt’s Mubarak and Sons Set for April 13

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court set the date on Sunday for a retrial of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, his sons and top aides, ordering the politically fraught hearings over the killing of protesters to start just nine days before parliamentary elections next month....

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An Egyptian protester waves his national flag as he is surrounded by tear gas fired by riot police in Cairo’s Tahrir square on January 25, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD KHALED)

Egypt Seesawing Between Civil Disobedience and Coup

by Osman Mirghani | Mar 1, 2013 | Opinion

The growing atmosphere of congestion in Egypt portends greater dangers. There is increasing concern about what the coming days and weeks will bring to a country that seems to have lost the romance of its revolution days, and is now drowning in sheer frustration and...

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Traders work at the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo. (R)

Egypt Govt Approves Law Allowing Islamic Bond Issues

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 28, 2013 | Business

CAIRO, Reuters–The Egyptian government approved a draft law on Wednesday that will allow the state to issue Islamic bonds, or sukuk, a move that could help narrow a gaping budget deficit and boost foreign currency reserves that have fallen to critically low...

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Former director of the U.N.’s nuclear agency and Nobel peace laureate, Mohamed El Baradei, speaks with former Egyptian Foreign Minister and presidential candidate, Amr Moussa in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Amr Moussa Considers Election Boycott

by Mohamed Nasar | Feb 26, 2013 | Middle East

Sharjah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leading opposition National Salvation Front figure, Amr Moussa, acknowledged that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was democratically elected, but confirmed that he is considering boycotting the forthcoming parliamentary elections, stressing...