A number of potential presidential candidates have expressed their deep sadness to the death of Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III, who died at 88 after a long struggle with illness.
These candidates include Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Hamdin Sabahi, Amr Moussa, Khaled Ali, Ahmed Shafiq, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, Hossam Khairallah and Mansour Hassan.