Egypt: Campaign Violations Continue on Second Day
Amid reports of party supporters violating the ban on campaigning at polling stations, the Presidential Elections Committee has warned that it holds the power to suspend any candidate proven to be involved in electoral bribery.
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Egypt: Electoral Bribes Highlight Second day of Voting (press release)
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, 24 May 2012
On May 24, 2012, the Egyptian Federation for Election Observation submitted the seventh official complaint to the Supreme Juridical Presidential Election Commission against ... read more »
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Egypt: Next President Could be Suspended for Electoral Bribery
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Secretary General of the Presidential Elections Committee Hatem Bagato said that the law allows the committee to suspend any candidate if it proves his involvement in electoral ... read more »
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Egypt: Jimmy Carter Praises Transparency of Presidential Election
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Former United States President Jimmy Carter praised Egypt's presidential election, particularly the high participation, considering it a model for the world to follow. read more »
Photo: D. Hakes/ The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Carter watches as poll workers check a voter's ID.
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Egypt: Voter Participation Climbing as Elections Continue
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Following are the latest developments of the second day of Egypt's presidential elections. read more »
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Egypt: Moussa Calls On Shafiq to Withdraw From Race
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Exchanges between presidential candidates Amr Moussa and Ahmed Shafiq took a new twist following rumours of one's withdrawal from Egypt's presidential race in favour of the other. read more »
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Egypt: 'I Came Today to Vote so That The Country Would Change'
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Latest developments of the second day of Egypt's presidential election: read more »
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Egypt: Voting Extended Beyond 8 Pm
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
The Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC) decided to extend voting beyond 8 pm to allow all voters inside poll stations to cast their votes. Counting ballot papers will ... read more »
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Egypt: Most Polling Stations Open Late on Second Day
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Latest developments of the second day of Egypt's presidential election: read more »
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Egypt: Egyptians Vote On Second Day of Presidential Election
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. on Thursday for citizens to cast their votes on the second day of Egypt's first post-January 25 presidential election. read more »
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Denies Voter Manipulation
Radio France Internationale, 24 May 2012
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has dismissed allegations of voter manipulation after the first day of the country's landmark presidential election. Meantime, a spokesman for liberal ... read more »
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Egypt: Foreign Ministry Receives Contested Ballots From Saudi
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Egypt's Foreign Ministry received parcels of ballot papers of expatriates in Saudi Arabia sealed with red wax. The Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC) will inspect the ... read more »
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Egypt: Manipulation at Polls Favour Former Premier, Reports Staff
Aswat Masriya, 24 May 2012
Manipulation in favor of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq took place at two Mansoura polling stations on Wednesday on the first day of Egypt's presidential election, reported ... read more »
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Egypt: Federation for Election Observation Registers Late Poll Openings for the Second day (press release)
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, 24 May 2012
On May 24, 2012, the Egyptian Federation for Election Observation submitted the sixth official complaint to the Supreme Juridical Presidential Election Commission against late ... read more »
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Egypt: Last Hours of First Day Witnessed 'Peak' in Electoral Violations
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
A report by the 'Egyptian Assembly for Democratic Development' confirmed on Wednesday that the last hours of the first day of Egypt's presidential election witnessed a peak in ... read more »
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Egypt: Former Prime Minister and Candidate Attacked at Polling Station
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Raged citizens attacked former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq on Wednesday, May 23, during his attempt to cast his vote in Egypt's presidential election. read more »
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Egypt: Ballot Boxes Sealed On First Day of Presidential Elections
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Election officials began sealing ballot boxes by 9 pm in all Egyptian governorates at the end of the first day in the country's first free presidential elections. read more »
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Egypt: Optimism Is the Path to Change - Wael Ghonim
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Activist Wael Ghonim expressed his optimism about the Egyptian presidential elections that kicked off on Wednesday morning, stressing that "the wheel of time will not turn back and ... read more »
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Egypt: U.S. Believes Military Will Transfer Power
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
The United States' Ministry for Foreign Affairs believes that Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) will commit to its promise to transfer power to a civilian ... read more »
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Egypt: Violations Concentrated in Shafiq, Mursi, Aboul Fotouh Campaigns
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Campaign violations in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election is concentrated in the campaigns of candidates Ahmed Shafiq, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and Mohamed Mursi, ... read more »
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Egypt: Egyptian Observers Report Electoral Silence Violations (press release)
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, 23 May 2012
On May 23, 2012, the Egyptian Federation for Election Observation submitted the fourth official complaint to the Supreme Juridical Presidential Election Commission against some ... read more »
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Egypt: Despite Ban, Shafiq and Azhar Grand Sheikh Cast Votes
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb were allowed to cast their votes in today's presidential elections although ... read more »
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Africa: U.S. State Department Carefully Comments on Egyptian Elections (document)
United States Department of State, 23 May 2012
Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: read more »
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Egypt: Ballots Rigged at Daqahliya Polling Station
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Voting was suspended for four hours at Sakhr Al-Din Khaled School in Daqahliya after the polling centre's judge discovered 35 ballots that were rigged in favour of the Muslim ... read more »
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Egypt: 50 Complaints Registered in First Morning of Voting
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Election's Support Unit of the National Council for Human Rights received 50 complaints from different governorates since voting began on Wednesday morning until 12 pm. read more »
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Egypt: Low Turnout at Some Polling Stations Attributed to Heat
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Latest developments in different governorates: read more »
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Egyptians Begin Historic Vote
- Publisher:
- Citizen TV
- Publication Date:
- 23 May 2012
Egyptians begin voting in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab spring uprising. Fifty million ... see more »
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Egypt: Shafiq's Campaign Accused of Employing Mubarak Era Practices
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh's campaign accused Ahmed Shafiq's campaign of committing violations and terrorizing voters. Abul Fotouh's campaign described these ... read more »
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Egypt: Ganzouri Declares Thursday Official Day Off
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Prime Minister Kamal Al-Ganzouri has declared Thursday, May 24, an official day off for government employees, reported state television. read more »
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Egypt: Voting Extended Until 9 PM
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Voting will be extended until 9 pm instead of 8 pm on the first day of Egypt's presidential elections, Egyptian State TV announced. read more »
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Egypt: Election Results Impossible to Predict, Say Analysts
Inter Press Service, 23 May 2012
As Egyptians head to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to elect the country's first post-Mubarak president, local analysts say that voting results - even on the very eve of the ... read more »
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Egypt: Western Diplomats Monitor Presidential Elections
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
A number of European and Western diplomats as well as international observers the electoral process in Egypt's first free presidential elections. read more »
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Egypt: Update - Nation's Presidential Candidates Vote in Historic Election
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Standing in queues, Egypt's presidential candidates headed to polling stations on Wednesday, May 23, to vote in the country's historic post-Mubarak presidential election. read more »
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Egypt: Presidential Elections: Heavy Police Presence at Most Polling Stations
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Voting in Egypt's first free elections began on Wednesday May 23 at 8 am across the country. read more »
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Egypt: Regular Security Across Egypt - Interior Ministry
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Security in all polling centres' across the country is normal, a source in the Interior Ministry's operations room said. read more »
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Egypt: Jimmy Carter Visits Polling Centres to Check Voting Process
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Former US president and head of the Carter Centre Jimmy Carter visited some polling centres on Wednesday morning in Al-Sayeda Zeinab and Al-Sayeda Aisha neighbourhoods to monitor ... read more »
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Egypt: Newspaper Headlines in Egypt's First Day of Historic Vote
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Headlines of main Egyptian newspapers on the first day of the country's free presidential elections after the January 25 revolution. read more »
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Egypt: Voting Begins in First Free Elections After January Revolution
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2012
Egypt's polling centres opened their doors for voters at 8 am on Wednesday in the country's first free presidential elections after the January 25 revolution toppled President ... read more »
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Egypt: PM Meets With Ex-U.S. President Carter
Egypt State Information Service, 23 May 2012
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri met on Tuesday with ex-US President Jimmy Carter. read more »
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Egypt: Army Proposes Last-Minute Constitutional Change
Radio France Internationale, 22 May 2012
Proposed plans to change the interim constitution before Egypt's landmark presidential election have made some candidates nervous - enough to break the 48 hour campaign silence ... read more »
Photo: Heba Aly/IRIN
A woman waits in line for her turn to vote in Egypt's first elections. (file photo)
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Egypt: Mubarak and Sons Can Vote
Aswat Masriya, 22 May 2012
Former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa, who are detained pending trial, can cast their votes in Egypt's presidential election if they file a request to the ... read more »
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Egypt: Armored Military Patrols Call on Citizens to Vote
Aswat Masriya, 22 May 2012
In armed vehicles, military patrols distributed fliers on Tuesday, calling on Egyptians to vote in tomorrow's historic presidential election. read more »
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What Kind of President Will Egyptians Pick?
- Publisher:
- AlJazeeraEnglish
- Publication Date:
- 22 May 2012
Egyptians are preparing to elect a new president, and for the first time they have a real choice. But the conservatives are split over which ... see more »
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Egypt: Fotouh, Mursi Supporters Agree to 'Let Ballot Boxes Decide'
Aswat Masriya, 22 May 2012
The Salafi Nour party, supporting presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, and the Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice party, supporting Mohamed Mursi, have agreed not ... read more »
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Egypt: Nation Votes for President Tomorrow
Aswat Masriya, 22 May 2012
Egyptians will vote on Wednesday, May 23, in what is considered the country's first real presidential election. read more »
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Egypt: Pro-Revolution Youth Union Monitors Elections
Aswat Masriya, 22 May 2012
A pro-revolution youth union is set to monitor Egypt's presidential election, scheduled to kick off tomorrow, May 23. read more »
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Egypt: Military Entrenched Ahead of Polls
Inter Press Service, 22 May 2012
As Egyptians prepare to elect their country's first president since the uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, the military junta that has ruled for the last 15 months has ... read more »
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Egypt: SIS Establishes International Press Center to Serve Reporters Covering Presidential Election
Egypt State Information Service, 21 May 2012
State Information Service (SIS) has established an international press centre for foreign reporters to facilitate the task of covering the presidential election. read more »
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Egypt: Armed Forces Council Calls for Peaceful Elections
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
The ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) called upon Egyptians to accept the results of the presidential elections beginning on Wednesday May 23. The elections will ... read more »
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Egypt: Electoral Silence Begins, Police, Armed Forces Secure Poll Stations
Egypt State Information Service, 21 May 2012
Interior Ministry has developed a security plan to apply it in all Egypt's governorates once the announcement of the upcoming presidential election result. read more »
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Egypt: MP Criticizes Speaker's Support for Muslim Brotherhood Candidate
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
MP Essam Sultan criticized Speaker of People's Assembly Saad Al-Katatni's support for the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Mursi in the imminent presidential elections on his ... read more »
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Egypt: Complementary Constitutional Declaration Comes Under Fire
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
Presidential candidate Khaled Ali held a conference on Monday to declare a stance against the ruling military council's complementary constitutional declaration. read more »
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Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, 20 May 2012
The Egyptian Coalition for Election Observation holds a press conference to declare launching the presidential election observation mission. The conference will be held on May 22, ... read more »
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Egypt: If Offered, Abu Ismail, Will Turn Down Vice-President Post
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
Disqualified Salafi (ultraconservative) presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, said that, if offered, he will turn down the post of vice-president to Egypt's next ... read more »
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Egypt: Moussa Warns of Rigging Attempts in Countryside
Aswat Masriya, 20 May 2012
Presidential candidate Amr Moussa warned of attempts to rig votes in Egypt's villages and shantytowns through a process of collecting national ID (identification) cards. read more »
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Egypt: Egypt Presidential Candidates On Important Issues
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
Below are the stances of Egypt's presidential candidates on important issues: read more »
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Egypt: Carter Centre Has Green Light to Observe Elections - U.S.
Aswat Masriya, 19 May 2012
The Atlanta-based Carter Centre attained approval to send 22 observers to monitor Egypt's presidential elections, the United States Department of State announced on Friday. read more »
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Egypt: Egypt Expat Polls Announced Today
Aswat Masriya, 21 May 2012
In a meeting held by a specialized Foreign Ministry committee, the final results, including statistics, of expat polls for Egypt's presidential election, will be announced on ... read more »
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Egypt: Episcopal Church Bishop Urges All Egyptians to Vote in Presidential Polls
Egypt State Information Service, 19 May 2012
Archbishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church for Egypt and North Africa Mounir Hanna on Friday 18/05/2012 urged all Egyptians to go to the ballot stations to elect the next ... read more »
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Egypt: Azhar - Voting Is a Religious and National Duty, Election Bribes Are Unlawful
Egypt State Information Service, 19 May 2012
Al-Azhar said that taking part in elections is a national and religious duty. It urged all Egyptians to follow their religious conscience in selecting candidates. read more »
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Egypt: International Press Center to Serve 923 Reporters Covering Presidential Elections (interview)
Egypt State Information Service, 19 May 2012
Egypt's State Information Service (SIS), established in 1954, plays a key role at the local, regional and international levels to explain the policy of State in different ... read more »
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Egypt: Hariri - My Withdrawal in Favour of Sabbahi Is Out of Question
Aswat Masriya, 19 May 2012
Presidential candidate Abul Ezz Al-Hariri stated that rumours of his withdrawal from the elections in favour of another candidate are groundless. read more »
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Egypt: Bastawisi Ready to Quit Race If Proper Consensus Reached - Al-Tagamo'a Party
Aswat Masriya, 19 May 2012
Al-Tagamo'a Party is ready to be part of an agreement to choose a single presidential candidate for Leftist and democratic powers, official spokesperson of the party, Nabil Zaki, ... read more »
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Egypt: Shafiq and Moussa Ahead in Presidential Race - Poll
Aswat Masriya, 19 May 2012
A poll conducted by the council of ministers' Information and Decision Support Centre shows that presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq came first in the presidential race for the ... read more »
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Egypt: Foreign Ministry - Expats Votes Climb Up, Polls Close Tomorrow
Aswat Masriya, 16 May 2012
The number of Egyptians voting abroad in Egypt's presidential elections has climbed up in recent hours, exceeding 147, 000 votes, said official Foreign Ministry spokesperson Amr ... read more »
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Egypt: Local Embassies Announce Results of Elections By Expatriate Locals
Egypt State Information Service, 19 May 2012
The results of the presidential elections held by the Egyptian embassies abroad indicate that presidential candidate Dr. Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh comes in the lead followed by ... read more »
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Egypt: Election Witnessing Mission Arrives (press release)
Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, 18 May 2012
Having received accreditation from the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) is pleased to announce ... read more »
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Egypt: Country Allows Expats to Vote Using Automated Passport
Aswat Masriya, 11 May 2012
Egypt's Foreign Ministry received new instructions from the presidential elections committee allowing expatriates to cast their votes using their automated passports without the ... read more »
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Egypt: Citizens Expats Begin Historic Presidential Vote
Aswat Masriya, 11 May 2012
Egyptian expatriates started the voting process at 8 am local time to cast their votes in Egypt's first presidential votes after the January 25 revolution. read more »
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Egypt: Supreme Presidential Elections Committee Considers Approving Automated Passport for Expats Voting
Aswat Masriya, 10 May 2012
The Supreme Presidential Elections Committee (SPEC) considers approving an automated passport for voting in the upcoming elections abroad that has the national ID number as a means ... read more »
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The newly formed Constitution Party's Mohamed El-Baradei has proposed that the elected president forms a committee representing all sectors of society in order to draft the ... Read more »
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Candidates from all spheres of society, including women, declared their intention to run for the presidency after applications officially opened. Voters are expected to cast their ... Read more »
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As the presidential elections are approaching, the Interior Ministry has developed a security plan that be applied once the announcement of the upcoming presidential election ... Read more »
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