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Judges club complain to void outcome of referendum

CAIRO: Secular political parties joined voices with the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, the…

Daily News Egypt

Fisk: What the Arab World wants is freedom from us

CAIRO: As Egyptians begin to cast their vote on the referendum to…

Rania Al Malky

Analysts debate the need for more powerful political parties

CAIRO: Three political analysts debated the importance of powerful political parties and…

Daily News Egypt

Egyptian rejection of US criticism will not affect relations

CAIRO: President Mubarak promoted the recent constitutional amendments in a televised speech…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Demonstrators beaten at protest

CAIRO: A Downtown demonstration against controversial amendments to the constitution was suppressed…

Alexandra Sandels

Misinformation on the way to the polls

CAIRO: My debut in the Egyptian political process was to participate in…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Human rights NGOs say un-invited to PA constitution debates

CAIRO: None of Egypt's human rights NGOs were invited to People's Assembly…

Yasmine Saleh

Luxor locals puzzled by sudden political activity

Most unaware of constitutional referendum LUXOR: National Democratic Party (NDP) supporters scrambled…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Referendum day marked by tightly controlled protests

CAIRO: Human rights and pro-democracy activists from the political opposition staged a…

Alexandra Sandels