The two are among 13 candidates competing in the election, due to begin on May 23.The debate repeatedly turned...
...youth who drove the uprising that ousted the former regime in February 2011.And with a Mubarak-era figure and two Islamists...
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Also on Sunday protests took place in southern Daraa province to demand the release of activist and citizen journalist Mohammed al-Hariri, who was arrested on April 16 after he gave an interview to Al-Jazeera. According to Reporters Without Borders,... Full Article at France 24
Speaking after heads of state and government of the alliance met for the first day of the NATO summit, Rasmussen said NATO is " very much concerned" about the Syrian situation, but the alliance has "no intention whatsoever to intervene in Syria." ... Full Article at China Daily
Egyptian presidential candidate, Amr Moussa attends a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Former head of the Arab League, he is tainted for serving Mubarak as foreign minister but popular for his criticism of Israel which he says got... View Photo »
We believe it is the international community's task not to allow the disruption of implementation of the U.N.-Arab League envoy's plan. For our part, we will do everything that depends on us to (ensure) violence in Syria ends as soon as possible.
Shafiq’s high polling numbers with surprise. Islamists and youth revolutionaries alike have derided the former premier as a “remnant” of the old Hosni Mubarak regime, and Shafiq lacks the anti- American and anti-Israel credentials his rival Moussa... Full Article at Jerusalem Post
Mubarak regime, and, like Mubarak, a former air force general. Amr Moussa arguably looks like the front runner, having led almost every poll conducted in the past year. He left the belly of the former administration after a 2001 spat with Mubarak, but... Full Article at openDemocracy
Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh. None of the 13 candidates is likely to top 50 percent in voting Wednesday, May 23, 2012 and Thursday, so a runoff vote is set for June 16-17. A president will be announced June 21. More News Profiles of Egypt's main presidential... Full Article at KansasCity.com
Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Mussa attends his press conference in Cairo on May 20, 2012. Mussa, a veteran foreign minister, former Arab League chief and the presidential election's main secular candidate, vows to lead a multi confessional Egypt... View Photo »
Moscow sharply condemns the new terrorist acts and emphasizes that they [terrorists] had actually launched a massive campaign on destabilizing the situation and foiling the plan by UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan
Each one of them has his own distinctive features. Moussa, 76, presents himself as the experienced statesman who will deliver stability in the midst of an uncertain economic climate. Having worked as foreign minister under Hosni Mubarak and secretary... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Of secular background and West-friendly, 75-year-old Moussa benefits from image as experienced and able to fix the economy. Campaigned in poor and rural areas, promising to help them. The former Air Force commander and civil aviation minister was... Full Article at FOX News
"Vote for the son of Egypt. Vote for the true son of the revolution. Bring the revolution to power," a voice blared over loudspeakers on a pickup truck in his campaign convoy. Sabahy is not widely considered a front-runner alongside the likes of former... Full Article at Reuters Africa
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We believe it is the international community's task not to allow the disruption of implementation of the U.N.-Arab League envoy's plan. For our part, we will do everything that depends on us to (ensure) violence in Syria ends as soon as possible.
Moscow sharply condemns the new terrorist acts and emphasizes that they [terrorists] had actually launched a massive campaign on destabilizing the situation and foiling the plan by UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan
The Arab League supports the Libyan position to hold the trial of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi in front of a Libyan justice
We all recall the series of explosions that occurred when the Arab League observers were present in Syria, and the regime is welcoming the head of the U.N. Observer Mission in the same manner
Both sides have been accused of multiple violations of the ceasefire engineered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.
The plan of the special representative of U.N. and the Arab League, Kofi Annan, needs to be implemented with all of its components, and it should be emphasized that the responsibility for putting an end to violence belongs to all sides in Syria. The Syrian government is invited to take quick steps to re...
A Hamas delegation headed by brother Khaled Meshaal will meet the Egyptian Foreign Minister (Mohamed Kamel Amr) and will meet Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Al Arabi
By receiving representatives of the Syrian opposition in Moscow, Russia is backing up the efforts of UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Moscow is using all opportunities to secure peace in Syria. However, it’s up to the Syrians to achieve a settlement.
We still think that such single-sided sanctions are counterproductive and call on the international community to concentrate on supporting the activities of UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan
Tunisia fully supports Sudan’s right to defend its soil, and calls for dialogue. [We] highlight the importance of Egyptian mediation and coordination between the Arab League and the African Union to resolve the conflict
He was a foreign minister and all people loved him and at the Arab League he was nominated and was chosen.
The Arab League will assign its Arab representatives in the UN Security Council in the meeting set to take place May 5 to ask the Security Council to protect Syrian civilians immediately
When the monitors of the Arab League came to Daraa last winter, everyone who was ready to talk to them was arrested
The U.N. Security Council is now more unified than it has been on Sudan ... And with the African Union communique, the Arab League coming in along the same lines and the Security Council coming in along the same lines, we hope that will strengthen the panel’s political weight, if you will, as they bring...
Such contacts support the efforts of UN and Arab League envoy [Kofi] Annan
forming and leading a coalition with Turkey and the Arab League nations to assist the opposition by creating a safe haven and equipping the opposition with food, medicine, communications tools and potentially weapons.
Forming and leading a coalition with Turkey and the Arab League nations to assist the opposition, by creating a safe haven and equipping the opposition with food, medicine, communications tools and potentially weapons, will not only weaken Iran, it will ultimately increase our ability to influence the p...
After the hosting of the latest Arab League Summit by Baghdad and the withdrawal of US troops from that country, Iraq proved it could play a determining role in regional developments and by hosting Iran’s negotiations… they also show they always support peace.
Despite the UN’s ‘peace plan’ being fully rejected by both the Syrian rebels and their Western and Arab League backers who have openly pledged cash, weapons, and support for them to continue fighting in full violation of the proposed cease fire, the Western media has instead accused the Syrian governmen...
Certain sides made enormous efforts to show that Iraq is outside the Arab world, but with holding the Arab League's summit in Baghdad, Iraq is currently at the top of the league, and the Iraqi prime minister has assumed the presidency of the Arab League.
Certain sides made great efforts to show Iraq is not part of the Arab world but by hosting the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq is now at the top of this league and the Iraqi prime minister is the head of the AL
Libya is a member of the Arab League and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
The Syrian government is committed to the success of the UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan
At the Arab League summit in Baghdad, I had a long conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. We are working to reinvigorate the Mecca agreement and take it to the next stage
There are not only peaceful protesters who of course have a right to the peaceful expression of their views. There are also armed groups operating there. They mastermind terrorist attacks among other things. I've already said, not once, that there are those people, from outside Syria too, who want to de...
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Arab League and Syria: The violence comes amid a flurry of diplomatic initiatives launched separately by the Arab League, the United Nations, Russia and China - all aimed at ending the year-long tumult in Syria which the UN says has killed at least 7,500 people.
Arab League and China: In a key development on February 4, China and Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution -- which, significantly, had Arab League support -- aimed at installing a transitional government and holding elections.
Arab League and Iraq: The explosions ended nearly a month of quiet in Iraq, where violence waned after the run-up to the Arab League summit in Baghdad at the end of March.
Arab League and Turkey: Tens of thousands of Syrian government supporters poured into the streets to protest against an Arab League vote to suspend the country's membership, as Turkey sent planes to evacuate diplomatic staff and their families after a night of attacks on embassies.
Arab League and Saudi Arabia: In a key development on February 4, China and Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution -- which, significantly, had Arab League support -- aimed at installing a transitional government and holding elections.
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