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El-Katatny to contest Freedom and Justice Party leadership elections
Nominations started Monday, elections scheduled for 19 October

FJP start search for new party president
Essam Elerian and Mohamed Al-Beltagy are the top nominees for the position

Morsy traveling to Turkey
Scheduled to discuss economic and political ties

Students victorious as British University strike ends
University president signs approval for compensation package

Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
almost a year after Kenya sent troops to rout them, Al-Shebab fighters retreat to the port city of Kismayo

Gamal Mubarak makes special request
Son of ousted president wants his father transferred to a better equipped hospital after suffering heart problems

Oil prices drop after brief rebound
EU President: “Europe is on the way out of the crisis”

Bounty on anti-Islam film-maker disowned by Pakistani authorities
Pakistan detaches itself from bounty announced by minister, as president is scheduled to speak on religious harmony in UN general assembly

New US voting could shift votes towards Romney
Controversial law could disenfranchise ten million Hispanic US citizens
Presidential decree solidifies military control of land in Sinai
Within the coming few days a presidential decree is to be issued to amend Sinai Development Act number 14 for the year 2012, which Prime Minister Hisham Qandil’s cabinet approved in its last meeting, state-run Al-Ahram reported Saturday. According to Al-Ahram’s report, the presidential amendment stipulates the establishment of a National Authority for the Development …
Egypt struggles to boost agriculture and livestock wealth
By Mohamed Gamal In a continuing effort to promote the agricultural sector, Egyptian officials agreed with Qatari businessmen to explore investment opportunities in the Egyptian agricultural sector. Last Friday, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil held talks with a Qatari delegation headed by Sheikh Nasser Bin Mohammed Al Hajri, CEO of Hassad Food, who expressed interest in …

Morsy addresses Egyptian and foreign audiences
Egyptian president interviewed by NYT and State TV on Saturday

Iranian female ex-parliamentarian sentenced over “anti-state propaganda”
Faezeh Rafsanjani sentenced to six months in prison

Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to meet
Ethiopian summit comes amidst fighting along disputed border

Editor’s Letter: Unavoidable clash of values
If you don’t like it, just don’t watch it!

South Korea’s software mogul who wants to be president
Inexperienced self-made millionaire runs in elections

Elections to select new FJP president likely in October
Six or seven party figureheads are planning to run

Georgia prison scandal highlights widespread torture
Georgia’s president vows to eradicate torture after videos depicting rape and torture in a Georgian prison spark anger and protest
Egyptian receives six years for insulting religion and president
After posting offensive material on Facebook, Copt receives six year prison sentence

Praying at gunpoint
By Mohammed Aly Ibrahim The fear of Friday 13th in western superstition as an unlucky day touched upon me as I was heading to perform my weekly prayer. Many Egyptians, myself included, think that the mosques of Prophet Muhammad’s ancestors here bestow endless blessings upon those who regularly visit such places of worship. The most …

South African mines reopen but unrest continues
Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45 miners killed

Mali and Guinea Bissau discussed at West Africa economic summit
Economic Community of West African States seeking UN approval for intervention

Yemeni security reshuffle
President sacks security officials loyal to ousted Saleh

Somalia selects new president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamed faces massive obstacles as Somalia’s new president

US Presidential candidates lay politics aside to remember 9/11
Presidential campaigns taking a break on the memorial of 9/11

Return of the king?
Somalis around the world await the naming of their next president

Conflicting reports about air stewards’ strike
Though supposedly on hold, air stewards’ strike is still impacting Cairo International airport activities

Acquittal for Morsy car attackers
Defendants acquitted due to lack of evidence

Hamzawi: “Morsy’s talk about being a president for all Egyptians is politically romantic”
Hamzawi asserts the importance of “unifying” liberal powers in the upcoming elections, discusses the mistakes of the past

Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown
Protesters disrupt Ukrainian president’s speech on press freedom