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News Coverage

prepared for: The European Union delegation

to Egypt

Disclaimer:

“This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The

contents of this document are the sole responsibility of authors of articles and under no

circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of IPSOS or the European Union.”

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Thematic Headlines Domestic Scene 19 Political Powers to Boycott Runoffs Ex-Presidential Contenders Enthuse Tahrir Protesters MB Seeks to Get Back All Fired Members Baradei Says Constitution Real Battle MPs Lead March against Shafiq Shafiq is Egypt’s Last Chance

Morsi’s Case Referred to Constitutional Court

Shafiq’s Vows

Mubarak Sons Demand Conciliation

Responses to the Attacks against the Judiciary Mass Demonstrations in Tahrir Square Excluding 130 Thousand Names from the Voters’ Lists A Decisive Meeting about the Constituent Assembly Ahmad Shafiq Accuses the Muslim Brotherhood The Freedom and Justice Party Boycotted SCAF’s Meeting with the Political Parties 84 Days for a Health Amnesty for Mubarak Judicial Authority Angered by Criticism When Will SCAF’s Meetings with Political Parties End? MPs Accuse Media of Working against the Revolution Commemorating Khaled Said’s Anniversary

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Newspapers (6/06/2012)

Pages: 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15 Author: Samih Lachin and others

Mass Demonstrations in Tahrir Square

The Tahrir Square witnessed a mass demonstration yesterday. 40 revolutionary parties and coalitions participated in the demonstrations that protested the judicial ruling in the trials of Mubarak, his sons and figures of his regime.

The demonstration also called for forming a presidential council, and for applying the political isolation law.

Clashes took place between a number of the revolution youth and the Muslim Brotherhood when a number of demonstrators carried signs against the former regime and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Similar news was reported in al-Shurouk, p. 1, 4, 5

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Pages: 1, 3 Author: Laila Mustafa

A Decisive Meeting about the Constituent Assembly

In its meeting with political parties and powers, SCAF decided to hold a final meeting tomorrow to lay down the final criteria of forming the Constituent Assembly that would draft the Constitution.

MP Mustafa Bakri who attended the meeting declared in a press conference that SCAF, headed by Tantawi, are keen on holding the run-off round of the elections on time.

The majority of the political players who attended the meeting refused the Advisory Council’s suggestion to amend 60 of the Constitutional Declaration.

Bakri also reported that the political powers also refused the suggestion to form a presidential council, referring to SCAF’s keenness on handing over the power on June 30.

Meanwhile, Speaker of the People’s Assembly Saad al-Katatni declared that the assembly would not be reluctant in preserving its legislative authorities, and would never allow anybody to takeover this authority.

Al-Katatni’s statements were commenting on inquiries about potential SCAF’s will to issue a complementary constitutional declaration about the formation of the Constituent Assembly and the president’s authorities.

Four parties did not participate in the meeting with SCAF; the Freedom and Justice Party, al-Adl [Justice] Party, al-Wasat Party, al-Amal Party and Free Egyptians Party.

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Pages: 1, 7 Author: Amani Majid, Hibah Hassan and Hazim Abu Douma

Ahmad Shafiq Accuses the Muslim Brotherhood

A Battle of accusations started between presidential candidates Ahmad Shafiq and Muhammad Mursi.

Ahmad Shafiq accused “a given group’ of being involved in killing demonstrators in Tahrir Square. He also referred to the facts finding report on the attacks on prisons the release of prisoners of Hamas and Hizb Allah, and consequently many prisoners and criminals could escape from prisons.

Spokesman of Mursi’s campaign Yasser Ali called Shafiq to show evidences that proves

his accusations, stating that the Muslim Brotherhood offered 39 martyrs in the revolution.

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Pages: 1, 7 Author: Khalid Abu al-Izz

Excluding 130 Thousand Names from the Voters’ Lists

Judge Mahir al-Buhairi, member of the High Presidential Elections Commission

declared that 130 thousand names were excluded from the voters’ lists.

The excluded names were proved to be ineligible for different reasons. Al-Buhairi

reported on implementing new security measures to grant the authenticity of the elections.

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Pages: 1, 6 Author: Abd al-Raouf Khalifah and Ali Muhammad

Responses to the Attacks against the Judiciary

Head of Cairo Cassation Court and the High Court of Justice Husam al-Gharyani warned of the perils of the attacks against the Egyptian judiciary, stating that the attacks meant

to spread disorder and destroy the judicial authority.

Al-Gharyani stated that the attacks against the ruling were launched by people who did into know the details and evidences of the trial, warning of the perils of doubting the decency of the judicial authorities.

In an interview with al-Ahram, Egypt’s Minister of Justice Adel Abd al-Hamid asserted the dignity, independence and decency of the Egyptian judiciary. He called on people to support and respect the judiciary.

Minister Abd al-Hamid asserted that the prosecution saved no effort in the trial of Mubarak and figures of his regime.

Abd al-Hamid asserted that the judiciary was not part of the former regime.

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Page: 1 Author: Youssef el-Omi and Hisham Yassin

Baradei Says Constitution Real Battle

Egyptian political activist Mohamed el-Baradei called on national powers to unite their efforts to get out of the current bottleneck.

In statements upon his return to Cairo, coming from Vienna, Baradei said the real battle will be drafting the constitution and cancelling the Egyptian presidential elections.

Dozens of his supporters received him warmly in the airport.

The legitimacy of one of the presidential candidates is quietly challenged, Baradei noted.

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Page: 4 Author: Walid Magdi, Wael Mohamed, Mohamed Fares and Alaa Sarhan

Ex-Presidential Contenders Enthuse Tahrir Protesters

The third sit-in day in the iconic Tahrir Square was not like any other day, the spirit of the revolution was lurking all over its corners, especially when ex-presidential candidates

Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, Hamdeen Sabahi and Khaled Ali arrived in the square.

The protesters were extremely excited to see the three candidates, who lost in the first round of the presidential elections.

The trio told the excited crowd that the revolution will continue until all its demands

were fulfilled.

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Page: 5 Author: Mahmoud Shaaban Bayoumi

MB Seeks to Get Back All Fired Members

The Muslim Brotherhood group had issued orders to its officials to hold meetings with the group’s members, who were suspended over their support for Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh’s presidential bid.

The group had fired Abul-Fotouh because he announced running in the presidential elections, while the group at the time had declared that none of its members will pursue the post. Many members followed Abul-Fotouh out.

Officials in the group have been holding one-on-one meetings with the suspended members to see whether it was possible to let them back in, well-informed sources told Al-Masry Al-Yom newspaper.

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Page: 5 Author: Ghada Abdel-Hafez and Mohamed Abul-Enein

19 Political Powers to Boycott Runoffs

Nineteen political powers and movements in Alexandria and Dakhalia governorates announced boycotting the second round of the presidential elections, in which Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi will face off against former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq.

The groups dubbed the elections as a “comic play.”

In a statement, they declared their rejection of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces that is running the state during the transitional period.

Among the boycotting movements were: The Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Justice Party and Kefaya Movement.

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Pages: 5 Author: not mentioned

The Freedom and Justice Party Boycotted SCAF’s Meeting with the Political Parties

The Muslim Brotherhood’s meeting with the Freedom and Justice Party boycotted a meeting that was held yesterday between SCAF and the political players in Egypt. The Freedom and Justice Party said the boycott was because the meeting was “inconvenient” in the current situation.

The Freedom and Justice also expressed its rejection to any amendments to the Constitutional Declaration and its rejection to a complementary constitutional declaration that identifies the authorities of the president.

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Page: 1 Author: Khaled Badran

Mubarak Sons Demand Conciliation

Judicial sources told Al-Dostour newspaper that the sons of former president Hosni Mubarak, Alaa and Gamal, submitted a request to the Public Prosecution to give back the money they acquired in the case of the stock market manipulation in return for a pardon.

The amount they illicitly gained is reported to be EGP 42 million. The Public Prosecutor referred their request to the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) to take a decision.

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Page: 1 Author: Nassr Abdo

Shafiq is Egypt’s Last Chance

Among the demonstrations and marches calling for implementing the political isolation law, large groups of citizens started to distribute flyers saying the elections cannot be canceled.

The flyers also affirm that no presidential candidates should be excluded from the presidential race as it was the will of the people that brought him to runoffs.

The flyers also criticized the Muslim Brotherhood group due to its attempt to dominate all the vital entities in the country.

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Page: 3 Author: Ahmed Hassan Amer

Morsi’s Case Referred to Constitutional Court

A lawsuit filed against presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi was referred to the Supreme Constitutional Court.

The suit was filed to exclude Morsi from the presidential race as his children hold a dual US nationality.

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Page: 4 Author: not mentioned

Shafiq’s Vows

Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq condemned calls to implement the political isolation law now, he said in an interview to CBC TV channel.

“Who gave them the authority to implement the disenfranchisement law,” Shafiq said referring to ex-presidential candidates Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, Hamdeen Sabahi and Khaled Ali. Only the Supreme Constitutional Court has the right to call for its implementation, he said.

Shafiq said what is happening now has nothing to do with the January 25 Revolution.

“We must accept the results of the elections and I am not afraid from my rivals,” he said.

About the guarantees that he could give, Shafiq said every citizen has the right to submit their suggestions but they do not have the right to set them as terms and conditions for the new president.

He added that he accepted one of the pledge documents that were submitted to him.

He said that he can restore the regularity of traffic and that he could not do this in the first month at the time he was Prime Minister, as the situation back then was extremely different.

Shafiq commented on Abul-Fotouh’s accusations, saying that it is not appropriate to say such things.

Shafiq also said that he will add verses from the Bible to the Arabic language school curriculums.

Shafiq added that the Muslim Brotherhood joined the revolution when it became sure the revolution will succeed.

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Shafiq said the only document that the new president should vow to commit to is the constitution.

There are documents that prove that the MB was involved in the “Camel Battle", Shafiq said.

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Page: 1. Author: Amira Ibrahim.

When Will SCAF’s Meetings with Political Parties End?

Head of SCAF Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Chief of Staff and Deputy

Head of SCAF Lieutenant General Sami Anan, and a number of members of SCAF held a meeting yesterday with heads and representatives of 18 political parties. The meeting lasted nearly 4 hours and the outcome was nothing new.

SCAF generals renewed their threats, which came out a month ago, to either issue a

complementary constitutional declaration unilaterally or restore the 1971 Constitution, if political forces failed to agree on the criteria of selecting members of the Constituent Assembly.

The Freedom and Justice Party, Al-Wasat Party and Ghad Al-Thawra Party boycotted

SCAF’s meeting. MP Mostafa Bakri said the participants agreed on holding a meeting next Thursday to

take a final decision on the Constituent Assembly’s criteria. If they failed to reach a final decision, SCAF will issue a Constitutional Declaration before the runoff, Bakri said.

Similar news was reported in: Youm 7: Page 1.

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Page 3 Authors: Hoda Abu Bakr and Hossam Khater.

Judicial Authority Angered by Criticism

“If it was up to me, I would order Mubarak’s execution right away but simply judges

need evidence to issue their verdicts,” said Senior Judge Ahmed Soliman, head of Al-Minya’s Judges Club.

The Supreme Judicial Council, headed by Senior Judge Hossam Al-Gheriani, held an

emergency meeting yesterday to discuss ways of responding to what they described as “insults directed at the judicial authority by the media and the parliament.”

Al-Gheriani declared that many media figures and Members of the Parliament were

quick to offend judges and the entire judiciary after the announcement of the verdicts in the Mubarak trial, before they had a chance to examine the details of the court’s verdicts.

Pages: 1, 3

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Author: Mamdouh Hassan

84 Days for a Health Amnesty for Mubarak

Al-Shurouk reported that Suzan Mubarak’s visit to her husband was illegal; arguing that’s it was against the prisons laws to visit a prisoner in the first ten days.

Muhamamd Ilewa, head of the Department on Information and Relationships in the Prisons’ Directorate said the visit was legal in the frame of exceptional visits granted to prisoners in some cases.

Moreover, sources reported that Mubarak can make use of the prisons’ law that grants a prisoner the right to file a claim to the Attorneys General to be treated according to article 36 that gives a prisoner the right to be released in case the prison was a threat against their life.

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’ Page: 3. Authors: Nour Ali, Mahmoud Saad Al-Din (and others).

MPs Accuse Media of Working against the Revolution

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Dr. Saad El-Katatni and a number of Members of the Parliament leveled strong criticism against the media, accusing newspapers and channels of spreading false information to tarnish the parliament’s image.

MPs criticized Minister of Information Ahmed Anis, who attended the parliament’s

session, and accused him of failing to monitor the integrity of the news published on the People’s Assembly and its members.

El-Katatni stressed that the parliament was under heavy attack by official and

independent media channels and newspapers, which is completely against the ideals of the revolution.

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Page: 3. Authors: Jackline Mounir and Rabab Al-Gali.

Commemorating Khaled Said’s Anniversary

Revolutionary and political forces prepare to commemorate the second anniversary of

Khaled Said’s murder, which is considered the spark of the January 25 revolution. “The Martyr of Emergency Law,” as many activists call him, is considered one of the

figures of the revolution. A number of political activists and public figures will organize a stand in front of his house in Alexandria, and they will hold pictures of Said and other martyrs of the revolution to honor their memory.

“Said was killed two years ago at the hands of MOI’s thugs. Many young people refused

to live under such oppression and tyranny, thus they took off to the streets to demand justice,” said activists organizing the event.

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Page: 4 Author: Ahmed el-Tahawi and Marco Adel

MPs Lead March against Shafiq

A large march led by MPs Essam Sultan, Mohamed el-Beltagy, Mamdouh Ismail and Ziyad el-Alimi reached Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday.

The march paraded the square and its participants chanted slogans against the Supreme

Council of the Armed Forces and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq.

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TV Coverage (05/06/2012)

Program: Al-Hayat Al-An Channel: Al-Hayat Host: Maha Bahnasy

Head of the High Judicial Council said any attempt to doubt the judicial authority decisions was an attempt to spread security.

Program: Masr Al-Gadeda Channel: Al-Hayat 2 Host: Moataz Al-Demerdash

Guest: Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik said:

The million-man-march in Tahrir is a waste of time, and I reject the presidential council.

There must be rules and regulations to the demonstrations.

I will give Copts all their rights.

Mubarak Trial verdict is fair.

Program: Hona Al-Asema Channel: CBC Host: Lamis Al-Hadidy

A lot of people will take part in Justice Million-Man-March.

Similar news was reported in: News, Channel 2”State TV”, Time: 26:00:00 Program: Momken, Channel: CBC, Host: Khairy Ramadan Program: Maweed Maa Al-Raees, Channel: Al-Nahar, Host: Doaa Gad Allah News, Channel 1”State TV”, Time: 27:00:00 Program: 24 Hours News, Channel 1”State TV:, Time: 25:00:00 Program: Masr Al-Gadeeda, Channel : Al-Hayat 2, Host: Moataz Al-Demerdash Program: Al-Hayat Al-An, Channel: Al-Hayat, Host: Maha Bahnasy

Program: A-Hayat A;-Yoom, Channel: Al-Hayat, Host: Sherief Amer

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SCAF gives the political parties 48 hours to take their final decision regarding The

Constituent Assembly.

Similar news was reported in: News, Channel 2”State TV”, Time: 26:00:00 Program: Momken, Channel: CBC, Host: Khairy Ramadan News, Channel 1”State TV”, Time: 27:00:00

Program: 24 Hours News, Channel 1”State TV:, Time: 25:00:00

MP Mostafa Bakry said SCAF would hold the elections on time and the run-off round

would be between Shafik and Morsi.

Similar news was reported in Program: Momken, Channel: CBC, Host: Kahairy Ramadan

Speaker of the People’s Assembly Saad al-Katatny said only the People’s Assembly had

the right to issue or legislations and no one else had the authority to issue a complementary

constitutional declaration.

Similar news was reported in: News, Channel 1”State TV”, Time: 27:00:00 Program: Al-Hayat Al-An, Channel: Al-Hayat, Host: Maha Bahnasy

Program: Al-Hayat Al-Yoom, Channel: Al-Hayat, Host: Sherief Amer

MP Mostafa Bakry said if the political powers didn’t reach an agreement on The

Constituent Assembly, a complementary constitutional declaration will be issued.

Program: Momken Channel: CBC Host: Khairy Ramadan

More than 50 thousand Egyptians expatriates voted in the first two days of the runoffs

and the voting continues.

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Radio Coverage (05/06/2012)

News Channel: Radio Masr Time: 3:00 PM

SCAF meets with political parties to discuss the current crisis.

Thousands of protestors are in Tahrir Square to take part in what they called the “Justice” Million-Man-March.

Similar news was reported in: Channel: State Radio, Time: 223:00:00

Channel: Al-Shark Al-Awsat, Time: 25:00:00

News Channel: State Radio Time: 23:00:00

The State Council refuses to comment on Mubarak Trail Verdict.

Similar news was reported in: Channel: Al-Shark Al-Awsat, Time: 25:00:00

SCAF gives the political powers 48 hours to solve The Constituent Assembly Crises.

Similar news was reported in: Channel: Al-Shark Al-Awsat, Time: 25:00:00

MP Mostafa Bakry said if the political powers didn’t reach an agreement on The Constituent Assembly, a complementary constitutional declaration would be issued.

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Internet Coverage (6/6/2012)

Facebook We Are All Khaled Saeed:

Two days since his death, Khaed will always be happy with the revolution. We miss you Khaled.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=424232494293287&set=a.104265636289976.2684.104224996294040&type=1

Today is the death anniversary of Khaled Saeed. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241797022596971&set=p.241797022596971&type=1

Egyptian cabinet

Ministry of Interior: Security forces at the Giza Security Directorate seized 10 liters of diesel fuel and petrol before criminals sell them in the black market.

PM Kamal El-Ganzouri headed the meeting of National Council for Revolution’s Victims and agreed on:

Coordination between Ministry of Environment and the Social Fund to provide the martyrs families with kiosks to start trading activities from which they can benefit.

Giving families of the revolution’s martyrs the rest of their compensations.

Al-Bahar Al-Azam Library will be the council’s headquarters and an international museum for the January 25 revolution.

Coordination with Local Development Ministry to name some streets and squares after the names of martyrs.

Giving IDs to members of the families of the revolution’s victims.

Forming an advisory group from the revolution’s injured to assist the council in its work.

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The Muslim Brotherhood

Statement Regarding Morsi’s Conference with Female Icons of Egyptian Society

Dr. Mohamed Morsi held a conference, earlier today, in a hotel in the Egyptian capital Cairo, with a number of female and societal icons to listen to their ideas and aspirations, and to tell them of his vision for a modern, democratic homeland.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Nadia Mostafa, professor of international relations and head of the Hadara Center; Dr. Bakinam Sharkawi, political science professor; Dr. Heba Qutb, sexual health physician; Amal Fawzi, managing editor of Nisf Aldonia (Half the world); Ithar Katatni, press writer, Laila Kabbani, member of the Hadara party; and the poet Mahboba Haroun.

The meeting discussed D. Morsi’s vision for women as citizens, equal with men before the law, and the roles performed by them, especially vital maternal and child-care roles.

Dr. Morsi focused on the concerns of marginalized women, such as farmer women, female-headed households and working women.

Moreover, Dr. Morsi pointed that of Egyptian society has its own cultural and legal specificity that helps protect it from some of the problems prevalent in other societies.

Dr. Morsi further affirmed that he has no intention to change any of the personal status laws, including the age of marriage, child custody and the law of banning circumcision.

Dr. Morsi also reiterated his earlier promise to appoint a woman as Vice President of the Republic to participate effectively and positively in decision-making.

Muslim Brotherhood Re-Affirms Joining Revolution Squares Protests

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt denounced the unprofessional discourse of some

journalists and the media in reporting inaccurate and fabricated fables aimed to taint and slander the Muslim Brotherhood, like circulating that the Brotherhood only participates in revolutionary street activities symbolically. In a statement, today, the Brotherhood said: "We participated positively and strongly in the activities expressing public reactions to the verdicts issued for the killers of demonstrators, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Brotherhood called for today’s million-man protests with participation by all the political forces.

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"The Brotherhood set the demands of million-man protests as: a re-trial of the killers; prosecuting Ahmed Shafiq, Mahmoud Wagdi and the commanders of the intelligence and state security apparatus of the former regime for destroying evidence; and preventing the replication of the former regime." The statement stressed that the Muslim Brotherhood, as an integral part of the people of this homeland, will continue to partake in the people’s activities so as to achieve the most important demands of the revolution, and especially retribution for the blood of the martyrs of the revolution.

Twitter @AsmaaMahfouz

We are holding a sit-in in front of the People’s Assembly and we will begin a hunger strike until they apply the Political Isolation Law. We are hoping former presidential candidates and MPs join our sit-in.

@Monasosh

We should take actions to end sexual harassment in Tahrir Square. Women have the right to protest without being threatened by harassment.

@Arabist

“New on Arabist: If the NTC can't control Tripoli's airport...http://arb.st/LwQVFX”

“There are a lot of people in tahrir, sure. But does it mean anything?”

“New on Arabist: No more wallpaper http://arb.st/M9u9Xq”

“New on Arabist: Nic Pelham on Libya http://arb.st/LwwBo9”

“New on Arabist: A fascinating piece on Khaled Saidhttp://arb.st/MxUC35”

“New on Arabist: SCAF's magic ballot box

http://www.arabist.net/blog/2012/6/5/scafs-magic-ballot-box.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter“

@AalamWassef

“>>>>> This video should be shown in every house, school and street - http://youtu.be/ormwIq-ntVM + 1,000,000,000,000 to@omarkamel”

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“Just toured #tahrir for an hour having a strange feeling all along. Most faces are extremely serious, tired. Many stand or walk in silence.”

“#tahrir is already pretty crammed and all marches haven't arrived yet.”

“I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist to figure that run off ain't gonna fly, especially with Shafik's programmed victory #tahrir”

“Another remarkable trait of tonight's #tahrir: many families and a high proportion of middle aged men and women 30-50 yrs.”

“One of the most prominent banners in overcrowded #tahrir demands the release of the 12,000+ court marshaled protesters.”

“This is rather voluptuous representation of Egyptian justice. I fear miilions will want to get arrestedhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=339679752771255&set=a.197460673659831.47358.197276033678295&type=1&theater&notif_t=like #grafitti”

“Wow, that's great! In this #Morsy Women Meeting, some attending are not veiled! The only problem is that they're menhttps://pic.twitter.com/d9ufxmrK”

@Ghonim

“Many politicians in Egypt suffer from the old regime mentality: politics is a ZERO SUM game & alliance can be a tactic but never a strategy.”

May you rest in peace, Khaled! http://on.fb.me/KO9yrg‏ ‎‎ khaledsaid‎

@Gsquare86

“Good morning #KhaledSaid”

“No Shafiq march to Tahrir #RevSoc http://www.flickr.com/photos/gigiibrahim/7343390958/”

“No going back ‎#Egypt‎ http://flic.kr/p/cbUMVu “

“Shafiq poster defamed and marked "flool" - corrupter, murderer & thief #Shafiq #Egypt #Egyelections http://flic.kr/p/cbUMNG”

“Sabbahi & Fotouh join forces at the march to #Tahrir against Shafiq -#Egypt #EgyElections http://flic.kr/p/cbUQhN”

“Abul Fotouh at the march to #Tahrir - #Egypt #Photographyhttp://flic.kr/p/bUxziv”

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“All my friends are telling me that Ikhwan are accusing anyone boycotting him/her as a Shafiq supporter and they rally ppl against him/her”

“Ultras march reached tahrir http://twitpic.com/9t4kc6”

“Shafiq billboard being torn down http://twitpic.com/9t4di5”

“Hamdeen and Fatouh join car leading march to #tahrir ..Demanding Shafiq isolation #egyelections http://twitpic.com/9t43lv”

“Hamdeen and Fatouh join hands in March to #tahrirhttp://twitpic.com/9t3yx6”

“1000s of ppl marching to #tahrir to enforce isolation lawhttp://twitpic.com/9t3vof”

“#revsoc thousands are here marching feels like jan28 :)”

“Video: how we live at a time of extremes ‎‎ Egyelections‎‎ [Arabic]http://youtu.be/hv9gY_6R2pI”

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Publication overview

Al-Ahram: Egyptian state-run official daily newspaper

Founded in 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya (English: The Egyptian Events, founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian government.

Al-Akhbar: Egyptian state-owned semi-official daily newspaper

It was founded in May 1952 as a part of Akhbar El Yom.

Al-Gomhoria: Egyptian state-owned daily newspaper

An influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper. It was established in 1954.

Al-Shorouk: Egyptian daily independent newspaper

Are a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt [1] and several other Arabic nations It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport.

Al-Masry al-Yom: Independent daily newspaper

On 7 June 2004, it published its first edition. The paper initially circulated primarily amongst Cairo’s intellectual elite, providing objective news coverage in the belief that good news would beat sensationalist reporting found in other Egyptian print media. After 3 years, it was challenging Al-Ahram for the status of being the national paper of record. Though

Tahrir: Daily independent newspaper

Dostor: Daily independent newspaper

Yom 7: Daily independent newspaper

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Table of Content: Newspapers ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………3-23

Al Ahram Newspaper Mass Demonstrations in Tahrir Square………………………………………………………………………………………….3 A Decisive Meeting about the Constituent Assembly …………………………………………………………………..…….4 Ahmad Shafiq Accuses the Muslim Brotherhood……………………………………………………………..………..………5 Excluding 130 Thousand Names from the Voters’ Lists……………………………………………………………………….6 Responses to the Attacks against the Judiciary…………………………………..……………………………………………..7

Al masry al youm Newspaper Baradei Says Constitution Real Battle……………………………………………………………………………………...…….8 Ex-Presidential Contenders Enthuse Tahrir Protesters…………………………………………………………...……………9 MB Seeks to Get Back All Fired Members………………………………………………………………………………..…….10 19 Political Powers to Boycott Runoffs……………………………………………………………………………...………….11

AL Gomhoria newspaper The Freedom and Justice Party Boycotted SCAF’s Meeting with the Political Parties……………………..……………..12

Al dostour Newspaper Mubarak Sons Demand Conciliation…………………………………………………………………………………………..13 Shafiq is Egypt’s Last Chance……………………………………………………………………………………….…………..14 Morsi’s Case Referred to Constitutional Court……………………………………………………………………………….15 Shafiq’s Vows………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………16-17

Al Tahrir Newspaper… Judicial Authority Angered by Criticism………………………………………………………………………………………18 When Will SCAF’s Meetings with Political Parties End?.........................................................................................................19

Al Sherouk Newspaper.. 84 Days for a Health Amnesty for Mubarak …………………………………………………..……………………………..20

Al youm al 7 newspaper MPs Accuse Media of Working against the Revolution ………………………….……………………………………….21 Commemorating Khaled Said’s Anniversary ……………………………………………………………………………….22

Al Akhbar Newspaper MPs Lead March against Shafiq………………………………………………………………………………………………23

TV Coverage…………………………………………………………..………...……...……...….………..…24-25 Al-Hayat ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..24 Al-Hayat 2…………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………..24 CBC ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……24-25

Radio Coverage…………………………………………………………………..………..……….…………….…..………..26 Radio Masr …………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….26 Al-Shark Al-Awsat ………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………….26

Internet coverage……………………………………………………………………….……......……….…....……..…… 27-31 Facebook……………………………………………………………….…………………………………...…….…………..27-31 Muslim brotherhood............................................................................................................................................................... 28-29 TWITTER………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….29-31