News Coverage prepared for: The European Union delegation to Egypt

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1 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 are regarded as reflecting the position of IPSOS or the European Union. 1

2 Thematic Headlines Domestic Scene Elections Updates Itman Meets Revolutionary Youth The Azhar and Salafists participate in the Revolution Anniversary FJP s 13 Steps to Develop Tourism Protest against Qatar Spain to Examine Egypt s Hussein Salem Extradition Request Feb. 9 Two Spy Cells Arrested MB: Giving Immunity to SCAF Contingent on Approval of Martyrs Families US Pentagon: Egypt Took Steps to Improve NGOs Conditions Election Updates U.S.A. Supports Egypt under the umbrella of Deauville 16 Million Dollars to Privatize Egyptian Newspapers The Armed Forces Uncovers Assassinations Plans Elections Updates Amr Mussa Meets Burns Potential Presidential Candidates; a Race to Saudi Arabia Salafist Abd al-rahman Yusuf Back in Egypt Al-Jazzar: U.S.A Realized Islamists Influence SCAF Considers Assigning Five Revolutionaries at the People s Assembly Tantawi to Visit Libya for 1st Time since Gaddafi s Death Nabil al-arabi and Presidency Carter Doubts SCAF s Intentions 60 Suspects Released Elections Updates Abu al-futouh Rejects SCAF s Safe Exit Killers Release Angers People Burning Egypt; Nonsense Claim against 15 NGOs The Azhar Document; Nucleus of the Constitution Greeting Copts is Forbidden Al-Awwa Visits the General Prosecutor The Muslim Brotherhood does not Support any Presidential Candidate Cutting Trees to Secure the People s Assembly Elections Updates Activist Mamdouh Hamza Returns to Cairo to Face Accusations CBE Denies Mubarak Has $9mn in its Accounts 2

3 Newspapers (13/1/2012) Pages: 1, 4, 5 Author: Ahmad Amer, Amany Majid and others Elections Updates The Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice party (FJP) won 24 seats in the run-off round of the third phase of parliamentary elections. Salafist al-nour won 10 and independent candidates won five seats. In North Sinai, FJP candidate and an independent seat won the seats of the constituency. FJP won in al-qalyoubiya, Salafists won in Matrouh and both parties shared the seats of al- Wadi al-jadid (the New Valley)s. In Qena Islamists won the tribal alliances and a heated race is expected in the reruns in Nag Hammadi tomorrow. In Gharbiyas, FJP wins 13 seats; Salafists win 7 and al-wafd five. In Sharqiyas, FJP won n Balbis. Clashes broke out in Aswan after declaring the results. The Egyptian Bloc denied any coordination with al-nour and al-wafd to choose the Speaker. In Menia Islaists win the eight seats of the single-member constituencies. 12 member of al-jamaah al-islamiya will be in the parliament. FJP won in al-khanka in Cairo first constituency reruns. 3

4 Al-Ahram reported on Muslim Brotherhood s efforts to bring al-wafd party back to the Democratic Alliance. Reruns for the individual seats will be held tomorrow in Qlayoubiya s third constituency. 4

5 Pages: 1, 7 Author: Wajih al-saqqar Itman Meets Revolutionary Youth In a meeting with a number of revolutionary players, General Ismail Itman of SCAF declared providing the Revolutionary Coalitions a headquarters. Itman confirmed the strict trial of all the culprits responsible for the recent clashes downtouwn Cairo. 5

6 Pages: 31 Author: Muhammad Anz The Azhar and Salafists participate in the Revolution Anniversary The biggest association of Azhar and Salafi scholars, the Islamic Legislative Association for Rights and Reform announced its participation in the celebration of the first anniversary of the January 25 Revolution. The Association called for going ahead to achieve the revolution goals to serve the nation and bring about its prosperity. 6

7 Pages: 31 Author: Muhammad Abd al-shafi FJP s 13 Steps to Develop Tourism MP Hilmi al-jazzar, vice president of the Muslim Brotherhood s Administrative Bureau declared that the Freedom and Justice party (FJP) was preparing a report that includes 13 steps to develop tourism in Egypt. 25 Egyptians are directly or indirectly concerned with tourism. The plan aims at increasing the number of tourists to 30 million/ year. 7

8 Pages: 31 Author: Ibrahim Imran and Hiba Said Protest against Qatar The General Coalition to protect the resolution will demonstrate in front of the Qatari embassy in Cairo to protest Qatari al-jazeera TV suspicious role in inciting violence. 8

9 Page 1 Author: Yousri el-badri Spain to Examine Egypt s Hussein Salem Extradition Request Feb. 9 The Spanish judiciary has set the date of February 9 to examine Egypt s request to extradite businessman Hussein Salem, said Counselor Assem el-gohari, head of the Justice Ministry s Illicit Gains Authority. A court hearing will also be held on January 19 to look into another request to extradite Salem s son, Khaled, and January 16 for his daughter, Magda, Gohari said. Egypt wants Salem to be extradited to face trial along with ousted president Hosni Mubarak over corruption charges, including the sale of natural gas to Israel at below-market prices. Repeated in Al-Akhbar, page 3 9

10 Page: 3 Author: Ahmed el-khateeb Two Spy Cells Arrested Security forces arrested two espionage cells in the past 30 days, involving 38 members, who are currently under investigation, high-level security sources said. The first cell comprises 31 members, all of them are Arab nationals, sources said. Sensitive spying equipment and cash amounting to $100 million were found in their possession. Egyptian authorities are interrogating them in order to put them on trial. The sources further said the spies had connections with some members of the new parliament but refused to disclose any names. The other cell is made up of seven members. They are from five neighboring and restive countries. 10

11 Page: 3 Author: Bassant Zeineddin MB: Giving Immunity to SCAF Contingent on Approval of Martyrs Families Mohamed el-beltagy, a leading member of the Freedom and Justice Party, said the matter of giving immunity to SCAF from prosecution must be discussed with the families of slain protesters and would be pursued only if they agree. This is up to the families of the martyrs to decide, Beltagy told the Washington Post. He was talking about offering the country s ruling generals immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes committed since they took power in February. The tactic is part of a bid by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt s largest Islamist party, to use its success in ongoing parliamentary elections to offer some compromises to help ease the military out of power, the paper said. Repeated in Al-Tahrir, page 3 11

12 Page: 4 Author: Mohamed Azouz, Hisham Yassin and Mansour Kamel US Pentagon: Egypt Took Steps to Improve NGOs Conditions The US Pentagon knows that Egypt has taken steps to improve the conditions of NGOs, said US State Department spokesman George Little. However, he denied that contacts took place between Egypt and the Pentagon in this regard after a phone call between US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and SCAF head Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi. We hope the Egyptians do the right thing, he said. 12

13 Page: 7 Author:Adel el-dargely, Hamdi Dabsh&Others Election Updates With the announcement of the results of the runoffs of the third and final round of the parliamentary elections, six Copts only have succeeded in winning seats in the new parliament. Meanwhile, Al-Wafd Party said it garnered 43 seats in the third phase. Al-Wafd Assistant Secretary Hossam el-kholi said 12 independent candidates, who won in the polls, have requested to join the ranks of the party. The Muslim Brotherhood, represented in its Freedom and Justice Party, outplayed the Salafists Al-Nour Party in the runoff polls. The MB has garnered 21 seats, while Al-Nour 9 seats. Loser candidates blocked the roads and set fire to the premises of the FJP. Several human rights groups monitoring the elections reported an extremely low voter turnout in the runoff elections of the third phase. The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights recorded several violations during the elections, including campaigning and bribes on election day. 13

14 Pages: 3 Author: Not mentioned U.S.A. Supports Egypt under the umbrella of Deauville The United States declared that it would keep its support to Egypt under the umbrella of Deauville partnership through commerce, investment and political reform. Egypt welcomed the American initiative. 14

15 Pages: 3 Author: Khalid Musa and Muhammad Imam 16 Million Dollars to Privatize Egyptian Newspapers Wikileaks uncovered American-Egyptian diplomatic correspondences about the U.S intention to privatize Egyptian governmental media; press, radio and TV. The secret telegram dated September 20, 2007 and signed by former American ambassador in Cairo Francis J. Ricciardone showed that the privatization of the Egyptian press, radio and TV was amongst the U.S strategic goals in Egypt. Another Ricciardone s classified document dated March, 6, 2006 uncovered US $ 16 million devoted by the United States to privatize the Egyptian media and support Egypt independent media. A third document is issued by the American embassy in Cairo. The document points out the top priority of changing the media in Egypt. A former publisher of an independent Egyptian newspaper has reportedly told the United States that the main obstacle towards the project is the government s support for the State press. 15

16 Pages: 3 Author: Not mentioned The Armed Forces Uncovers Assassinations Plans On its page on facebook, the Armed Forces declared having monitored direct and indirect inciting to bloody confrontations with the Armed forces on January 25. Calls were made through the internet to attack the armed forces and their vehicles and some vital state facilities, in addition to targeting a number of the armed forces symbols. The Armed Forces troops will be present to defend people and the vital facilities. 16

17 Pages: 4 Author: Muhammad Mursi, Asharaf Hajjaj and others Elections Updates The Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 24 seats in the third phase of elections to the People s Assembly. Salafist al-nour won 13. Independent candidates won five seats and al-wafd Party won one seat. Official results are to be declared later today. FJP won in Qena, and reruns of Qena s Nag Hammadi are to be held tomorrow. FJP won reruns in Qalyoubya ss al-khankah. FJP also won reruns of the third constitution in Alexandria. FJP and Salafist al-nour shared the runoffs seats in Menia. Salafist al-nour achieves sweeping victory in Marsa Matrouh. In al-wadi al-jadid (the New Valley) FJP won the brackets seat and Salafaist al-nour won the workers seat. Fierce completion was reported between FJP and former NDPs in Assyout. FJP won the slates constituency in reruns of Cairo s first constituency. In al-gharbiay, FJP won 5 seats, Salafists won one seat, two independent candidates won and one candidate of al-wafd party. 17

18 Pages: 5 Author: Khalid Moussa and Muhammad Imam Amr Mussa Meets Burns Potential Presidential Candidate Amr Mussa met the US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. After the meeting Mussa declared that the discussions were about the local and regional developments. The meeting also tackled the potential American support for the Egyptian economy and the road plan to end the transitional period in Egypt. 18

19 Pages: 5 Author: Maher Abbas Potential Presidential Candidates; a Race to Saudi Arabia The author marks a race between potential presidential candidates to visit Saudi Arabia. Dr. Muhammad Salim al-awwa starts a one-week visit to Saudi Arabia today. He will hold two meetings with the Egyptian expatriates there. News was also reported about potential presidential candidates Amr Mussa s, Ahmad Shafiq s and Hamadain Sabbahi s intentions to visit Egyptian expatriates in Saudi Arabia. 200 thousand eligible Egyptian voters live in Saudi Arabia. 19

20 Pages: 5 Author: Khalid Salah and Hamzah al-husaini Salafist Abd al-rahman Yusuf Back in Egypt Salafist Sheik Abd al-rahamn Yusuf arrived to Cairo yesterday after 30 years of absence. Sheik Yusuf stated that he came back to congratulate Egyptians on God s gift of the revolution after the dictator s rule. Sheik Yusuf praised SCAF s role in protecting Egyptians during the revolution and prevented civil war. Similar news was reported in al-al-yom al-sabee, p. 1 + Prominent Salfist Sheiks Muhammad Hassan and Abu Ishaq al-huwaini met Sheik Yusuf at the Airport. Similar news was reported in al-ahram, p Al-Ahram mentioned that Sheik Yusuf was absent for 33 years. 20

21 Pages: 1 Author: Imad Hamdi Al-Jazzar: U.S.A Realized Islamists Influence MP Hilmi al-jazzar, assistant general secretary of the Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice Party stated that the relationships with the United State depended on interests. Al-Jazzar stated that the group s goal was to rescue the Egyptian economy through cooperation in foreign relations. 21

22 Pages: 3 Author: Ahmad Ghunaim SCAF Considers Assigning Five Revolutionaries at the People s Assembly Al-Dustour reports on leaked information about SCAF s intentions to assign five prominent figures of the revolutionary coalitions at the People s Assembly. The decision is to be officially declared within a week.. The five figures are: Ahmad Maher, founder of the t6t of April Movement; Shadi al- Ghazali Harb, deputy of al-wari Party founders; Nasser Abd al-hamid, member of the Revolution Youth Coalition; Khalid Talimah, Khalid al-sayyid and others. 22

23 Page: 1 Author: Not mentioned Tantawi to Visit Libya for 1 st Time since Gaddafi s Death SCAF Head Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi will visit Libya on Sunday, his first visit outside Egypt since taking over power in February, sources close to SCAF said. During his two-day stay, Tantawi will meet with president of the Libyan Transitional Council Mostafa Abdel-Jalil and Interim Prime Minister Abdel-Rahman el-keib, a Libyan website reported. The website also said that nine ministers will accompany Tantawi on his Tripoli visit to tackle Egypt s participation in the reconstruction of Libya. 23

24 Pages: 1 Author: Wafaa Fayiz Nabil al-arabi and Presidency General Secretary of the Arab League Nabil al-arabi said he was not intending to nominate himself to presidency. I am more interested in foreign affairs now, he added, thanking some players who suggested him as a presidential candidate. Al-Arabi was hosted in al-hayah al-yom TV program two days ago. Reflecting on the Egyptian revolution, al-arabi hailed the January 25 revolution as great, adding that we do not need another revolution; for we must be thinking of construction. Al-Arabi also stated that he could notice a clearer vision in Tunisia than in Egypt. Al-Arabi stated that he was not really concerned about the Islamist lead in the parliamentary elections. He hoped that the Islamist trend would be democratic and express the nation as a whole and not only one rend. Similar news was reported in al-yom al-sabee, p. 2 24

25 Pages: 1 Author: Ahmad Abd al-halim and Marwa Mustafa Carter Doubts SCAF s Intentions Former US President Jimmy Carter met Muhammad Badie, the general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood and congratulated him for the sweeping victory in the Parliamentary elections. Head of al-wasat Party reported on Carter s expression of the Congress anger over the Egyptian security forces raids against the IRI and the American Democratic Institution in Cairo. In a related context, the New York Times reported Carter s doubts about a complete handing over of power to a civil elected authority. I don t think the SCAF is going to turn over full responsibility to the civilian government. There are going to be some privileges of the military that would probably be protected, said Carter. Similar news was reported in al-yom al-sabee, p. 3 25

26 Pages: 1 Author: Noha Ashour and Hatim al-jahmi 60 Suspects Released The Cairo Criminal Court released 60 suspects in the case of the latest incidents of al- Qasr al-aini Street downtown Cairo. The court ruling annulled an investigative judge s decision to detain the suspects for 30 days. The suspects were facing charges of arson attacks against the Egyptian Academy and assaulting troops. The ruling was mainly based on the suspects defense argument that they had been detained randomly and were not proved to be involved in crimes. In a related context, the police arrested political activist Abu Dousma, member of the 6 of April Movement. Abu Doumah faces charges of deliberately inciting the crowds to violence during the clashes of al-qasr al-aini Street. The suspect will be interrogated by an investigative judge. Similar news was reported in al-ahram, p. 1, 31; al-gomhouriya, p. 3 26

27 Pages: 1, 6,7 Author: Mohamed Salim Elections Updates Islamists lead in the third phase of elections to the People s Assembly. The Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice candidates won 21 seats in the third phase, in addition to the four slates seats in Alexandria s reruns and four seats in the reruns of Cairo first constituency. As such the Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) could get 220 seats in the People s Assembly. Salafist al-nour comes second with eight seats in the runoffs and got the workers and brackets seats in Menia and tow seats in the reruns of the reruns in Cairo first constituency. As such al-nour won a total number of 116 seats in the People s Assembly. Elections in al-qalyoubiya s Banha are to be held tomorrow after having been annulled by a court ruling. In the Cairo first constituency reruns, the Democratic Coalition gained four seats, three of which for FJP and one for al-karamah Party. The Egyptian Bloc won 3 seats while Salafist al- Nour won three seats and al-wafd party one. Independent candidates won 6 seats in the third phase runoffs. Reruns will be held tomorrow and after tomorrow in Daqahliya first constituency for workers seat; in al- Qaslyoubiya first constituency for the individual seat; in Qena third constituency of Nag Hammadi for the individual seat and in South Sinai for slates individual seat. In 43 slates constituencies over Egypt, there were 27 million, 622 thousand and 87 correct votes. FJP won 10 million, 114 thousand and 10 votes (36.60%). Salafist al-nour got 7 million, 509 thousand and 648 votes ( 27.18%). Al-Wafd got 8.85% of votes, the Egyptian Bloc won 8.25 % of votes, al-wasat won 3, 54 of votes and the Continuing Revolution won 2.56 % of the votes. Al-Shurouk published a detailed table with the numbers and percentages of votes every party had got. 27

28 Pages: 3 Author: Muhammad al-fiqi and Ahmad Uwais Abu al-futouh Rejects SCAF s Safe Exit Potential presidential candidate Dr. Abd al-mmunim Abu al-futouh rejected the idea of the safe exit of SCAF members for handing over of power to civil authorities. Abu al-futouh said no one had the right to waiver the Egyptian blood and money, and all culprits must be tried. In a press conference Abu al-futouh stated that he might assign a civilian as minister of defense and that the vice president would be one of the revolution youth if he won the presidential elections. Abu al-futouh supports holding the presidential elections before drafting the Constitution. He also believes that there cannot be a second revolution while the 25 January revolution is not yet completed. Similar news was reported in al-yom al-sabee, p. 4 28

29 Pages: 3 Author: Nuham Ashour and Sayyid Noun Killers Release Angers People Cairo Criminal Court released business man Ibrahim Faraj, known as the revolutionaries killer in Suez, and his son Adel. The father and his son were released on 10,000 Egyptian Pounds bail and were prevented from leaving the country. Faraj and three of his sons face charges of killing protesters in Suez upon the January 25 Revolution. Other officers who face the same charges were also released. The ruling angered the Revolution victims and families of the martyrs in Suez and they announced their intention to burn Faraj s home in Suez. They also threatened to kill any of the released police officers who were involved in killing demonstrators. Similar news was reported in al-ahram, p. 31; al-yom al-sabee, p. 3 29

30 Pages: 4 Author: Duha al-jundi Burning Egypt; Nonsense Mansour Hassan, head of the Advisory Council denied once again any link between the Council and the Constituent Commission that will draft the Constitution. In a press conference held before yesterday, Hassan stated that the Constituent Commission was the Parliament s responsibility Hassan played down the fears of violence scenarios on the first anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, arguing that the main political players had announced their participation in the celebration. Hassan called for celebrating the revolution anniversary denouncing any calls for protests on that day and the rumors about an alleged plot to destroy Egypt. 30

31 Pages: 5 Author: Mustafa Eid Claim against 15 NGOs Well informed judiciary sources uncovered a new claim against 15 NGOs that have received funds of approximately US $ 600 thousand from the United States before the January 25 revolution. In a related context, the investigative judges in the case of NGOs foreign funds postponed the hearing session concerning a number of NGOs demands to return the elements that had been confiscated during the recent inspections. 31

32 Pages: 1 Author: Ihsan al-sayyid, Sara Allam and Luayy Ali The Azhar Document; Nucleus of the Constitution In his meeting with representatives of the revolutionary youth, the Azhar Grand Imam Ahmad al-tayyibt expressed the Azhar full support for the January 25 revolution until it achieves its goals. The revolutionary youth welcomed the Azhar document on freedoms that was issued days ago. The national political players welcomed the document and declared that it could form the core of the new constitution to be drafted soon. Similar news was reported in al-ahram, p

33 Pages: 1, 2 Author: Muhammad Ismail and Ahmad Abd al-radi Greeting Copts is Forbidden Spokesman of the Salfist Call Abd al-munim al-shahhat declared that congratulating Christians on their holidays was forbidden in Islam. Al-Shahhat said he was not proud of the photonic naked statues and wished all Egyptian women were niqabis. 33

34 Pages: 3 Author: Mahmoud Abd al-ghani Al-Awwa Visits the General Prosecutor Potential Presidential Candidates Muhammad Saslim al-awwa visited the general prosecutor before yesterday for legal advice. Al-Awwas refused to give any further details to the press. 34

35 Pages: 3 Author: Sara Allam The Muslim Brotherhood does not Support any Presidential Candidate Assistant General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al-shater denied what was rumored about the Muslim Brotherhood s support of particular potential presidential candidate. The Muslim Brotherhood will announce the name of the potential presidential candidate it ll support soon. 35

36 Pages: 3 Author: Mahmoud Saad al-din Cutting Trees to Secure the People s Assembly Strict security measures have been taken to secure the first session of the People s Assembly scheduled on January 23. The security plan included cutting the trees that surrounded the building to avoid using the trees to start fire. The cement wall that was constructed during al-qasr al-aini bloody clashes will also remain for 25 days after the first session of the parliament. 36

37 Pages: 4 Author: Ahmad Atwan and others Elections Updates Islamists sweep the third phase of elections to the lower house of parliament in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) wins 26 seats. Salafist al-nour wins 8. Independent candidates win 6 seats. Al-Wafd party wins one seat. FJP wins six seats in the reruns held in Cairo, Alexandria Assyout, Sharqiya and Aswan. 37

38 Page: 3 Author: Osama Shalash and Sherif Daoud Activist Mamdouh Hamza Returns to Cairo to Face Accusations Political activist Mamdouh Hamza returned to Cairo from Germany, cutting short his treatment trip, after he was informed of his summoning to be interrogated. Hamza will be questioned over the Cabinet and Mohamed Mahmoud Street events. He is accused of inciting the incidents, which left dozens dead and injured. 38

39 Page: 9 Author: Mohamed Salama CBE Denies Mubarak Has $9mn in its Accounts The Central Bank of Egypt denied reports that former president Hosni Mubarak possesses $9 million deposited in its accounts. Five Arab countries have donated $4.6 million to Egypt during the period between 1990 and 1992, which were deposited in the CBE. The five countries are: Libya, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait, CBE Governor Farouq el-oqda said. This sum is still in the bank as part of foreign reserves and is owned completely by the state and the state only, Oqda reiterated. Repeated in Al-Tahrir, page 8 39

40 TV Coverage (12/1/2012) Program: Al-Hayat Al-Yom (Talk Show) Channel: Al-Hayat Host: Lobna Assal Prime Minister Kamal al-ganzouri: Everybody should be proud of the 25 January Revolution regardless of their views. Program: Masr Tantakheb Channel: CBC Host: Khairy Ramadan Reruns of the first constituency in Qalyoubiya are to be held next week. Program: Sabah Al-Kheir Ya Masr Channel 1 National TV Reruns will take place in Qalyoubiya on Saturday and Sunday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sends expatriates votes to the High Judicial Elections Commission. Egyptian expatriates cast ballots in four constituencies reruns. Program: News all day Final results of the third phase elections were declared in a number of provinces. 40

41 Channel: Ch2 Program: Yeseid Sabahak Host:: Ahmad al-sawi & Sara al-hilal Guest: Ambassador Saeid al-banhawi, member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs The guest discussed the elections transgression. 41

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43 Radio Coverage (12/01/2012) News All Day Channel: Al-Shark Al-Awsat Vote counting of the third phase of elections and reruns is completed in most of the centers. Freedom and Justice Party wins the workers seat in the second constituency in Qena. The Freedom and Justice Party and al-nour Party lead in the last round of elections to the People s Assembly. News All Day Channel: Radio Masr The Freedom and Justice Party confirms its commitment to the Camp David Treaty between Egypt and Israel. The High Judicial Elections Commission decides reruns at Sohag first slates constituency on Monday and Tuesday. The Administrative Court annuls the second constituency elections in Menia. Freedom and Justice Party comes first in the run-off round of the third phase of elections. 43

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45 Internet Coverage (13/12/2011) Facebook We ara all Khaled Saed The Ya Midan campaign is launched to remind the Egyptians of the goals of the January 25 Revolution and its events... please follow and share its page. Twitter: Wael Abbas I don t like the voices of Karioki and Hamza Namra. The best they can do is to make ads with Tareq Nour!!! The 2011 lamest song award goes to Matloob Dakar (Man needed)!!! The lyrics of Matloob Dakar song are lame and masculine. It propagates the idea of a dictator charismatic leader, which has screwed us. It is a politically stupid song. I had enough of your annoying opinions. Furor in New Jersey because someone hurled a Molotov cocktail on the house of a Jewish rabbi. N.B: Over the five years I have been in the US, news channels there are swarmed with local news. There is almost no international news. This is brainwashing to the Americans. I want eggs with Pastirma on breakfast. Where can I find it in New York? Hehehehehe 45

46 Monasosh Like any conservative agent, I bought KFC. I don t understand! In order to detain someone for 15 days, they must have been referred to the prosecution. When did they refer Doma to the prosecution? I don t get it! How some people don t see Palestine as part of our revolution. On September 9, we called for the independence of the judiciary, cleansing the Interior Ministry, halting military trials, pulling down Israel s flag and expel its ambassador. Palestinian is in the heart of our revolution. Iyad elbaghdadi "Problem" is the distance between things as perceived and as desired. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover. - Henri Poincare. Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick. In the battle of ego vs. facts, ego normally wins. So, by all means, never let your ego come in the way of your enlightenment. Ask yourself: Am I able to step apart from my thoughts and feelings, and change them? In philosophical minds, the familiar excites wonder. - Santayana 46

47 Muslim Brotherhood Site FJP Press Release # 46, Round Three Elections Results Polling stations in the third phase run-off have announced victory for 19 out of 27 Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) candidates who contested this round of the elections. The results for Al-Wadi Al-Jadid and North Sinai have not been announced up to this moment. Further, elections have been postponed in the first constituency of Qaliubiya governorate for the individual seats, contested by the candidates Mohsen Rady and Hani Gad and the first constituency of Dakahlia governorate "individual workers" seat, contested by the candidate Tariq Qutb, as well as the third constituency of Qena governorate, contested by the candidate Ali Al-Shishni; those will be held on the 14th and 15th of January. Unfortunately, 6 other candidates were unsuccessful in the run-off, namely: Alam El-Din Sakhawi and Abdel-Halim Hilal in Gharbiya governorate; Dr. Hassan Jom aa, Sayed Mansour and Ramadan Imam in Dakahlia governorate; and Khaled Omar in Minya. Counting and sorting operations are still underway in constituencies where re-runs were ordered from the first and second phases, up to this moment. However, there are indications that FJP candidate lists in the northern Cairo and Aswan are well ahead in the race. Also, a number of FJP candidates are leading the race for the individual seats in the rest of the six constituencies. In appreciation of this trust given by the Egyptian people to FJP candidates, we extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to the Egyptian people, and we renew our commitment and undertake to build together the future of modern Egypt which aspires to freedom, justice, dignity, democracy and stability. 47

48 FJP Press Release #47, Results of Legislative Elections, Round Three The results of the runoffs held January 10 and 11: Winners in the third phase runoffs, Individual Seats Qalyubiya: Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Diab, third district, 199,556 votes. Alsayed Imam Mahmoud Al-Qady, third district, 179,453. Gharbeya: Eng. Mahmoud Mahdeya, second district, 149,126. Mahmoud Tawfiq, second district, 119,906. Eng. Sameh Amer, fourth district, 75,860. Yahya Al-meseery, fourth district, 85,860. Ibrahim Zakareya, fifth district, 13,077. Daqahleya: Saad Ali Abdo al-helougy, second district, 122,000. Emad Shams el Deen Abdul Rahman, third district,109,000. Abdul Hamid Mohamed Hassan Eissa, third district, 112,000. Ibrahim Ibrahim Abu Ouf, fourth district, 12,087. Khaled Mohamed Al-Deeb, fifth district, 177,000. Alsayed Niazi Al-Adawy, sixth district, 100,652. Minya: Ali Ahmed Mohamed Amran, first district, 158,258. Gomaa Ahmed Kafafi, first district, 143,627. Mohamed Ahmed Al-Basel, second district, 162,275. Hamdi Khalifa, second district, 136,178. Qena: Ahmed Sayed Al-sagheer, first district, 94,996. Hesham Al-Qady Hanafi, second district, 71,154. Al-Wadi Al-Gedeed (New Valley): Mohamed Abdul Mageed Hamed Sarag el Deen, first district, 36,657. North Sinai: Abdul Rahman Al-Shorbagy, first district, 49,

49 *Results for Party Lists in postponed districts in first and second phase: Aswan, first district, FJP secured 4 seats with 60,500 out of 186,517 valid votes. *Winners of Individual Seats in postponed districts of first and second phases: Alexandria: Mahmoud Attia, third district, 81,000. Saber Abul Fotouh, third district, 71,400. Sharqiya: Amir Bassam Al-Naggar, second district, 120,000. Mohamed Abul Raouf Gheith, second district, 109,000. Assuit: Abdul Aziz Khalef Mohamed Ali, third district, 50,095. *Candidates to compete in runoff January Ahmed Suleiman Ahmed Shael, fifth district, 170,000. Alsayed Mohamed Abdul Kareem Aletweel, fifth district, 58,000. Mohamed Salama Bakr, second district, 56,545. Mohamed Madat Mousa Mohamed, second district, 47,417. Abd Allah Sadek Nasr, third district, 42,

50 FJP Press Release # 48, Results of North Cairo First District Rerun The HEC announced the results of the winners competing for the party list and individual seats in the postponed first phase in the North Cairo First district. The results confirmed that the Freedom and Justice party secured 158,254 out of the valid 390,838 votes in the district. Whereas the party's candidate for the individual seat Fahmy Abdo (professional seat) will compete in the runoff after receiving 146,725 votes. Kamal Mahdy, also a FJP candidate for the (workers seat), will also be in the runoff after garnering 167,940 votes. With these results it may be ascertained that the FJP won 26 extra seats in parliament. During the reruns scheduled to take place on January 17 and 18, 7 candidates will compete for seats. Unfortunately, six candidates were unsuccessful in securing seats in the postponed districts round. Four candidates however will compete in the runoffs to take place in Daqahliya, Qalubiya, Qena and South Sinai on January 14 and

51 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 Al-Shorouk: Egyptian daily independent newspaper Is 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 51

52 Table of Content: Newspapers Al Ahram Newspaper Elections Updates.3-4 Itman Meets Revolutionary Youth.5 The Azhar and Salafists participate in the Revolution Anniversary..6 FJP s 13 Steps to Develop Tourism.. 7 Protest against Qatar.8 Al Masry Al Yawm Newspaper Spain to Examine Egypt s Hussein Salem Extradition Request Feb. 9.9 Two Spy Cells Arrested 10 MB: Giving Immunity to SCAF Contingent on Approval of Martyrs Families..11 US Pentagon: Egypt Took Steps to Improve NGOs Conditions...12 Election Updates...13 Al Gomhoreya Newspaper U.S.A. Supports Egypt under the umbrella of Deauville Million Dollars to Privatize Egyptian Newspapers 15 The Armed Forces Uncovers Assassinations Plans...16 Elections Updates 17 Amr Mussa Meets Burns.18 Potential Presidential Candidates; a Race to Saudi Arabia 19 Salafist Abd al-rahman Yusuf Back in Egypt..20 Al Dostour Newspaper Al-Jazzar: U.S.A Realized Islamists Influence 21 SCAF Considers Assigning Five Revolutionaries at the People s Assembly 22 Al Tahrir Newspaper. Tantawi to Visit Libya for 1st Time since Gaddafi s Death.. 23 Al Sherouk Newspaper Nabil al-arabi and Presidency 24 Carter Doubts SCAF s Intentions Suspects Released 26 Elections Updates.27 Abu al-futouh Rejects SCAF s Safe Exit 28 Killers Release Angers People 29 Burning Egypt; Nonsense...30 Claim against 15 NGOs 31 Al Youm al sabea Newspaper The Azhar Document; Nucleus of the Constitution 32 Congratulating Copts is Forbidden 33 Al-Awwa Visits the General Prosecutor..34 The Muslim Brotherhood does not Support any Presidential Candidate.35 Cutting Trees to Secure the People s Assembly 36 Elections Updates 37 Al Akhbar Newspaper Activist Mamdouh Hamza Returns to Cairo to Face Accusations.38 CBE Denies Mubarak Has $9mn in its Accounts..39 TV Coverage Al Hayah TV Channel CBC Channel..40 Channel

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