June, 14, 2102
Egyptians chant slogans against presidential candidate and former premier Ahmed Shafiq during a protest outside the Constitutional Court in Cairo as the court examined a law that threatened to bar Shafiq from competing in this weekend's presidential runoff.
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June, 14, 2102
An Egyptian youth hangs a banner with a defaced picture of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Arabic that reads "Shafiq, the former regime," during a protest in front the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo.
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June, 14, 2102
Protesters put tape over their mouths outside the Supreme Constitutional Court.
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June, 14, 2102
An Egyptian holds a shoe covered with a defaced picture of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Arabic that reads "feloul," an Egyptian expression that describes the remains of the regime, during a protest in front the Supreme Constitutional Court.
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May 23, 2012
Egyptians wait in a queue outside a polling station in Cairo during the country's first presidential election since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak.
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May 23, 2012
An Egyptian policeman hangs a list of voters' names outside a polling station in Cairo.
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May 23, 2012
An Egyptian woman votes during the first day of the presidential election in a polling station in Alexandria, Egypt.
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May 23, 2012
An Egyptian woman shows her inked after casting her vote during the first day of the presidential election in a polling station in Alexandria, Egypt.
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May 22, 2012
Egyptians argue political issues in front of an anti-government mural a day before presidential elections in Cairo. Egyptians go to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, the first of the post-Mubarak era. If no candidate wins a majority vote this week, a second-round election will be held between the top two candidates June 16-17.
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May 22, 2012
An artist writes a slogan in Arabic that reads "I will never give you peace" next to graffiti picturing the morphed faces of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, right, and military ruler Hussein Tantawi and presidential candidates Amr Moussa, center, and Ahmed Shafiq, left, near Cairo's central Tahrir Square one day before the country's landmark presidential elections.
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May 22, 2012
Egyptians are reflected in pictures showing late Egyptian leaders Mohammed Naguib, left, Gamal Abdel Nasser, second right, Anwar Sadat, right, and Egypt's last King Farouk, second left, at a photo shop in Cairo.
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May 22, 2012
Egyptian women talk in front of banners supporting presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo. The Arabic writing reads, "Egypt above all coalition supports Ahmed Shafiq."
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May 21, 2012
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, right, shakes hands with Egyptian parliamentary Speaker Saad al-Katatni in Cairo.
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May 21, 2012
A woman walks near a poster of presidential candidate and former Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa in Cairo. The election that starts Wednesday is the last stage in a messy transition to democracy, overseen by generals who took control after Hosni Mubarak was driven out and have pledged to hand power to a new president by July 1.
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May 21, 2012
Presidential candidate Khaled Ali speaks to the media during a news conference at his office in Cairo. Voting starts in Egypt's presidential election on May 23-24 to choose who will succeed Hosni Mubarak, who was swept from office last year in a popular uprising.
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May 20, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa speaks during a press conference in Cairo. Moussa, a veteran foreign minister, former Arab League chief and the presidential election's main secular candidate, vows to lead a multi-confessional Egypt in the face of the rising power of Islamists.
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May 21, 2012
An Egyptian youth takes a picture for his friend in Cairo. After six decades under the thumb of men from the military, Egyptians savor the novel experience this week of a presidential election whose outcome no one knows in advance.
Suhaib Salem / Reuters
May 21, 2012
People smoke waterpipes during sunset in Cairo. Egypt holds its first truly competitive leadership election in its history from Wednesday to pick the man to succeed Hosni Mubarak, ousted last year in a popular uprising.
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May 16, 2012
Supporters of presidential candidate and former Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa hold posters during a campaign rally with residents of Shubra in El-Kalubia, on the outskirts of Cairo. Voting in Egypt's presidential election May 23-24 will decide who will succeed Hosni Mubarak, who was swept from office last year in a popular uprising.
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May 16, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate and former Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa is surrounded by supporters after a rally in El-Kalubia.
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May 16, 2012
Supporters of presidential candidate Amr Moussa cheer from a horse cart with posters of Moussa during a campaign rally in El-Kalubia.
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May 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Mohammed Fawzy Essa speaks at a news conference in Cairo. More than 50 million Egyptian voters will choose from among 13 candidates for the country's first president since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
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May 16, 2012
A woman walks past defaced posters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo.
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May 14, 2012
Former prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq talks during a news conference in Cairo. Voting starts on May 23-24 in an election to choose a new president after Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. Minister of Parliament Essam Sultan of the Wasat Party has accused Shafiq of exploiting his previous position as head of Egypt's Young Air Force Officers Association by selling thousands of acres of state land in Ismailia earmarked for the association at reduced prices to figures associated with the former regime, local media reported.
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May 13, 2012
An expatriate living in Libya casts his ballot at a polling station at the Egyptian Consulate in Tripoli during early voting ahead of Egypt's presidential election.
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May 13, 2012
An employee of the Egyptian Embassy checks the voting application of an expatriate before he votes at the embassy in Kuwait.
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May 13, 2012
An expatriate living in the United Arab Emirates casts her ballot at a polling station at the Egyptian consulate in Dubai.
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May 12, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidential elections Mohammed Mursi waves to the crowd as he arrives to attend a presidential campaign rally in Cairo.
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May 11, 2012
Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, left, a moderate Islamist, and former foreign minister Amr Moussa stand at their podiums during Egypt's first televised presidential debate in Cairo. Two presidential election front-runners have squared off in the Arab world's first ever presidential debate, trading barbs over the role of religion and how to bring democratic reform to Egypt.
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May 10, 2012
Egyptians watch presidential candidate Amr Moussa speaking during a live televised debate at a public screening in Cairo.
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May 9, 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi waves to supporters during his campaign tour in Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo. Voting starts in Egypt's presidential election on May 23 to choose who will succeed Hosni Mubarak, who was swept from office last year in a popular uprising.
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May 9, 2012
Independent presidential candidate Khaled Ali attends an election campaign meeting at the ministry of youth in Cairo.
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April 30, 2012
Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, waves to his supporters during a campaigning conference in Cairo.
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April 26, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh appears before his supporters during a mass meeting in Monofeya, north of Cairo.
Khalil Hamra / AP
April 20, 2012
The shadows of Egyptian activists are seen on a banner with pictures of Egyptian politicians and presidential hopefuls as it is being prepared for display, during a rally at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Pictured from right are Egyptian pro-democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei, presidential hopeful Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh and presidential hopeful Hamdin Sabbahi.
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April 20, 2012
Followers of Egyptian Muslim cleric and former candidate for the Egyptian presidency Hazem Abu Ismail carry national flags and chant anti-military slogans during a rally at Tahrir Square.
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April 20, 2012
An Egyptian street vendor displays T-shirts under a banner with crossed pictures of two Egyptian presidential hopefuls, former foreign minister Amr Moussa, left, and former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and Arabic that reads "No for the former regime candidates, no for article 28, the New Labor Party," during a rally at Tahrir Square.
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April 18, 2012
A supporter of Salafi preacher and barred presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail walks next to his banner, in front of the offices of the electoral commission where his supporters are taking part in a sit-in to show their rejection of his disqualification, in Cairo.
Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
April 18, 2012
A supporter of Salafi preacher and barred presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail carries his picture in front of the offices of the electoral commission where they are taking part in a sit-in to show their rejection of his disqualification, in Cairo. Ten Egyptian presidential candidates, including Hosni Mubarak's spy chief, a Muslim Brotherhood leader and an Islamist preacher, lost appeals on Tuesday against disqualification from the race, shaking the political landscape weeks before the historic vote.
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April 18, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa, who is a former Arab League secretary general, greets residents during a campaign rally on the outskirts of Cairo. Moussa, who describes himself as a liberal nationalist, is likely to win votes among secular-minded Egyptians. The election is scheduled to be held May 23 and 24.
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April 18, 2012
Residents of Ezbet el-Haggana cheer during a speech by Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa at a rally in the outskirts of Cairo.
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April 18, 2012
Supporters of Amr Moussa throng a campaign rally on the outskirts of Cairo. In surveys conducted since last year's revolt, Moussa has consistently ranked highest among potential presidential candidates.
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April 18, 2012
Supporters of Salafist preacher and disqualified presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail stage a sit-in outside the electoral commission headquarters in Cairo.
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April 12, 2012
A man sticks a presidential election campaign poster for Egypt's former vice president Omar Suleiman onto a pole in Cairo. Suleiman, Hosni Mubarak’s former spy chief, has been disqualified from the ballot.
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April 9, 2012
Khairat el-Shater talks to reporters during a news conference in Cairo eight days before he was permanently disqualified from the presidential ballot.
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April 8, 2012
Egypt's youngest presidential candidate, Khaled Ali, center, enters the presidential election committee building in Cairo to register his name for the presidential elections on May 23-24.
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April 8, 2012
The only woman to announce a bid in Egypt's presidential election, Bothaina Kamel, is seen in Cairo before she announces at a news conference that she had failed to gather the required 30,000 voter signatures that are necessary to register for candidacy in Egypt’s first post-uprising presidential election. Kamel told reporters she would "continue to work to develop the political conscience of the Egyptian people."
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April 8, 2012
Mohammed Mursi, center, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, arrives at the presidential election committee building in Cairo to register his name for the presidential elections on May 23-24. With several top contenders out of the race, Mursi is among the current front-runners for the vote.
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April 8, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate Abdallah al-Ashaal speaks to the news media outside the presidential election committee building in Cairo before registering his name for the presidential elections.
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April 6, 2012
Egyptian candidate Hamdin Sabahi is carried by supporters after registering for the presidential election in Cairo. Sabahi heads the Karama party, an offshoot of the Nasserist party. He was a key member of the pro-democracy Kefaya movement that brought unprecedented street protests under Hosni Mubarak and planted the seeds for the uprising that toppled him.
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April 6, 2012
Supporters of former Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman hold his pictures as they gather in Cairo's Abbassiya Square during a rally calling for his candidacy in the upcoming presidential election. Suleiman, Egypt's former spy chief and vice president, has been disqualified from the ballot because of troubles with the signatures he collected to support his nomination, the election committee said.
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April 5, 2012
Khairat el-Shater, a leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, leaves the gates of the election committee headquarters in Cairo after registering his candidacy for the country's presidency in the elections on May 23-24. The announcement of Shater's candidacy sent political shock waves throughout the post-uprising country as people accused the Brotherhood of trying to monopolize power, but on Tuesday Shater was disqualified from the ballot.
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April 5, 2012
Egyptian women supporting Muslim Brotherhood presidential hopeful Khairat el-Shater hold English letters spelling his name outside the Higher Presidential Elections Commission in Cairo. Shater has been disqualified from the ballot.
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April 3, 2012
Egyptian popular singer Saad al-Sagher, center, waves as arrives at the presidential election committee building to register his name for the May 23-24 presidential vote in Cairo.
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March 30, 2012
Campaign buttons with pictures of Egyptian presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail, a prominent Salafi, are displayed for sale in front of a mosque in Cairo. Abu Ismail has been disqualified from the ballot because his late mother held dual Egyptian and American citizenship, a violation of Egyptian law. He has denied that his mother was a U.S. citizen and has cast the disqualification as a conspiracy against him.
Amr Nabil / AP
March 29, 2012
Egyptians hold posters showing presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former Muslim Brotherhood leader who was expelled from the movement after he announced his decision to join the presidential race, in front of the Higher Presidential Elections Commission in Cairo.
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March 29, 2012
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former Muslim Brotherhood leader who was expelled from the movement after he announced his decision to join the presidential race, talks to reporters in front of the Higher Presidential Elections Commission in Cairo.
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