[Al Ahram] Egyptian Nobel-Laureate and former vice president Mohammed ElBaradei will join the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy starting in the fall of 2014
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| Clashes occur between MB supporters, opponents Friday |
| 2014-02-22 |
| [Egypt Independent] Clashes broke out on Friday in pockets across Egypt between supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsy who were staging marches in Maadi and Nasr City, and opponents. A number of children threw stones at protesters of al-Salam Mosque march who responded with stones as well. The protesters were dispersed before the arrival of security forces to the area. Security forces were stationed at Rabaa al-Adaweya Square and around vital facilities in Nasr City. In Maadi, festivities occurred between protesters of al-Embaby Mosque and opponents as both pelted stones at each other. The security forces used tear gas, leading to the dispersal of the march. Light festivities occurred in Fayoum City, Fayoum Governorate between pro-Moslem Brüderbund protesters and opponents as both sides pelted each other with stones and fireworks. The security forces used tear gas to disperse the march. Three marches were organized in Fayoum by Moslem Brüderbund supporters on Friday. Quarrels took place in Mohandiseen between pro-army elements and pro-Moslem Brüderbund protesters who staged a march after Friday prayers as the protesters chanted anti-military slogans and slogans against Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Protesters chanted "We will not live as slaves for your sake, we will set you free against your will." They also raised images for Morsy and Rabaa signs. Dozens of Constitution Party members staged a march in Dokki and chanted for party founder and former vice president Mohammed ElBaradei. The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy has called its supporters on Thursday to stage marches on Friday after prayers in Cairo and Giza under the slogan "Bring Down the regime, the revolution continues." |
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| ElBaradei to join Tufts' Fletcher School as Nobel-Laureate-in-Residence |
| 2013-12-07 |
| [Al Ahram] Egyptian Nobel-Laureate and former vice president Mohammed ElBaradei will join the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy starting in the fall of 2014 |
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| Calls for dialogue within Egypt govt grow weaker amid strong opposition |
| 2013-10-30 |
| [Al Ahram] The state and the Prime Minister have made it a "priority" to fix Egypt's security situation, which means "controlling the Moslem Brüderbund and limiting their capacities," a source in PM Hazem El-Beblawi's cabinet told Ahram Online. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source added, this "does not mean the government wants to exclude anyone, but rather that security is a priority of the people." The official's remarks highlight the bottom-line of El-Beblawi's cabinet, which has faced months of unease in the wake of former president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... 's ouster in July. The current cabinet includes leftovers from former prime minister Hisham Qandil's administration, such as Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, as well as new liberal faces such as Deputy Prime Minister Ziyad Baheddine. Ibrahim, who is leading a "war" to marginalise all those calling for state dialogue with the Islamist camp, stands in stark contrast to Baheddine, who has faced "tough resistance," since his national reconciliation initiative in August, according to a cabinet member. Government sources say that almost four months later, the "dialogue camp" has dwindled amid clear intimidation. "There were about seven ministers in that camp, and the rest were supporting Mohammed Ibrahim, or at least not against him. Today, it is only Ziyad Baheddine and [finance minister] Ahmed Galal, with occasional indirect support from the Foreign Affairs Minister [Nabil Fahmy] on matters concerning international opinion," said one source. Widespread dislike for the Moslem Brüderbund and their Islamist allies, still apparent four months after Morsi's ouster, has allowed the 'Mohammed Ibrahim camp' to gain strength, the source added. An Interior Ministry official said, "The use of force by police against the gunnies is well supported by the public, who are desperate for a return to security and are not opposed to putting all Moslem Brüderbund members in jail." The source credited "the vital role of the media" for this "overwhelming sentiment," insisting that the mistakes of the Brotherhood during their year in power have "made people see the reality of this group." During several cabinet confrontations, especially following the resignation of interim vice president Mohammed ElBaradei over the violent dispersal of two Islamist camps, Ibrahim made direct attacks on those who urge restraint, emphasising that they are not facing the reality of coppers on the ground. More recently, Beblawi sided openly with Ibrahim over a draft demonstrations law, whilst trying privately to accommodate Baheddine and Galal. Sources close to Baheddine and Galal say that the two men feel truly isolated, but are still hopeful, as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi have not vetoed opposition to the draft protest law and equally controversial anti-terrorism bill, which have been labelled catastrophic by human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. groups. |
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| Egypt court recommends citizenship case against ElBaradei, Gamal Mubarak is rejected |
| 2013-10-30 |
 [Al Ahram] The Board of State Commissioners of Egypt's High Administrative Court has recommended that proceedings to strip former vice president Mohammed ElBaradei and Gamal Mubarak, the son of ousted president Hosni Mubarak...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , of their Egyptian nationality, be rejected. The plaintiff of the case, Hamed Seddiq, accused ElBaradei and Mubarak -- once thought to be possible presidential contenders -- of breaking Egyptian law by having dual nationality without the consent of the authorities. Seddiq also accused ElBaradei of accepting a position as head of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) without Egypt's official recommendation, and posing a "threat to the country's supreme interests." The State Commissioners' report said no documents infer his having dual nationality or present evidence that he obtained one without the permission of the Interior Ministry. The report -- issued in a non-binding advisory capacity - also stated that no evidence was presented to show that ElBaradei was a citizen of any other state except Egypt, in response to the complaint's claims he had obtained US and Austrian citizenships. ElBaradei has previously denied having foreign nationality. The report also denied the existence of any reason to believe ElBaradei's former post in the IAEA could represent any threat to Egyptian interests, adding that the Egyptian government at the time issued no order or request that he leave his position. The State Commissioners therefore recommended that proceedings be rejected by the court. |
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| Egypt's ElBaradei condemns 'barbaric assault' on Khaled Dawoud |
| 2013-10-05 |
| [Al Ahram] Former Constitution Party leader Mohammed ElBaradei expressed his grief over the stabbing of party front man Khaled Dawoud on Friday. Dawoud, a former front man for the anti-Morsi opposition bloc the National Salvation Front, was stabbed in his chest and hand on Friday in central Cairo. Shortly after the assault, Dawoud told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that he was attacked by protesters while driving his car down Qasr Al-Aini Street in front of Abou Al-Rish Bridge. He told Al-Ahram that his car was attacked and protesters pulled him out of the vehicle, beat him and stabbed him with a knife. "The barbaric assault on Khaled Dawoud ... reflects the size of the tragedy we're living," said former vice-president ElBaradei via Twitter, adding that he wished Dawoud a speedy recovery. Dawoud, a staunch opponent of Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and the Moslem Brüderbund, resigned from the NSF in mid-August to protest the group's support for the violent dispersal of two large protest camps established by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. |
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| Constitution Party's Khaled Dawoud stabbed by 'pro-Morsi protesters' |
| 2013-10-05 |
| [Al Ahram] The front man for the liberal Constitution Party, Khaled Dawoud, has been stabbed in central Cairo on Friday afternoon. According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website, the former front man of the National Salvation Front (NSF) was stabbed in his chest and his hand in the Mounira district. Shortly after the assault, Dawoud told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that he was attacked by protesters while driving his car down Qasr Al-Aini Street in front of Abou Al-Rish Bridge. He told Al-Ahram that his car was attacked and protesters pulled him out of the vehicle, beat him and stabbed him with a knife. Dr. Mohammed Salah from Egypt's Children's Hospital, where Dawoud was transferred, told Al-Ahram that he is "stable." On their official Facebook page, the Constitution Party accused members of the Moslem Brüderbund of the attack against Dawoud. "The Moslem Brüderbund has rewarded his defence of their future by stabbing him," read a post on the party's page. Former Constitution Party leader Mohammed ElBaradei denounced the attack on Dawoud and wished him a quick recovery. "The barbaric assault on Khaled Dawoud ... reflects the size of the tragedy we're living through," said the former vice-president on his official Twitter account. Dawoud, a staunch oppnent of the Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and the Moslem Brüderbund, resigned from the NSF in mid-August to protest the group's support for the violent dispersal of two large protest camps established by Morsi's supporters. The dispersal by the security forces left hundreds of protesters dead. |
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| Lawyers' syndicate denies stripping ElBaradei of membership |
| 2013-10-01 |
 [Al Ahram] Head of Egypt's lawyers' syndicate Sameh Ashour has denied media reports that Egypt's former interim vice president Mohammed ElBaradei had been stripped of his membership, state news agency MENA reported.The former interim vice president -- who has held a law degree for over four decades but opted to pursue a diplomatic career -- only registered as a syndicate member last year. Syndicate official Salah Saleh had announced earlier on Monday that the named of both ElBaradei along with Ayman Nour, head of the liberal Ghad Party, were expunged from the list of members. The measure came as part of a broad move by the syndicate to reset membership list and exclude those who violate the registration requirements, Saleh had said. |
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| ElBaradei to face trial in September | |
| 2013-08-21 | |
 Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei is to face trial on September 19 over his resignation as vice president after a deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported online on Tuesday, dpa reported.
ElBaradei left Cairo for Vienna on Sunday, according to Al-Ahram. | |
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| ElBaradei in Vienna after Protest Resignation | |||
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The respected former chief of the Vienna-based ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was spotted at the airport in the Austrian capital, but gave no comment to journalists. ElBaradei was named vice president after the army ousted Morsi on July 3 following a wave of popular protests. But the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner resigned on August 14 after scores were killed in a crackdown by the military-installed interim regime's security forces on loyalists of the ousted Islamist president. | |||
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| Unrest in Egyptian city draws in the military and raises warning of breakdown of order |
| 2013-03-05 |
 [Washington Post] Clashes between protesters and the police in in the restive Egyptian city of Port Said that entered their second day Monday have dragged in the military to a dramatic extent into the nation's turmoil.At times in the violence, frictions have arisen between the police that were battling protesters and army forces that tried to break up the fighting. Troops in between the two sides were overwhelmed by police tear gas, one army colonel was maimed by live fire, and troops even opened fire over the heads of police, bringing cheers from protesters. Three coppers and three non-combatants were killed in the fighting, and troops stood by as protesters torched a government complex Monday that contains the city's main police building. The scenes, following three weeks of strikes and protests in the city, have underlined a scenario that many in Egypt view with a mix of concern and relief -- that the military may move back into politics, prompted by mushrooming protests, a breakdown in law and order and mounting challenges to the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Some opponents of Morsi have outright called for the military to take power, and even those who say they oppose a military return have used the prospect to pressure Morsi to find some consensus in the country's political crisis. Prominent opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei warned of decaying state institutions and rising levels of violence. "The regime in its current form is unable to manage the country," he wrote on his Twitter account. "There must be a radical review before it is too late." Unable to halt the violence, both the police and military Monday sought to deny any tensions between them. Meanwhile, ...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone...... there was no official comment from the presidency following one of the worst flare-ups of violence since January. Unrest also spread in other parts of the country. In the capital, Cairo, protesters blocked the main thoroughfare along the Nile River, and police tried to clear them with volleys of tear gas. Other disgruntled young men set fire to two police cars in two different locations in Cairo, sending police fleeing the vehicles in the middle of traffic. |
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| Egypt Prosecutor Orders Probe into Opposition 'Incitement' |
| 2012-12-28 |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday ordered a probe into the top three leaders of the opposition on suspicion of trying to incite followers to overthrow President Mohamed Morsi, a legal source said. The prosecutor, Taalat Ibrahim Abdallah, who was appointed by Morsi late last month, signed the order against the leaders of the opposition National Salvation Front, which led protests against Morsi's drive to have a new constitution adopted. The probe targets Mohammed ElBaradei, a Nobel peace prize laureate,  Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa... who was head of the Arab League for approximately two normal lifespans, accomplishing nothing that was obvious to the casual observer ... , former chief of the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... , and Hamdeen Sabbahi, the leader of the nationalist left wing. Moussa and Sabbahi were presidential candidates in June elections that Morsi won. The National Salvation Front alleged frauds and irregularities in the December 15 and 22 split referendum on the new charter, which Morsi signed into law this week. It accuses Morsi's Moslem Brüderbund of wanting to use the constitution to introduce creeping strict Islamic sharia law. Abdallah called on Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki to name an investigating magistrate for the probe, which would examine suspicions of "inciting for the overthrow of the regime". Morsi on Wednesday hailed the adoption of the new constitution with 64 percent of the votes in the referendum, though turnout was a low 33 percent. Within two months, Egypt has to hold legislative elections to choose a parliament to succeed the one dissolved by the constitutional court in June. The opposition parties in the National Salvation Front coalition are considering competing in the elections on the same ticket. |
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| Mr. Potatohead Unveils New Party |
| 2012-04-29 |
| [An Nahar] Leading Egyptian dissident Mohammed ElBaradei on Saturday unveiled a new party he said was aimed at rescuing last year's uprising from a "tragic" transitional period under the ruling military. The former U.N. nuclear watchdog chief and Nobel Laureate said the goal of his new Constitution Party was to "to rescue the great January revolution that has diverted from its course." ElBaradei, who had considered standing in next month's presidential election but ultimately decided against it, called the military-led transitional period since the uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in February 2011 "tragic." "When we undertook the revolution, we did not imagine the situation we are in today, nor the tragic transitional period we are living today," he said at a news conference. The outspoken dissident and critic of the ruling generals said the economy had deteriorated while the elected parliament was not fully representative of all Egyptians. He also criticized next month's presidential election, which will be held before a new constitution defining the leader's role is in place. "For these reasons, and others, we decided the time has come to start organized political work," he said. "The majority of Egyptian people... undertook this revolution to achieve goals no two people would differ about. To live free in our country, for each Egyptian to have the right to a dignified life," he said. |
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