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Radi: Goverment Policies Causing Scientists to Seek Opportunities Abroad

“There’re at least 47 thousands Egyptian scientists in the fields of Cardiothoracic surgery and Nuclear Physicis abroad, specialties that are badly needed inside the country". He added that there’re more than 110,000 Egyptian scientists in Austria, 12,000 in Spain, and 60,000 in Greece, according to recent statistics. ..

Four Lawyers Released in Kafr El Sheikh

Appealed Misdemeanor Court of Kafr Al-Sheikh has acquitted lawyers Ibrahim Abdul-Monem, Sobhi Mohamed, Tareq Al-Sayed, and Muhammad Fawzi. They were arrested in the run-up to the complementary parliamentary elections...

MB MP Criticizes Iranian Movie “Execution of a Pharaoh”

Mohsen Radi (member of the MB parliamentary bloc) criticized in Monday’s PA session those exploiting the Iranian film "Execution of a Pharaoh" to affect Egypt-Iran relationships. ..

MB Candidates in Alex: We’ll Pursue All Peaceful Means to disclose Regime’s Violations

Mahmoud Awad and Saad El-Sayed (MB candidates in the parliamentary complementary elections in Alex) have stressed their persistence in pursuing all legal and peaceful methods to disclose the violations of the Egyptian regime and resisting systematic election fraud in Egypt. ..

Obaid: Increase in Egyptian electricity supply would overcome shortage in Gaza

GAZA, (PIC)-- Kanan Obaid, the deputy head of the energy authority in Gaza, has said that the Gaza Strip is suffering a 25% shortage in electricity needs, adding that the shortage could only be overcome through increasing electricity supplies from Egypt...

Military Judge Ratifies Verdicts against MB Leaders

The military Judge has ratified the rulings passed against 18 of the MB leading figures topped by Khairat El Shater (second deputy of the MB chairman) who received prison sentences ranging between 7 to 3 years in Turah Farm prison...

MB MP Inquires about Kidnapped Law Student

Ashraf Badr El-Din (member of the MB parliamentary bloc for Ashmon city in Monofiya) has submitted an inquiry to the Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adly on Sunday regarding the kidnapping of a university student after his arrest more than eight months ago...

Sunday’s Vote Reveals Regime’s Stagnant Mentality, says MB Alex Chairman

Muslim Brotherhood chairman in Alexandria Osama Nasr said Sunday’s vote is "shameful", but that it will not deter the Muslim Brotherhood from practicing their democratic right...

Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Undeterred

: First of all, we have a reformist agenda. Our aim behind running for elections is to achieve this reform. This requires meeting and interaction with the public. It isn’t wise and it isn’t the best solution to withdraw...

Brotherhood MP Calls on Gov’t to Fight Sexual Harassment of Tourists

Mohsen Radi (member of the MB parliamentary bloc) has criticized the passive attitude of the Ministry of Tourism in preventing sexual harassment of female Tourists in Egypt. ..

Three MBs Arrested in Alex, One in Dosouq

Three MB advocates were arrested in Alexandria Friday as part of the continuing security harassments against Muslim Brotherhood candidates for the complementary parliamentary elections, Ikhwanweb reporter said. ..

Woes of inflation and succession in Egypt

Political risk is rising on the banks of the Nile. Egypt’s inflation rate has trebled in the past year to 20 per cent, triggering the worst wave of street protests and worker riots since an enraged mob torched the heart of Cairo in the late 1940’s, forcing the withdrawal of British colonial troops and the demise of King Farouk’s dynasty and its feudal Pashacracy. ..

MB Candidate Barred from Holding Electoral Conference

Security forces at Desouq constituency in Alexandria barred MB candidate Ragab El Banna from holding a popular conference on Thursday as part of his electoral campaign, Ikhwanweb reporters said. ..

Security Blocks License for Agents of MB Candidates

Security authorities have denied MB candidates in Alexandria the right to issue licenses for their electoral agents in the parliamentary complementary elections, Ikhwanweb reporter said Friday. ..

MB MP: Wheat Sufficiency Needs Faithful Gov’t Efforts

Dr. Hamdy Ismaeel (member of the MB parliamentary bloc and member of the PA’s Committee of Agriculture and Irrigation) said that Egypt can easily attain self-sufficiency in wheat when government officials have the true will to do that. ..

EVENT on "Islamist Parties and Democracy"

The International Forum for Democratic Studies and the Journal of Democracy at the National Endowment for Democracy invite you to a discussion based on a symposium appearing in the July 2008 Journal of Democracy on Islamist Parties and Democracy..

38 Muslim Brothers Jailed in Kafr El-Sheikh, One Arrested in Alex

Kafr El Sheikh Prosecution decided Thursday to jail for 15 days 38 persons who were arrested during the electoral march of MB candidate at Dosouq, Ikhwanweb reporters said. ..

Haneyya condemns Israeli closure of charities, accuses Ramallah of collusion

GAZA, (PIC)-- Ismail Haneyya, the premier of the PA caretaker government, condemned on Wednesday the Israeli closure of dozens of charities and civil institutions in the West Bank...

MB MP Inquires about Banning of Satellite Channel

Mohsen Radi (member of the MB parliamentary bloc and member of the Culture, Information and Tourism Committee) has submitted an urgent query Thursday to the Minister of Information regarding the real grounds for halting the airing of Al-Barakah TV channel without any prior notice. ..

Further Security Harassment against MB Parliamentary Candidates

In their press conference at the MB parliamentary bloc premises Tuesday, MB candidates in Alexandria Mahmoud Awad and Saad El-Sayed said that they are provocatively watched by detectives and policemen whether in their houses or during electoral campaigns. There is intensive security presence before famous mosques as well as harassments during electoral marches. ..