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February 16, 2010

Egyptian Dissident Ayman Nour Considers 2011 Presidential Run
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In news from Egypt, opposition politician Ayman Nour said Monday he
wanted to run for president again next year and would challenge a rule
that bars him from entering the race. Nour is one of Egypt’s best-known
dissidents. In 2005 he challenged Hosni Mubarak for president but came
in a distant second. Soon after the vote, Nour was sentenced to five
years in prison on charges of allegedly forging some of the signatures
required to register his political party. Egyptian law bans Nour from
any political office for at least five years after the end of his
original jail term.



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