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October 17, 2011

Longtime Egyptian Opposition Leader Ayman Nour Barred From Presidential Election 
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Longtime Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour has been barred from
running in Egypt's upcoming presidential election expected to take place
in 2013. A Cairo court ruled him ineligible because of a controversial
forgery conviction. Nour was charged with the crime in 2005 ahead of his
run against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Pro-democracy
activists have criticized the exclusion of Nour at a time when former
members of Mubarak's National Democratic Party have been allowed to
register unimpeded for parliamentary elections.



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