81. Egypt: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com government. egypt is governed under the constitution of 1971. The egyptiangovernment has reputedly been notorious for corruption and bribery on a very http://www.answers.com/topic/egypt

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Bible Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Egypt Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Egypt (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) E·gypt jĭpt (Formerly (1958–1961) United Arab Republic A country of northeast Africa and the Sinai Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. In ancient times it was a flourishing kingdom and one of the earliest known civilizations, known for its development of hieroglyphic writing and its achievements in agriculture, art, and architecture. It reached its height during the XVIII dynasty (1570–1342? B.C. ) and declined after the seventh century B.C. , falling to various conquerors including the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Turks, French, and British. Although nominally independent after 1922, it remained a British protectorate until 1936. A military coup in 1952 overthrew King Farouk I's constitutional monarchy, and a republic was established the following year. Cairo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 76,100,000 . Encyclopedia Egypt jĭpt ) , Arab.

82. WoYaa!: COUNTRIES/EGYPT/GOVERNMENT Home COUNTRIES egypt government Consular section looks after theinterests of British citizens in egypt. Visa section issues entry clearances for http://www.woyaa.com/links/COUNTRIES/EGYPT/GOVERNMENT/

Web Calendar Forums Classifieds ... LOGIN Looking for something in particular? the entire directory only this category More search options Home COUNTRIES EGYPT : GOVERNMENT LINKS: Pages: 1 Welcome to the British Embassy in Cairo pop Our job is to handle day-to-day relations between the United Kingdom and Egypt. The Embassy is made up of different sections. Commercial section promotes two-way trade and investment. Development section manages a bilateral assistance programme. Political section focuses on the bilateral relationship between our two governments. Consular section looks after the interests of British citizens in Egypt. Visa section issues entry clearances for people travelling from Egypt to the UK. The Press and Public Affairs Section provides up-to-date information about Britain to the press and members of the public. http://www.britishembassy.org.eg/ (Added: Sat Jul 28 2001 Hits: 178 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It Review It Send this link to a friend! Cairo Yellow Pages, White Pages and Cairo GA Guide pop AreaConnect Local Guide Cairo ...find yellow pages, white pages, people and more using Areaconnect local search

83. GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Egypt - Government And Political Conditions egypt government and Political Conditions. Under the Mubarak government,the courts have demonstrated increasing independence, and the principles of http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/eg/Egypt_government_summary.htm

Home World Map Rankings Countries from A to Z A B C D ... Z Source: www.exchange-rates.org World Africa Egypt (Notes) Egypt - Government and Political Conditions (Notes) GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS The Egyptian Constitution provides for a strong executive. Authority is vested in an elected president who can appoint one or more vice presidents, a prime minister, and a cabinet. The president's term runs for 6 years. Egypt's legislative body, the People's Assembly, has 454 members444 popularly elected and 10 appointed by the president. The constitution reserves 50% of the assembly seats for 'workers and peasants.' The assembly sits for a 5-year term but can be dissolved earlier by the President. There also is a 264-member Shura (consultative) Council, in which 88 members are appointed and 174 elected for 6-year terms. Below the national level, authority is exercised by and through governors and mayors appointed by the central government and by popularly elected local councils. Opposition party organizations make their views public and represent their followers at various levels in the political system, but power is concentrated in the hands of the President and the National Democratic Party majority in the People's Assembly and those institutions dominate the political system. In addition to the ruling National Democratic Party, there are 16 other legally recognized parties. The November 2000 elections were generally considered to have been more transparent and better executed than past elections, because of universal judicial monitoring of polling stations. On the other hand, opposition parties continue to lodge credible complaints about electoral manipulation by the government. There are significant restrictions on the political process and freedom of expression for non-governmental organizations, including professional syndicates and organizations promoting respect for human rights.

84. Egypt-Government US Agency for International Development in egypt USAID egypt provides programand contact information. egyptian Armed Forces Economic Indicators http://www.arabinfoseek.com/egypt-government.htm

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85. Egyptian Government Denies Gay Crackdown The Egyptian government dramatically escalated a monthsold nationwide crackdownagainst its gay citizens in May 2001 when Cairo police stormed a gay party http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/egypt/egnews211.htm

Last edited: January 25, 2005 Egyptian Government Denies Gay Crackdown The Data Lounge , April 4, 2003 CAIRO— Despite mass arrests and a widespread crackdown aimed at smothering what is left of a once thriving gay scene in Cairo, the Egyptian government has denied a concerted campaign of anti-gay suppression, The New York Times reports. The Egyptian government dramatically escalated a months-old nationwide crackdown against its gay citizens in May 2001 when Cairo police stormed a gay party held on a Nile river boat, arresting everyone on board. Some 52 predominantly gay men were taken into custody by Cairo police in the raid. Early reports carried in the state-run press said the party-goers aboard the riverboat disco called the “Queen Boat” were celebrating a gay commitment ceremony. Later dispatches described an orgy. These claims were later proven to be fabrications by the authorities. Two weeks ago, a Cairo court convicted 21 of the Queen Boat defendants of “debauchery” and sentenced each to three years in jail, after two highly publicized trials that were widely criticized by human rights groups and Western governments. Gay Egyptians, lawyers and human rights groups told The Times that the Queen Boat case was only the beginning of an intense nationwide crackdown that has quietly intensified over the past year. Since the beginning of 2003, the police have made an average of one arrest a week. Scott Long, the Egypt researcher for Human Rights Watch, said he suspected the number of arrests was higher than the almost 70 tracked since the Queen Boat raid.

86. Human Rights Watch: Egyptian Government Arresting, Torturing Gay Men Human Rights Watch Egyptian government Arresting, Torturing Gay Men. AssociatedPress, March 1, 2004. By Nadia Abou ElMagd, Associated Press Writer http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/egypt/egnews172.htm

Last edited: July 17, 2004 Human Rights Watch: Egyptian Government Arresting, Torturing Gay Men Associated Press , March 1, 2004 By Nadia Abou El-Magd, Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt— Egyptian authorities have entrapped, arrested and tortured hundreds of men thought to be gay, a New York-based human rights group said in a report Monday. Human Rights Watch urged Egypt to repeal legislation allowing the prosecution of consensual homosexual relations—covered under the country’s debauchery laws. The report said police agents surf the Internet and answer personal ads placed by men seeking men, then arrange meetings with them and arrest them. Gen. Ahmed Shehab, who oversees Internet-related crimes for the Interior Ministry, said he had not yet seen the report and was unable to comment on it. However, vice officials in the past have acknowledged the practice of answering Internet personals by gay men and praised it for getting results. At a news conference, Human Rights Watch and Egyptian rights groups accused the government of ignoring its own declarations to the United Nations and the European Union that homosexuality is legal in Egypt. “The police at Abideen police station (in Cairo) clearly have a different opinion because they are going out and they are arresting men who are doing nothing, who are accused of nothing, but consensual, private, homosexual conduct.” said Scott Long, HRW’s director for homosexual issues.

87. PRESS RELEASE "Eternal Egypt" IBM And The Egyptian Government Provide Worldwide PRESS RELEASE Eternal egypt IBM and the egyptian government Provide WorldwideAccess to egypt s Cultural Heritage An extraordinary partnership between the http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=63573

88. Government The Egyptian judicial system is an amalgam of Islamic, French and English lawwith a hierarchy of courts Head of government Prime Minister Atef Obeid. http://www.arab.net/egypt/et_govtintro.htm

Government Government type Republic Administrative divisions 26 governorates : Ad Daqahliyah Al Bahr al Ahmar Al Buhayrah Al Fayyum Al Gharbiyah Al Iskandariyah Al Isma'iliyah , Al Gizah, Al Minufiyah Al Minya Al Qahirah Al Qalyubiyah Al Wadi al Jadid Ash Sharqiyah As Suwaise Aswan Asyut , ::I , ::I Dumyat Janub Sina' Kafr ash-Shaykh Matruh Qina Shamal Sinaa Suhaj Constitution Introduced on the 11::SUP of September 1971. Legal system The Egyptian judicial system is an amalgam of Islamic, French and English law with a hierarchy of courts descending from the Supreme Constitutional Court down to primary and summary tribunals in each of the country's 26 governorates ( Muhafazat Executive branch Chief of state : President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak Head of government : Prime Minister Atef Obeid Cabinet : Cabinet appointed by the president Elections : president nominated by the "People's Assembly" for a six-year term, the nomination must then be validated by a national, popular referendum; national referendum last held 26 September 1999 (will nest be held in October 2005); prime minister appointed by the president Election results : national referendum validated President Mubarak 's nomination by the "People's Assembly" to a fourth term.

89. Egypt - Government And Politics This experience produced a propensity toward authoritarian government thatpersisted into Although the contemporary Egyptian state remained in essence http://countrystudies.us/egypt/105.htm

Government and Politics Egypt Table of Contents The 1952 Revolution against the traditional monarchy, led by Gamal Abdul Nasser's group of nationalist-reformist Free Officers, gave birth to the contemporary republic. Nasser forged the new state, suppressing the rudiments of pluralism and creating a president-dominated, military-led authoritarian-bureaucratic regime with a single party and a subordinated parliament, press, and judiciary. Nasser's charismatic leadership and the populist achievements of the 1952 Revolutionparticularly land reform, social welfare, and a nationalist foreign policylegitimized the new regime. Nasser gave the state a broader base of support than it had hitherto enjoyed, a base that embraced a populist coalition of the army, the bureaucracy, the middle class, and the masses. Nasser's successor, Anwar as Sadat, adapted the state to a "post-populist" era. The major vulnerabilities of the Nasser regime were its lack of strong support among the Egyptian landed and business classes and, after the 1967 defeat by Israel, its alienation from the United States, the superpower whose support was needed to resolve the conflict with Israel. Although Sadat assumed power as Nasser's vice president and was a veteran of the revolution, he soon reoriented the policies of the state to reconcile it with the need for support from the Egyptian middle class and for a good relationship with the United States. While retaining the essential structures of the Nasserist state, he carried out a limited political liberalization and an economic and diplomatic

90. BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Egypt Facing Judicial Rebellion This is an unprecedented show of defiance to the Egyptian government. The Egyptiangovernment is used to getting its own way, but now it is facing a revolt http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4546333.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Newswatch LANGUAGES Arabic Persian Turkish More Last Updated: Saturday, 14 May, 2005, 00:15 GMT 01:15 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Egypt facing judicial rebellion By Heba Saleh BBC News, Cairo Cairo is seeing demonstrations for and against President Mubarak Judges in Egypt have refused to oversee September's presidential election unless new legislation is passed guaranteeing their independence. They also want assurances they will be allowed to oversee all stages of the electoral process. More than 2,000 judges backed the demands at a Cairo meeting of the judge's club, an elected body of Egypt's judiciary. This is an unprecedented show of defiance to the Egyptian government. The Egyptian government is used to getting its own way, but now it is facing a revolt from a key branch in the state. Police control The country's judges have voted massively to refrain from supervising presidential elections later this year unless the government agrees to their demands. They want parliament to adopt legislation that would make the judiciary completely independent of government control.

91. $50 Billion Later, Taking Stock Of US Aid To Egypt | Csmonitor.com Each year USAID gives $200 million to the Egyptian government in cash handouts to do The Egyptian government is making slow progress toward economic and http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0412/p07s01-wome.html

WORLD USA COMMENTARY LEARNING ... Text Edition Search: Special Offer: Subscribe to the Monitor and get 32 issues FREE! Africa Americas Asia Pacific ... Global Issues Also see: Iraq in Transition A daily update World Stories: for 09/21/2005 Sadr militia's new muscle in south 'No interest' gains interest with British Muslims US uses 'Libya model' to boost pressure on Syria Europe ships war refugees back home ... more projects... Most-viewed stories: (for 09/18/05) Bush's buffeted leadership US tempers its view of victory in Iraq Iran bids to redefine nuclear limits Why interest rates may rise again - despite Katrina ... Middle East from the April 12, 2004 edition $50 billion later, taking stock of US aid to Egypt Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with President Bush Sunday in Crawford, Texas. By Charles Levinson CAIRO Amid fresh fighting by US forces in Iraq, Sunday's meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and President Bush at his Texas ranch serves as a reminder of America's deep involvement in this other key Arab nation. Aid is central to Washington's relationship with Cairo. The US has provided Egypt with $1.3 billion a year in military aid since 1979, and an average of $815 million a year in economic assistance. All told, Egypt has received over $50 billion in US largesse since 1975.

92. Egypt In cooperation with the Egyptian government, USAID Cairo is currently carryingout the following efforts to eradicate this practice. http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/crfgm/10096.htm

Under Secretary for Global Affairs Office of International Women's Issues Other Releases Other Reports ... Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Individual Country Reports Egypt: Report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Released by the Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Practice: The most common forms of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting (FGC) still widely practiced throughout Egypt are Type I (commonly referred to as clitoridectomy) and Type II (commonly referred to as excision). These practices are widespread but are even more prevalent in rural than urban areas. They are common among both Muslims and Coptic Christians. Type III (commonly referred to as infibulation, but in Egypt is referred to as "Sudanese circumcision") is found only among a few ethnic groups in the southern part of the country. Incidence: In 2000, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the fourth in a series of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Egypt. This nationally representative survey of 15,648 ever-married women aged 15-49 found that the practice is nearly universal among women of reproductive age in Egypt. Preliminary analysis of the 2000 findings show that 97 percent of women surveyed have undergone one of these procedures, which represented no change from the 1995 DHS findings. The most severe form, Type III, is rare. Data from the 2000 DHS shows some progress in terms of percentage of daughters (aged 11-19) of women surveyed who have undergone this procedure (78 percent in 2000 versus 83 percent in 1995) and in the intention of women surveyed to have their daughters undergo one of these procedures (31 percent in 2000 versus 38 percent in 1995).

93. Center For Religious Freedom The government of egypt has effectively restricted Christians from senior The government of egypt subsidizes media which attack Christianity and http://freedomhouse.org/religion/publications/endangered/

Summary of Findings This report finds that the religious freedom of Egypt's 6 to 10 million strong Coptic Christian community, while generally able to practice its religion, is threatened in varying degrees by terrorism from extreme Islamic groups, by the abusive practices of local police and security forces, and by discriminatory and restrictive Egyptian Government policies. The cumulative effect of these threats creates an atmosphere of persecution and raises fears that during the 21st century the Copts may have a vastly diminished presence in their homeland. Each year thousands of Copts convert to Islam, many under pressure, and Christians have an emigration rate three to four times that of Muslims. Coptic church sources estimate that over a million Copts have left Egypt in the past thirty years. Even emigration motivated by the desire for greater economic opportunity or democratic freedoms is partially due to underlying religious concerns. Like the Egyptian Jewish community before them, Egyptian Christians are endangered by pressures for a further Islamization of Egypt in which they will be afforded little space. Since Egypt is the major intellectual and cultural center in the Arab Islamic world, the fate of the Copts, by far the largest Christian community in the Middle East, is an indicator of the future of other religious minorities in the region. As the second largest recipient of U.S. aid, Egypt's treatment of the Copts holds interest for Americans of all religious backgrounds.

94. Somalia (Government)- Representatives Of Somali Fractions Participated In Talks Somalia (government) Aidid and Mi Mabdi signed a reconciliation agreement in egypt, under the auspices of the egyptian government and the Arab League. http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/somalia-government.htm

Home page Arab Info Somalia Info Somalia History ... Links to Somalia Somalia - Government Siad Barre fled, with about 200 supporters, to Kenya. (However, Siad Barre was refused political asylum in Kenya, and in May he moved to Nigeria, where he died in exile in January 1995.) Nearly 300 people from various sectors of the northeastern communities attended the meeting aimed at establishing a local government as Puntland. In December, moreover, at the culmination of negotiations that began in November, 26 Somali faction leaders (including Aidid and Ali Mahdi) signed an accord in Cairo establishing an end to all hostilities and providing for the eventual formation of a transitional govemment, charged with holding a general election within three years. The agreement was opposed by Aden Abdullahi Noor and Abdullai Youssef Mohamed (representing the Darod clan), who withdrew from the talks prior to their conclusion. In April 1988 a decade of hostile relations between Somalia and Ethiopia, following the war in 1977-78 over the Ogaden area of Ethiopia (which is inhabited by ethnic Somalis), ended with a peace accord. It was agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations, to withdraw troops from border areas and to exchange prisoners of war. Following the overthrow of the Mengistu regime in May 1991, the new Government in Ethiopia declared itself neutral with regard to the factions fighting for control of Somalia.

95. Egypt (Governement) President Nasser -Internally Regarded As The Founder Of Mode egypt government - Nasser established the Arab Socialist Union (ASU) as thecountry´s only recognized political organization. http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/egypt-government.htm

Home page Arab Info Egypt Info Egypt History ... Links to Egypt Egypt - Government President Nasser enjoyed immense prestige throughout the Arab world and beyond. Internally, he was regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. Egypt reoccupied Sharm esh-Sheikh, on the Sinai Peninsula, and closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping; This provoked the 'Six-Day War' of June 1967, when Israel quickly defeated neighbouring Arab states, including Egypt. The war left Israel in control of the Gaza Strip and a large area of Egyptian territory, including the whole of the Sinai Peninsula. The Suez Canal was blocked, and remained closed until June 1975. President Nasser died suddenly in September 1970, and was succeeded by Col Anwar Sadat, hitherto the Vice-President. In September 1971 the UAR was renamed the Arab Republic of Egypt, and a new Constitution took effect. The Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya and Syria) was founded in 1972, but proved to be ineffective. In 1976 Egypt terminated its Treaty of Friendship with the USSR. Relations with the USA, however, became closer, as President Sadat came to rely increasingly on US aid. In foreign affairs, a division in the Arab world between a "moderate" grouping (including Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf States), which viewed the participation of Egypt as indispensable to any diplomatic activities for solving the problems of the region, and a "radical" grouping, led by Syria, became increasingly evident.

96. Egyptian Government Forecasts Hefty Jump In Deficit For 2002-03 Budget Critics would like to see the Egyptian government phase out its official exchange She points out that the Egyptian government also needs to reaffirm its http://www.mees.com/postedarticles/finance/egypt/a45n31b01.htm

VOL. XLV No 31 5-August-2002 EGYPT Egyptian Government Forecasts Hefty Jump In Deficit For 2002-03 Budget The Egyptian budget for the year 2002-03 (beginning 1 July) forecasts a hefty jump in the deficit as increases in revenue fail to keep pace with government expenditure. The net final deficit according to projections in the Official Gazette published on 13 June will reach E£9.9bn ($1=E£4.51), up 426% from E£1.9bn in the previous year (See Table). The budget foresees a 121.9% climb in the total deficit to E£17.4bn, with expenditure up 12.7% to E£143bn, while revenue increases only 7.1% to E£125.6bn. Prime Minister Atef Obeid has said that Egypt is committed to keeping its budget deficit at around 4% of GDP, which is currently at about $100bn. However, expressing little confidence in the numbers, economists believe that the government figures are seriously underestimating the deficit and suggest that it is more likely to total 6-7% of GDP in 2002-03. The 2001-02 budget had forecast a deficit of 2.6% of GDP and while closed accounts are not yet available some analysts expect the deficit to be much higher after the slump in tourist income which followed the 11 September attacks on the US . According to Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Tatiana Morozova , the 2001-02 deficit will tally 3.2% of GDP, exploding from the 0.1% seen in 1998-99.

97. United States Economic Assistance To Egypt: Does It Advance Reform? - Carnegie E The Egyptian government has shown a readiness to modernize certain institutions for example, the judiciary - and is now allowing discussion of http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1562&proj=zdr

98. Challenges And Prospects Of Political Liberalization In Egypt - Carnegie Endowme The egyptian government has ignored the wide consensus that exists outside egypt’s path to democracy is uncertain. The government’s reform policies in http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=16809&prog=zg

99. Egypt Country Analysis Brief egypt s government estimates the country s proven natural gas reserves at 66 In late 1999, the egyptian government stated that natural gas reserves were http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/egypt.html

Home Country Analysis Briefs Egypt Country Analysis Brief PDF version May 2005 Background Oil Natural Gas Electric Power ... Links Egypt Egypt is a significant oil producer and a rapidly growing natural gas producer. The country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal began operation in January 2005. The Suez Canal and Sumed Pipeline are strategic routes for Persian Gulf oil shipments, making Egypt an important transit corridor. Note: Information contained in this report is the best available as of May 2005 and can change. GENERAL BACKGROUND Egypt's economy is continuing its gradual recovery from the declining growth rates it experienced in 2001 and 2002, but with a growth rate still far below what was achieved in the 1990s. The country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 3.6 percent in 2004, after achieving real growth of 2.9 percent in 2003. Real GDP growth is forecast at 3.6 percent for 2004, with an upward trend projected toward 5.3 percent by the end of the current decade. Egypt's government plans to accelerate its program for the privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), though to date, the privatization program has moved slowly because of large SOE debt and severe overstaffing (layoffs are still difficult due to labor regulations). In recent years, the private sector percentage of overall Egyptian GDP has been growing by around 1.5 percent per year, with about 40 percent of Egypt's SOE's having been privatized since 1994. In the future, the government plans to target "strategic" areas for privatization, including telecommunications and other utilities, including the Egyptian Electricity Authority, although the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the new natural gas entity, Egypt Gas (EGAS), remain off limits.

100. RIGHTS-EGYPT: Censorship Chills University Life, Report Charges RIGHTSegypt Censorship Chills University Life, Report Charges Isaac Baker In addition to wide-ranging government interference in egypt s universities, http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29020

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