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Diplomatic activity in the region has been hectic. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for example, has conferred with the leaders of nonaligned countries about a peace initiative. "There is a glimmer of hope," said an Arab official last week. "For the first time the Iranians seem willing to entertain conversation about a settlement...
DIED. Fuad Mohieddin, 58, Prime Minister of Egypt since January 1982, secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party, and No. 2 man in the regime of President Hosni Mubarak; of a heart attack, following a seizure three weeks ago that was aggravated by his refusal to follow doctors' orders to abandon strict fasting during the holy month of Ramadan; in Cairo. A Deputy Prime Minister under President Anwar Sadat, Mohieddin formed the first Mubarak Cabinet after Sadat's assassination in October 1981. Though Mubarak praised him as having done his duty "to perfection," the Prime Minister...
Traditionally, Egyptian elections have had one outcome: a sweep for the government party. For President Hosni Mubarak, there was something particularly sweet about victory last week...
...countrymen participated in their freest parliamentary elections in more than 30 years, Mubarak's National Democratic Party took 73% of the vote, winning 390 of 448 elected seats. The Wafd, a 65-year-old party that was banned under Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1953, re-emerged five months ago as the New Wafd party. It obtained 58 seats, more than any other opposition group has held in three decades. Said New Wafd Assistant Secretary General Noman Gomaa: "We are happy not because of the seats we have gained, but because we have made the country feel that we exist...
...Mubarak's aim in holding free elections was not only to legitimize the government he inherited after Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 . The existence of a genuine opposition enables him to spread responsibility for difficult policy measures, including much needed economic reforms. Mubarak also wanted to prove that Egyptians are as capable of holding democratic elections as their neighbors, the Israelis, who go to the polls next month...