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...were told to go to another center that had been approved for coverage by the media. At polling station number 10, located inside a low-slung primary school, there were more reporters than voters. Journalists captured images of the orderly lines and jostled to photograph the royalist candidate, Sherif Ali, as he arrived with a large armed escort to cast his vote. Security was tight, and every voter was patted down before approaching the ballot boxes. But voters seemed happy about the precautions. "All my neighbors are going to vote," said Salim, a 22-year-old student in line...
...Rice had urged last June - and the state-financed media's overwhelming focus on Mubarak during a campaign period that was too brief for opposition candidates to promote their messages. "But we do see the election as a crucial step," says the official, a sentiment shared by icem coordinator Sherif Mansour. He told Time that last week's ballot was "a public show that won't change anything," but thinks the government has set a precedent by allowing any monitoring at all. "Next time," Mansour said, referring to the November elections, "we'll be able to get into the polling...
...vote for likeminded candidates running as independents. But independent monitoring groups and officials of Nour?s Al Ghad party sharply criticized the way the election was conducted. ?We?ve recorded lots of violations, major violations against the voting process, against the voters and against the candidates,? ICEM coordinator Sherif Mansour told TIME as the polls closed Wednesday evening. While stopping short of claiming that he was deprived of victory, Nour announced that his party would file a petition to the Presidential Election Commission and possibly later to the courts to overturn the election due to irregularities...
...Crimson kept the First Team All-Big East duo of Ludwig and sophomore Sherif El Bialy out of the net for the first 80 minutes, but the two came through for Rutgers...
...loving family man, a believer but not a fanatic, respected and well off, content with his imminent retirement, a man who had never displayed the least symptom of psychiatric disorder. "He's a guy who wouldn't hurt a fly," says Los Angeles resident Helal el-Sherif, a friend of el-Batouti's, echoing other friends and family. "He certainly wouldn't take 216 passengers to their deaths." Over dinner at the Sherifs two nights before his final flight, Batouti had discussed the crash that took the life of golfer Payne Stewart. "He was shaking his head at how unbelievable...