Middle East Focus: Egypt’s Mubarak: Change Should Not Threaten Status Quo, Fair and Fake Elections Promised……………

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Egypt’s Mubarak: Change Should Not Threaten Status Quo, Fair and Fake Elections Promised……………

“Egypt's president cautioned that street protests and calls for change could endanger the country's future, in his first public speech since recovering from surgery in Germany. President Hosni Mubarak's speech dominated the press Sunday, which showed photos of the 81-year-old president presiding over a military parade in the canal city of Ismailia. "Such exchanges and liveliness should never turn into confrontations, fighting or conflict. We must all be careful that the desired competition doesn't ...throw the future of the nation and its people to the wind," he said in his televised speech Saturday. Ruling party lawmakers caused an uproar when they called on the police to open fire on demonstrators……….”
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