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Egyptian oppo leader seeks nuclear reactors | ||
2006-02-23 | ||
CAIRO - Imprisoned Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour asked US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday to look into whether Egypt can benefit from a US offer to help developing countries develop nuclear energy. Nour, President Hosni MubarakÂ’s main rival in presidential elections last year, is serving a five-year sentence for forgery but says the charges were fabricated to keep him out of politics. One of his deputies in the liberal Ghad (Tomorrow) Party, Hesham Kassem, is seeing Rice on Wednesday when she meets a group of prominent Egyptian liberals and intellectuals. At a news conference with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Tuesday, Rice described NourÂ’s imprisonment as a setback and a disappointment. Aboul Gheit said NourÂ’s case had gone through due legal process.
Analysts said Nour raised the nuclear issue to underline his concern with issues other than his treatment by the government. | ||
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