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Egypt

Egypt's State Of Emergency Lifted, Even As Violence Mars Campaign

AL-AHRAM, AL-MASRY AL-YOUM (Egypt)

CAIRO - Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Mursi expressed confidence that he would be elected in the upcoming runoff and sought to assuage Christians' fears about Islamist rule, Egypt's Al-Ahram reported on Friday.

Egyptians, particularly those who supported the Arab spring revolution, will not accept a Mubarak-style regime again, Mursi told Reuters. His rival for the presidency, Ahmed Shafik, was former President Hosni Mubarak's last appointed prime minister and a former Air Force chief. Rallies were set for Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to oppose Shafik's candidacy.

Meanwhile late Thursday night, three people were killed when armed clashes erupted at a meeting of Shafik supporters in the province of Qena. The conference had been organized by tribes but was disrupted by youth supporters of the revolution, including Salafi and Muslim Brotherhood members, "who tried to storm it" and caused "an affront to the tribes' dignity," Al-Ahram reported.

Mustafa Fouad, the head of the Youth Revolutionary Coalition, said they decided to go to the conference after learning that former elements from Mubarak's regime and ruling party, the National Democratic Party, would be there to express their strong support for Shafik. Fouad told the paper he was "surprised" by the firing on the demonstrators.

Also on Friday, a State of Emergency, that had long symbolized the oppressiveness of the Mubarak regime, was finally lifted after 31 years. Human rights activists told Al-Masry Al-Youm that despite the presence of a Mubarak ally in next month's presidential runoff, the end to the State of Emergency was a sign that democracy has begun to take root.

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Iran, The Day After: Here's What Could Happen If The Ayatollahs Fall

Finding themselves amid a range of strategic, economic and regional interests, Iranians in a post-regime future will have to deftly maneuver their country toward a peaceful, constitutional state. Bahram Farrokhi writes about the good, the bad and the worst-case scenarios.

Iran, The Day After: Here's What Could Happen If The Ayatollahs Fall

A video image in Tehran of Supreme Leader Ali Khameni

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Three months of mass protests against Iran's clerical regime last year, while brutally put down, raised hopes among millions of Iranians for an end to the Islamic Republic's stifling 40-year rule. They also raised fears of chaos and speculations about what might follow — the good, the bad and the worst-case scenarios — if the iron-fisted regime were to end.

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