Today's death sentence is Hisham Talaat Mustafa

Egypt: the death sentence, "the killers" Tamim Thursday .. And the opinion of the mufti, "consultant"
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Tamim had a previous relationship with Mustafa


CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) - Hours before the issuance of its final execution of the accused in the killing of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, the two former police officer Mohsen diabetes, a businessman and lawmaker Hisham Talaat Mustafa is known, the Cairo Criminal Court received the opinion of the Mufti, Dr. Ali Gomaa, in the case papers, which the court referred to him late last month.

According to media sources the Egyptian capital Cairo on Wednesday, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, sent a legal opinion to the President of the Court, Counsel to take stock of Iran, in the "sealed envelope made," is not disclosure of its content, which is scheduled to hold another meeting of the court verdict, in the early on Thursday, amid intense security measures.

Is not the opinion of the Mufti of the Republic mandatory for the court, according to judicial sources confirmed to CNN Arabic, pointing out that there is legal provision required the court to explore the opinion of the Mufti in capital cases only, in order to "draw" in his opinion, and therefore this opinion "will not change the resolution, which settled something in the conscience of the court. "

This is also confirmed by the Vice-President of the Court of Cassation, adviser Ahmed Makki, in comments carried by the "sunrise" in the Friday, pointing out that "even if the Mufti may not be the implementation of this provision, it is not necessary to view the source of the provision, and in many cases, violated the judges view the Mufti, and insisted on their sentences. "

The only case which may be the opinion of the Mufti as the binding, according to Mackie, when there is a father or mother convicted of killing their children, when the Mufti issued a fatwa that "does not kill the father of his son," often committed to the court opinion, because it sort of "seeking compassion for the father accused of killing his son. "

The figures indicate that the Mufti, Dr. Juma received a dossier of 480 cases included the death penalty during the period since he took office nearly four years, supported the provision 478 of them, but the cases that were not in favor of execution, adherence to the judiciary as his legal status, have been executed already.

The second defendant's lawyer Hisham Talaat Mustafa, has pre-empted the meeting by virtue of the pronouncement of sentence his client to submit a memorandum to the court, requesting the reopening of the hearing, pointing out that "there is a new impetus, he formulated in the case, is the lack of jurisdiction of the Egyptian judiciary's consideration of the case, the fact that the offense was on the ground, however, an Egyptian, "the site" News "Egypt of the Egyptian Radio and TV Union.

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The Cairo Criminal Court had issued on 21 May, a provision to refer the case to the Grand Mufti of Egypt, to take in the view of the legitimate execution of the accused, the two-day meeting of the 27 trial within five months, during which it had heard a large number of defense witnesses and evidence to the facts of the case, which raised considerable debate in the Arab street.

And that the accused was sentenced to death, even as the collapse occurred and the unconscious of their relatives.

Sources of information on attacks by the residents and relatives of the defendants on some of the journalists who were covering the event, although the court decided in its third, in view of the controversy raised by the case of a broad and large, the prohibition of the dissemination of all media "audio-visual and print."

Recalled that the actress Suzanne Tamim was killed in her apartment in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, late July 2008.

The accused has denied the accusations attributed to them, with the payment of their lawyers pleaded not guilty, in an effort to cast doubt on the prosecution evidence, which was based on a unique II ELDEEB counsel for the accused, to the defense case on the first defendant, who had been questioned in a number of evidence-based to the prosecution.

In the case questioned Atef Manaawi, counsel for the accused first, in the clothing that the prosecution said the accused was wearing when he committed the crime, and questioned the weapon used to kill, as well as in the autopsy of the body of the dead, slaughtered by a knife in her apartment in "Marina" in Dubai.

And the Attorney General has already referred to the accused, diabetes, and Mustafa, the Criminal Court, following the conclusion of its investigation in the case, which attributed to the first defendant (diabetes) the charge of "committing a crime outside the country, to kill the victim, Susan Abdel-Sattar Tamim, deliberately with premeditation."


Also attributed to the prosecutor that Hisham Mustafa "took part through incitement, agreement and assistance with the first defendant (diabetes) to kill the victim, Susan Sattar Tamim in revenge, and that helped him running their own data, and the amount of cash required for the planning and execution of the crime."

And all of Mustafa and diabetes have been stabbed to death in previous meetings, the evidence found at the crime scene in Dubai, including the "T" and a knife and a pair of sports shoes, saying it could be "fabricated" or were replaced by the UAE authorities, in must be introduced as evidence against them.

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Obama

CAIRO (Reuters) - The diplomatic sources said that U.S. President Barack Obama will make an address to the Muslim world, from the University of Cairo, which dates back to hundred years, but they are not among the 500 selected in the examination of the University to be the best in the world.

A source said that Obama will deliver a speech at the Great Hall of the conference on the campus.

The aim of the speech Obama delivered on the fourth of June to repair U.S. relations with the Muslim world after it was damaged in the era of former President George Bush, who ordered the invasion of Afghanistan after the attacks on the cities of New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.

Bush also ordered the invasion of Iraq justified the invasion of Baghdad, that the secret stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, which turned out to be untrue.

The reports of al-Azhar mosque was nominated for his speech but it seems that the U.S. administration wanted to avoid giving the speech a religious nature.

Nominated reports Indonesia - where Obama spent the years of his childhood with his mother, who married a Muslim Indonesia after her divorce from Hussein Obama's Muslim Kenyan father, Barak - to deliver a speech, but the White House settled on Egypt the most populous Arab country which maintains diplomatic relations with Israel and with the relations between Washington Despite the close alliance of tension in relations during the reign of Bush, which lasted eight years.

And improved relations under Obama and the administration of President Hosni Mubarak will pay a visit to Washington is the first in five years before the advent of Obama to Egypt.

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Subject experts are demanding the U.S. president and his entourage inspected «swine flu»

Made the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Egypt many of the questions on the extent of the seriousness of the visit and caused to enter the swine flu virus in Egypt, as the United States in the list of countries that have taken place by the cases and deaths from the virus.

While experts called for the need to subject the U.S. president and his entourage, and an estimated 1000 people, of the medical examinations before entering Egypt, considering the Bills are not subject to the medical is a crime against the Egyptian people, the possibility of transmission of the way,

Have learned «Egyptian today» from private sources, that all the important figures and ministers of foreign visitors to the VIP rooms or distinctive Cairo International Airport, are subject to quarantine, noting that it is applied to all actions of health from countries hit by the swine flu cases , of the 33 countries.

The source said that a quarantine doctors, the access to VIP Lounge, to obtain a health card for the guests, pointing out that no objection will be an important person, the length of the last period.

On Obama's visit to Cairo, and the group of private insurance, the source said: «Obama and the accompanying delegation will be subject to the procedures established by the Presidency of the Republic, while the group insurance, if it is coming through the ports or airports, regular procedures will be applied to the usual quarantine».

For his part, Dr. Hadi Mesbah, a professor of epidemiology and Almikropouljy, it is scientifically must be subject to U.S. President and the entourage of the medical examination, in order to avoid the virus to enter Egypt.

The lamp: «it was supposed to be this action with the Israeli Prime Minister and his entourage, during his recent visit to Egypt, but this did not happen».

Hadi pointed out that this act is merely a precautionary measure, because the disease may be in the incubation period, a period which does not show the symptoms of the disease, such as high temperature, which may cause the virus to enter Egypt.

And Dr. Ahmed Abdul Wahab, Professor of environmental pollution, the need for members of the U.S. delegation, under medical observation for the duration of their presence in Cairo, in anticipation of the emergence of symptoms on any of them.

The Major General Adel Suleiman, executive director of the International Center for Strategic Studies and in the future, the U.S. delegation to undergo a medical, is not an insult, pointing out that Obama has been uncovered and the medical examination during his recent visit to Mexico

Man who spent 22 years on death row is cleared

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former death row inmate in Tennessee has been cleared of murder, three years after the Supreme Court raised repeated questions about his conviction.


After 22 years on death row, Paul House was released on bail and has now been cleared of murder charges.

1 of 2 State prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge to drop all charges against Paul House, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to die in 1986. Special Judge Jon Blackwood accepted the request.

House had been scheduled to be executed next month for the 1985 murder of Carolyn Muncey. He had been on death row for 22 years but was released on bail last year. He has multiple sclerosis and must use a wheelchair.

The high court ruled in June 2006 that House was entitled to a new hearing.

"Although the issue is closed, we conclude that this is the rare case where -- had the jury heard all the conflicting testimony -- it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror viewing the record as a whole would lack reasonable doubt," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the 5-3 majority.
Forensic evidence found Muncey's blood on House's jeans, but questions were later raised whether the samples were contaminated en route to an FBI lab for analysis.

Subsequent state-of-the art DNA testing conducted after the conviction showed that semen on the victim belonged to her husband, not House. Blood under her fingernails and cigarette butts discovered near the wooded crime scene also did not match the accused.

But prosecutors maintain that other evidence points to his guilt. Muncey's family has also continued to believe that House was involved in the crime.

In 2005, House told CNN he did not rape or kill Muncey, and he wondered why he was still on death row.

"I guess that's the million-dollar question," he said.

While maintaining his innocence, he said that lying to police about his whereabouts that night was a big mistake.

Kennedy, in his 2006 high court ruling, offered an extensive summary of the facts of the investigation, especially the DNA evidence, which he said might point to "a different suspect." Kennedy said jurors might conclude that Muncey's blood found on House's pants may have inadvertently spilled there during the autopsy or through mishandling by police at the crime scene.


District Attorney Paul Phillips wrote in his petition this week that he still believes House could have been convicted again in a new trial, "but the new evidence (including the forensic examinations) raises a reasonable doubt that he acted alone and the possibility that others were involved in the crime."

But Phillips noted the "substantial sentence" House has served as another reason for the charges being dropped now

Ahly increase lead in Egypt despite surprise draw

Ahly increase lead in Egypt despite surprise draw

By AFP
First Published: February 1, 2009
CAIRO: African champions Al-Ahly stretched their lead in the Egyptian Premiership to three points Saturday despite being held 2-2 by relegation-threatened Al-Gaish.

The Cairo ‘Red Devils,’ winners of the African Champions League a record sixth time last November, finished the first half of the season three points ahead of Petrojet.

Ahly won their previous four league matches as they played catch-up after a number of fixtures were postponed due to Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup commitments.

Mohamed Barakat gave Ahly an early lead, but goals from Ghanaian Ernest Arko and Togolese Mikael Dogbe edged police club Gaish ahead before Angolan Flavio Amado rescued the defending champions with a 58th-minute equalizer. –AFP

Abou-Trika short-listed for top African award

Abou-Trika short-listed for top African award By AFPFirst Published: January 15, 2009

Egypt‘s Mohamed Abou-Trika.
JOHANNESBURG: A new name will be engraved on the African Footballer of the Year trophy next month after three stars were short-listed on Wednesday for the 2008 award.
Arsenal and Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor is favored to top a poll among Africa-based national coaches with midfielders Michael Essien of Chelsea and Ghana, and Mohamed Abou-Trika of Al-Ahly and Egypt the other contenders.
Long-term injury casualty Essien finished second and third in the previous two editions of the African Football Confederation-organized competition while Adebayor and Abou-Trika have never featured among the top three.
The omission from the original list of struggling Chelsea striker Didier Drogba came as no surprise and saved the organizers potential embarrassment as the Ivorian said he had no interest in the award.
His decision stemmed from being denied the title last year after refusing to leave the African Nations Cup tournament in Ghana to attend the Footballer of the Year ceremony in neighboring Togo.
France-born Mali striker Frederic Kanoute received the trophy instead and became the first footballer born outside Africa to win a competition started in 1970 and taken over by CAF 16 years ago.
Egypt striker Amr Zaki, who has made a big impression on loan to Wigan this season scoring 10 English Premiership goals, was a surprise exclusion given that Essien has not played since being injured in Libya last June.
Adebayor has struck seven Premiership goals for Arsenal and hit four in a World Cup qualifier against Swaziland last October to keep alive Togolese hopes of a second consecutive appearance when South Africa play hosts next year.
Abou-Trika, a pivotal figure last year in the Nations Cup success of Egypt and the African Champions League triumph of Al-Ahly, seems the leading candidate for the new Africa Footballer of the Year award.
This is restricted to stars playing in Africa and two other Ahly stalwarts, veteran midfielder Ahmed Hassan and Angola-born striker Flavio Amado, are among the challengers.
Stephen Worgu, the young Nigerian who scored 13 Champions League goals for semi-finalists Enyimba, and another striker, Mputu Mabi from Democratic Republic of Congo club Tout Puissant Mazembe, complete the list.
Egypt appear set to win the National team of the Year title having captured the Nations Cup a record sixth time in Accra courtesy of an Abou-Trika goal against Cameroon.
'Pharaohs' coach Hassan Shehata, also the architect of the 2006 Nations Cup triumph, is in contention for Coach of the Year with his strongest competition likely to come from Portugoal-born Al-Ahly boss Manuel Jose.
The awards ceremony will be staged on Feb. 10 in Lagos with hopes of a Nigerian success resting with Worgu, Young Footballer of the Year candidate Victor Nsofor and the 'Super Eagles' in the national team category. –AFP