http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4656837.stm
Ayman Nour, an opponent of President Hosni Mubarak has been on trial, and it has been feared a conviction would prevent him from running, leaving no real opposition in the Sept Presidential election. The govt, for reasons that are not yet clear, has postponed the trial till after the election, which will enable him to run. His wife, however, says the govt postponed the trial to leave a cloud over him - evidently she expected an aquittal - which may well be true, as the govt case has been collapsing, as witnesses recanted.
Ayman Nour, an opponent of President Hosni Mubarak has been on trial, and it has been feared a conviction would prevent him from running, leaving no real opposition in the Sept Presidential election. The govt, for reasons that are not yet clear, has postponed the trial till after the election, which will enable him to run. His wife, however, says the govt postponed the trial to leave a cloud over him - evidently she expected an aquittal - which may well be true, as the govt case has been collapsing, as witnesses recanted.
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