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Egypt 's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll that has already been delayed.

The Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament had approved the law last month and sent it to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check the legality of the voting procedures for a new lower house.

Opposition politicians had denounced the text of the revised election law approved by parliament and repeated threats to boycott the vote.

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the National Conscience Front (NCF) have criticised the Egyptian opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front (NSF), for its decision to reject President Mohamed Morsi’s invitation to a national dialogue on the Sinai hostage crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Campaigning for the June 14 presidential election kicked off in Iran early this morning after the Guardian Council released the list of qualified candidates.

Under Iran's Election Law, the Guardian Council, the body responsible for vetting hopefuls, is required to announce the list of approved hopefuls within five days after the end of registration. This period can be extended for another five days if necessary.

«Nous ne servirons pas de roue de secours à la majorité gouvernementale», a martelé Salaheddine Mezouar, président du RNI, invité au forum de la MAP mardi 21 mai à Rabat. «Mais la décision finale de participer ou non à un gouvernement revient aux instances du parti», a toutefois nuancé M. Mezouar. Présentant une analyse de la situation politique marquée par le retrait du parti de l’Istiqlal du gouvernement, M. Mezouar a indiqué que «la majorité gouvernementale vit aujourd’hui une crise interne qu’il est encore tôt de qualifier de crise politique du pays».

The election campaign office of Esfandiyar Rahim-Mashaei, who was not approved by Iran’s Guardian Council to run in the upcoming presidential election, says it will pursue the matter through legal channels.

In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the campaign office said that it will use “the full legal capacity of the country" to appeal to the Guardian Council to revise and eliminate possible ambiguities in its decision, IRNA reported.

La maladie et la longue absence du président Bouteflika accentuent le débat sur «la vacance du pouvoir et la nécessité d’appliquer l’article 88 de la Constitution».

The Energy Committee of the General National Congress today said that that anyone who forces oil facilities to close should be prosecuted in the courts. People had the right to make peaceful protests, the Committee said, but no one had the right to shut down installations or prevent people from going to work there.

Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 more suspects in what it says is a spy ring linked to Iran, state media report.

Those detained include eight Saudis, a Turk, and a Lebanese citizen. Eighteen people were arrested in the same case in March.

Saudi Arabia, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim, has recently repeatedly found itself at odds with Iran, an overwhelmingly Shia Muslim nation.

Iran has denied any involvement in spying in Saudi Arabia.

Una fundadora del partido Tehreek I Insaf de Imran Khan, la tercera fuerza más votada en las elecciones legislativas paquistaníes de la semana pasada, ha muerto a tiros este sábado en Karachi a pocas horas de la repetición de los comicios en esta localidad paquistaní por las irregularidades de la primera ronda.