News Alert: Court rules Mubarak ally can run for president of Egypt

	Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:17:47 AM NEWS ALERT Court rules Mubarak ally can run for president of Egypt Egypt's highest court ruled Thursday that former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq can run for president despite his ties to the deposed regime of President Hosni Mubarak, and recommended that roughly one third of the country's Islamist-dominated parliament be disbanded because of a violation of election rules. The decisions were a setback for Egypt's revolutionaries and Islamists on the eve of the country's landmark presidential vote, which begins Saturday. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypts-high-court-keeps-shafiq-in-race-suggests-partial-disbandment-of-parliament/2012/06/14/gJQA0h2GcV_story.html Or visit washingtonpost.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071  ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy