Developing: Egyptian High Court Rules Former Mubarak Minister Can Compete for Presidency
<div class='node-body'><p>The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that a law that would have barred ousted president Hosni Mubarak's last premier Ahmed Shafiq from standing in this weekend's presidential election is unconstitutional, a decision that immediately caused outrage among those who had contested Shafiq's right to run for office.</p>
<p>The law, passed by the Egyptian parliament on April 12, was designed to strip political rights from anyone who served at high level posts in the last decade of the toppled regime's government.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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