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>>>Egypt's current parliament is dominated by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted on Friday after 18 days of mass protests.
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>>>A statement was read out on state TV on Sunday from the higher military council, saying it would suspend the constitution and set up a committee to draft a new one, before submitting it to a popular referendum.
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>>>The current constitution has prevented many parties and groups from standing in elections, leaving Egypt with a parliament packed with supporters of the National Democratic Party, loyal to Mr Mubarak.
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>>>Our correspondent says the new announcement means elections could be held in July or August, instead of in September as planned.
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>>>Military statement
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>>>By making another important statement and providing more details of how the future state will look, he adds, the military should satisfy protesters still sceptical about the pace of change.
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>>That didn't take so long then did it.
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>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/egyptian-army-hijacking-revolution-fear
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>It's starting to raise more red flags:
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>Egyptian democracy advocate critical of military
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt
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>However, according to President Jimmy Carter, there is nothing to be concerned about:
>http://www.statesman.com/news/local/carter-says-egyptian-military-likely-to-obey-will-1256980.html
>(and we all know he is the expert :o)
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>And now some information on other areas:
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_af/af_libya_protests
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests

be interesting to see how baharan plays in washington as its a key US military base in the area.