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Egypt releases muslim brotherhood after market bombing Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113025483139 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113025483139 Apr. 9, 2005 22:44 Egypt to release 15 Islamic radicals By ASSOCIATED PRESS Egypt's prosecutor-general on Saturday ordered the release on bail of 15 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The men are among more than 230 members the group said were arrested following a March 27 demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak that prompted a massive security crackdown in Cairo and four provinces in the northern Nile Delta. Police said 60 Brotherhood members were detained. Prosecutor General Maher Abdel Wahed confirmed to reporters that journalist Adel al-Ansary was among the 15 Brotherhood members who will be released after payment of 1000 to 2000 pounds (about US$172 to $345; 134 to 269) bail. Last week, journalists and pro-reform activists demonstrated in front of Cairo's Press Syndicate to demand al-Ansari's release. The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned since 1954 but remains Egypt's most powerful Islamic political group and is believed to be the most powerful opposition to the government, with tens of thousands of supporters. The March rally - a rare public showing by the group - came one month after Mubarak proposed a constitutional amendment to open presidential elections later this year to more than one candidate. Opposition groups are demanding further change, including an end to emergency laws that they say prevent any election from being democratic.

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