这件事有点令人吃惊，可能会戏剧性地改变埃及下届总统竞选。不符合竞选资格的人包括前情报部长Omar Suleiman，这显然是因为他未能得到足够多的签名来支持其最后的候选人资格。强硬派穆斯林候选人Hazem Salah Abu Ismail不合格是因为据说他母亲有美国公民资格。穆斯林兄弟组织候选人Khairat al-Shater被派出资格，是因为他曾在穆巴拉克政权时蹲过大牢。所有人都呼吁反对这项决定，有可能会引发大规模游行。

The UN Security Council has decided to send an advance team of ceasefire monitors to Syria. The council also condemned human rights violations by Syrian forces and abuses by what it termed "armed groups". But as the council began meeting, the UN-backed truce, which began on Thursday, appeared in danger of collapsing. Heavy shelling by government forces was reported to have killed 17 people in the third biggest city Homs. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the advance team of ceasefire monitors will be dispatched to Syria as soon as possible. Mr Ban said he would make firm proposals by next Wednesday for a larger team of about 250 people. He said the international community needed to make sure the truce held.

联合国安理会决定向叙利亚派出一支停火观察员先遣队，安理会同时谴责叙利亚军队违反人权，并滥用所谓的“武装组织”。但就在安理会开始会议之际，联合国支持的于周四开始的停火协议却有崩溃之险。据悉，在最大城市胡姆斯，已有17人在政府军的猛烈炮火中丧生。联合国秘书长潘基文称，将尽快向叙利亚派出一支停火观察员先遣队。潘基文称，下周三之前将提建议，派出一支约250人的更大小组。他说，国际社区必须确定执行停火协议。