Egypt government seeks two years of emergency law

CAIRO, Apr 30 (Reuters) The Egyptian government has sent parliament a formal request that it extend emergency law for another two years or until the government prepares a new anti-terrorism law, the speaker of parliament said today.

''The Prime Minister (Ahmed Nazif) has informed me of the president's (Hosni Mubarak's) decision to extend the state of emergency,'' speaker Fathi Sorour told the house. He said he was sending the request to a committee for preliminary review.

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