ElBaradei will not seek Egypt presidency - Middle East

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    Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN nuclear watchdog and Nobel laureate, has said he will not run for the Egyptian presidency.

    Declaring there is still no real political change in the country, ElBaradei said on Saturday in a statement: “My conscience does not allow me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless there is real democracy.”

    He praised the revolutionary youths who led massive popular uprisings that toppled president Hosni Mubarak last year but said “the former regime did not fall”.

    ElBaradei compared the revolution to a boat and charged that “the captains of the vessel ... are still treading old waters, as if the revolution did not take place”.