FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, Egypt’s military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi smiles as he speaks to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their talks along with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Russia. On Saturday, March, 8, 2014 interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour issued a law regulating the upcoming Presidential election, which is expected to be held by the end of April. As he nears announcing a run for Egypt’s presidency, El-Sissi has been focusing on preparing an economic program, senior generals and government officials say, demonstrating the wariness within the military over the scale of problems facing the country. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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