It became obvious that Egypt’s referendum over the new constitution is in the wrong direction, not because the result is going to be accepting or rejecting the constitution, but because the referendum continues to lead to clashes in the streets. The National Salvation Front proved that there are sever violations happened during the first and the second phases of the vote over the constitution, while Islamists backing President Mohamed Morsi insist that the vote result will be “accepting” the constitution because of the people’s hope to find stability.

The Muslims Brotherhood is Egypt have been working hard in the past week to gather as much acceptors as it can, hoping to see a big difference in votes between accepting and rejecting the new constitution. On the other side, Egypt’s opposition detected fraud and violations took place during the voting process in its first and second phases such as, having fake judges observing the voting centers, as a lot of voting centers were being managed by teachers or University professors, which is against the law in Egypt.

Moreover, unofficial results for the first round of voting released by Freedom and Justice party, which is the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, showed that 56% said “yes” for the new constitution, while 44% said “No”, knowing that the majority in Cairo said “No” and this clearly annoyed the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. In case the trend continued today, it is expected to see massive marches all over Egypt refusing the constitution and the fraud took place by Islamists who support President Morsi.

We should say that the opposition announced that the first round’s result was 66% for “No” and 34% for “Yes”. The opposition also reported what it called “unprecedented rigging” which included more than 700 violations in only 10 governorates, amid the absence of judicial observation.

Clashes were seen in different governorates during the voting phases and it was said that a man was killed with gun shot in Qina during fights between supporters and the opposition. Civilian Organizations monitoring the referendum said that a number of Christians were stopped from going to their voting center, as Islamists closed the centers and threatened Christian families, knowing that almost all Christian citizens in Egypt are rejecting the new constitution. However, the Police managed to open some of the closed voting centers, but Islamists are still warning Christians from going to vote, especially in Al Minia.

It is expected that we will see a number of demonstrations in the coming hours, before announcing the referendum result, while deadly clashes remain expected. It was said that the Muslim Brotherhood members are preparing to stay in the streets tonight and tomorrow to celebrate the result that should come showing Egyptians agreed on the constitution, as they expect, while the opposition is expected to call for a demonstration in Tahrir square tomorrow, after the preliminary signs of the referendum results appear.

The Egyptian army started to secure the main buildings all over Egypt, and it is increasing the number of soldiers around Ittehadya Palace that witnessed deadly clashes before between Islamists and the opposition.

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There were many storms that affected the United States of which the most recent one was Sandy. It was the worst storm in the history of the United States. It was a tropical cyclone that affected the Caribbean, the Mid-Atlantic and the United States. Its effect also reached Canada. Sandy was the largest hurricane in the Atlantic ocean and the wind was blowing at a speed of 1100 miles. It was the eighteenth cyclone and the tenth hurricane of 2012. Estimate shows that it caused damages worth $50 billion (USD). It is considered as the second most costliest hurricane in American history. It developed on October 22, 2012 in the Caribbean Sea from a tropical wave. Then it quickly strengthened and changed to a storm. It gradually moved and became a dangerous hurricane. It moved to Jamaica and then Cuba. At this stage it was a category 2. On the evening of the 25^th of October, it became a category 1 hurricane. On 26^th October, it showed some characteristics of an extra tropical cyclone. It also affected Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Sandy entered the United States as a post tropical cyclone. It affected more than 24 states of United States. It brought destruction to many cities of the United States. New York City streets, stations and houses were destroyed by floods. The supply of electricity was cutoff in many big cities of the United States.

America has a history of the most deadliest and destructive storms in the world. Hurricane Katrina caused a loss of $81 billion (USD). It happened in 2005 and was the most destructive hurricane in American history.

Many famous restaurants have been destroyed by the flood of Sandy. Colombia University’s researcher states that the subway will not be open for next 21 days. A researcher also states that it was the worst disaster in subway’s history. Train services have been stopped in many cities of America. This all happened for the first time in the United States’ history. More than 5000 commercial flights were cancelled due to Sandy.

The transportation system in America is badly affected by the storm. The government is trying its best to start the transportation services again, but they are facing many problems. The intensity of the hurricane can be further understood from president Obama’s following statement:

“Transportation is going to be tied up for a long time. And probably the most significant impact for a lot of people, in addition to flooding, is going to be getting power back on. We anticipate that there are going to be a lot of trees down, a lot of water. And despite the fact that the power companies are working very closely with their various state officials and local officials to make sure that they are bringing in as many assets as possible and getting those ready in the preparation of storm, the fact is that a lot of these emergency crews are not going to be able to get into position to start restoring power until some of these winds have died down.” (President Obama)

More than 45,000 personnel are deployed in the United States for the handling of the aftermath of the hurricane. During this national disaster, the people should cooperate with the government so as to make the recovery as smooth as possible.

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