Omar Suleiman, the powerful head of General Intelligence, Egypt's equivalent of the CIA, is often mentioned.

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On Sunday, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman conducted talks with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman has shuttled between Israel and Gaza trying to mediate between the two sides.

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General Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian intelligence, flew to Washington to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Mr Hague also said he will tell Egypt's vice president Omar Suleiman that "orderly transition" to a "broad-based government" is needed in the country.

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The source of this disturbing headline was none other than former vice president and veteran intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, quoted in the London pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat.

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Omar Suleiman, the intelligence chief of deposed strongman Hosni Mubarak, formally entered the race just hours before the deadline, said Hatem Bjato, who heads the election committee.

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Among other things, this would rule out the grim former spy chief, Omar Suleiman, whose late entry to the race has raised howls of outrage from revolutionaries.

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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- A Muslim Brotherhood candidate for next month's presidential elections here lashed out Monday at the eleventh-hour entrance into the race by Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief to deposed strongman Hosni Mubarak.

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In part 2, Cynthia examines the real struggle for Presidential power in Egypt between the leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, and intelligence chief and, under Mubarak, former Egyptian Vice President, Omar Suleiman.

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Ashour believes the recently announced candidacy of Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former vice president and head of Egyptian intelligence, may galvanize the nation's revolutionary and Islamist factions to work together to prevent a return to power of the man who is seen as the essence of the old regime.

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