Al-Suleiman said the Army of Pride and Dignity is on full alert in Anbar province.

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Al-Suleiman said that the tribal fighters had managed to free the three farmers.

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Suleiman had said he would not seek the presidency in the first election for the post since the revolution that led to Mubarak's exit.

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However, a senior diplomat said Suleiman had escorted UN inspectors on their only investigative visit to the al-Kibar site in northern Syria in June.

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Suleiman had initially said he would not seek the presidency in the first election for the post since the revolution that led to the toppling of Mubarak.

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Correspondent Shadi Helweh and two cameramen, Yehia Mosseli and Ahmed Suleiman, were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, the agency said.

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Suleiman entered the race just hours before the Sunday deadline, said Hatem Bjato, who heads the election committee.

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The only way Suleiman could win would be by forgery, el-Shater said.

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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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Suleiman, who also served as vice president under Mubarak, had initially said he would not seek the presidency.

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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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