Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner, arrives to attend the conference "Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament" at the Vatican November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, smiles during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party's headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party's headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, talks during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party's headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, talks during an interview with Reuters in her office at the party's headquarters in Cairo, February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Cairo February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Hala Shukrallah, the new president of the Dostour liberal party, speaks at a news conference at the party's headquarters in Cairo February 25, 2014. Shukrallah won the elections of the party last Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, as the party's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (R) shakes hands with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton after a news conference at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) speaks during a news conference with Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to journalists during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei gestures during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) greets Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei during a news conference at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (R) speaks at a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei gestures during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attends a news conference with Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei attends a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks during a news conference with Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attends a news conference with Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (unseen) at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (R) speaks at a news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (R) speaks at a news conference with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 30, 2013. Egypt's rulers allowed Ashton to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, but ruled out involving him in any negotiations. She revealed little about what she called a "friendly, open and very frank" two-hour conversation with Mursi, after she was flown to an undisclosed location to visit him. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei attends a meeting between interim President Adli Mansour and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour (L) and Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei (R) talk during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour (C) and deputy interim president Mohamed ElBaradei (R) meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during an interview in his home in Cairo in this November 24, 2012 file photo. ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, will be named Egypt's interim prime minister later on July 6, 2013, a presidency source told Reuters. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files
(EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Protesters, who are against former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, demonstrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo July 4, 2013. Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, is favourite to head a transitional government in Egypt after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, military, political and diplomatic sources said on Thursday. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A protester, who is against former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, demonstrates in Tahrir Square in Cairo July 4, 2013. Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, is favourite to head a transitional government in Egypt after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, military, political and diplomatic sources said on Thursday. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (C) leaves after a news conference ahead of the planned protest against Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi, at the end of the month, in Cairo June 22, 2013. Anti-Mursi protests have been planned for June 30, when Mursi completes a first year in office marked by division and economic problems, by the president's opponents. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (4th R) and Leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahi (4th L) wave with their supporters during a news conference ahead of the planned protest against Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi, at the end of the month, in Cairo June 22, 2013. Anti-Mursi protests have been planned for June 30, when Mursi completes a first year in office marked by division and economic problems, by the president's opponents. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (R) and Leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahi stand during a news conference ahead of the planned protest against Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi, at the end of the month, in Cairo June 22, 2013. Anti-Mursi protests have been planned for June 30, when Mursi completes a first year in office marked by division and economic problems, by the president's opponents. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrives to speak with anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz and what demonstrators claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture, in Cairo June 16, 2013. President Mohamed Mursi, propelled to power by the Muslim Brotherhood, has faced repeated protests by non-Islamist groups during his divisive year in charge of the country. Prominent filmmakers, writers and performers have camped out at the Cairo ministry for days, accusing Mursi's new culture minister of sacking respected officials with the intention of filling key posts with supporters - a charge denied by the ministry. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (C) is greeted by anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz and what demonstrators claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture, in Cairo June 16, 2013. President Mohamed Mursi, propelled to power by the Muslim Brotherhood, has faced repeated protests by non-Islamist groups during his divisive year in charge of the country. Prominent filmmakers, writers and performers have camped out at the Cairo ministry for days, accusing Mursi's new culture minister of sacking respected officials with the intention of filling key posts with supporters - a charge denied by the ministry. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (C) is greeted by anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz and what demonstrators claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture, in Cairo June 16, 2013. President Mohamed Mursi, propelled to power by the Muslim Brotherhood, has faced repeated protests by non-Islamist groups during his divisive year in charge of the country. Prominent filmmakers, writers and performers have camped out at the Cairo ministry for days, accusing Mursi's new culture minister of sacking respected officials with the intention of filling key posts with supporters - a charge denied by the ministry. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Former Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa speaks at a news conference as Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei talks to Saad al-Katatni (front, L-3rd L), head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party, after their meeting in Cairo January 31, 2013. Egypt's feuding politicians renounced violence on Thursday after being summoned by the country's most influential Muslim scholar to talks to end the deadliest unrest since President Mohamed Mursi took power. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Saad al-Katatni, head of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party, talks during a news conference, as former Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa (back L) and Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei (back R) confer behind him after their meeting in Cairo January 31, 2013. Egypt's feuding politicians finally met on Thursday, summoned by Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the country's most influential Islamic scholar, who made them call an end to violence after a week of the deadliest protests since President Mohamed Mursi took office. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Saad al-Katatni, head of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party, talks during a news conference next to former Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa (L) and Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei (R) after their meeting in Cairo January 31, 2013. Egypt's feuding politicians finally met on Thursday, summoned by Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the country's most influential Islamic scholar, who made them call an end to violence after a week of the deadliest protests since President Mohamed Mursi took office. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Adoustour party leader Mohamed ElBaradei (C) joins protesters during a march against President Mohamed Mursi's decree, at Shubra district in Cairo November 27, 2012. Opponents of Mursi clashed with Cairo police on Tuesday as thousands of protesters around the nation stepped up pressure on the Islamist leader to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Anti-Mursi protesters raise a big Egyptian flag while others stay around their tents during a sit-in against Egyptian president Mursi's decree, in Tahrir square, in Cairo November 24, 2012. Prominent opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. The presidential decree issued on Thursday by Mursi, elected in June with the Muslim Brotherhood behind him, expanded his powers and caused fury amongst his opponents, prompting violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities on Friday. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei is pictured during an interview in his home in Cairo November 24, 2012. ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

National reformist campaigner, and previous leader of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El-Baradei speaks during an interview in his Cairo home November 24, 2012. Prominent opposition leader ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during an interview in his home in Cairo November 24, 2012. ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks during an interview in his home in Cairo November 24, 2012. ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

National reformist campaigner, and previous leader of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El-Baradei speaks during an interview in his Cairo home November 24, 2012. Prominent opposition leader ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: HEADSHOT POLITICS) 

Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei is pictured during an interview in his home in Cairo November 24, 2012. ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

National reformist campaigner, and previous leader of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El-Baradei speaks during an interview in his Cairo home November 24, 2012. Prominent opposition leader ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he scrapped a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egyptian National Rescue Front leader and former presidential candidate Hamdin Sabahi talks to the media after his meeting with prominent opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo November 24 , 2012. ElBaradei said on Saturday there could be no dialogue with Egypt's president until he rescinded a "dictatorial" decree that he said gave the Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi the powers of a pharaoh. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Constitution Party founders' representative Mohamed ElBaradei and Hamdeen Sabahi, former presidential candidate and founder of Al-Karama Party, join protesters at Tahrir square in Cairo November 23, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decree that put his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Police fired tear gas in a street leading to Cairo's Tahrir Square, heart of the 2011 anti-Mubarak uprising, where thousands demanded Mursi quit and accused him of launching a "coup". There were violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

A supporter of former prime minister and current presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik holds a defaced picture of Egyptian political figure Mohamed ElBaradei and former UN nuclear watchdog chief during a protest against the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy as they cheer for the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Cairo June 23, 2012. Egyptians find out on Sunday whether their next president will be a former military officer or an Islamist from the army's old adversary, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a long week's wait since a vote to pick a successor to the deposed Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Supporters are seen outside the building where Mohamed ElBaradei is launching his new party named "Dustour" (Constitution) during a news conference in Cairo April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Mohamed ElBaradei launches his new party named "Dustour" (Constitution) during a news conference in Cairo April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Mohamed ElBaradei launches his new party named "Dustour" (Constitution) during a news conference in Cairo April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Mohamed ElBaradei launches his new party named "Dustour" (Constitution) during a news conference in Cairo April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Mohamed ElBaradei (3rd L) launches his new party named "Dustour" (Constitution) during a news conference in Cairo April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who recently dropped a bid for Egypt's presidency, arrives at a mosque to pray with some protesters, along a street in Cairo January 25, 2012. Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak, spurred on revolts across the region and exposed rifts in the Arab world's most populous state. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Mohamed ElBaradei (bottom, C), the former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who recently dropped a bid for Egypt's presidency, arrives at a mosque to pray with some protesters, along a street in Cairo January 25, 2012. Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak, spurred on revolts across the region and exposed rifts in the Arab world's most populous state. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) 

A demonstrator holds a cross as Coptic Christians protest against the killings of people during clashes in Cairo between Christian protesters and military police, and what the demonstrators say is persecution of Christians, in Los Angeles, California October 16, 2011. Egyptians detained in connection with clashes between Christian protesters and military police that left 25 people dead should be tried in civilian not military courts, presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday. The former U.N. diplomat's comments reflect public frustration at the army's handling of clashes on Oct. 9, when protesters said they were attacked by unidentified "thugs" and then said military police used excessive force against them. The authorities have detained 28 people on suspicion of attacking soldiers during the protest. Trials will be held before a military court. Rights groups have criticised the use of such courts by Egypt's ruling army council. The demonstrators are rallying for Barack Obama's administration to intervene. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) 

Coptic Christians carry mock coffins to represent people who died recently during clashes in Cairo between Christian protesters and military police, during a demonstration against what they say is persecution of Christians, in Los Angeles, California October 16, 2011. Egyptians detained in connection with clashes between Christian protesters and military police that left 25 people dead should be tried in civilian not military courts, presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday. The former U.N. diplomat's comments reflect public frustration at the army's handling of clashes on Oct. 9, when protesters said they were attacked by unidentified "thugs" and then said military police used excessive force against them. The authorities have detained 28 people on suspicion of attacking soldiers during the protest. Trials will be held before a military court. Rights groups have criticised the use of such courts by Egypt's ruling army council. The demonstrators are rallying for Barack Obama's administration to intervene. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) 

A demonstrator holds up a Crucifix as Coptic Christians protest against the killings of people during clashes in Cairo between Christian protesters and military police, and what the demonstrators say is persecution of Christians, in Los Angeles, California October 16, 2011. Egyptians detained in connection with clashes between Christian protesters and military police that left 25 people dead should be tried in civilian not military courts, presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday. The former U.N. diplomat's comments reflect public frustration at the army's handling of clashes on Oct. 9, when protesters said they were attacked by unidentified "thugs" and then said military police used excessive force against them. The authorities have detained 28 people on suspicion of attacking soldiers during the protest. Trials will be held before a military court. Rights groups have criticised the use of such courts by Egypt's ruling army council. The demonstrators are rallying for Barack Obama's administration to intervene. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)