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Young Blood Led by Mubarak's Son Seeks Change in Egypt
(Chicago Tribune) - Led by Gamal Mubarak, 40, second son of the long-serving president, young reformers in Egypt scored their first major success Sunday at the National Democratic Party's three-day annual convention when their slate of reform proposals was adopted. The younger Mubarak's political star has risen steadily since last year, when his father created a new position for him leading an influential policymaking committee. A former Bank of America executive with a degree from American University in Cairo, Gamal Mubarak has stacked his nine-member committee with English-speaking technocrats who can combat the party's image of corruption, patronage, and stale conservatism.