In Egypt, U.S. government seeks a few good democrats

CAIRO ? The United States was giving away $65 million in grants to build democracy, and Marwan Youness wanted in. But as the portly engineer scrolled through the application on a warm Cairo night, he began to worry.

?Oh, my God, there are a lot of things they need,? Youness told his business partner, Sherif Hossny, who was perched on the edge of his desk. Youness, 38, dragged on his cigarette, leaned toward the laptop and ran through the six pages of questions.

Some items were simple: project name, applicant, telephone number.

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