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High turnout, spirits mark referendum morning
19 Mar 2011
Egyptians are taking to polling stations nationwide to cast their vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments Saturday, often with an overwhelming sense of pride and trust in the value of their ballots.
Long queues of voters wrapped...
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Moussa: Security council decision doesn't support Libya invasion
19 Mar 2011
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said Saturday the UN Security Council decision to impose a no-fly zone on Libya doesn’t warrant military action or occupation of Libyan lands.
Moussa expressed his personal, as well as the...
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Two pharaonic statues stolen near Luxor
19 Mar 2011
Two pharaonic statues were stolen and three guards injured when a group of armed men attacked an artifact storehouse near Luxor early Saturday morning.
An antiquities source said that 15 armed men attacked the temporary storehouse for the...
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Cairo Governor kicked out of polling station for refusing to wait his turn
19 Mar 2011
Voters kicked Cairo Governor Abdel Azim Wazeer out of a Cairo polling station when he insisted on casting his vote during Saturday's constitutional referendum out of turn.
The angry voters chanted against the governor saying, “...
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Polling stations open in first post-Mubarak vote
19 Mar 2011
After decades of fraudulent polls, many Egyptians headed to polling stations on Saturday for the first time in their lives. They are filled with optimism their votes will finally count and that evil hands won’t taint the ballot box....
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Referendums: Can a tactic of Egypt’s dictators become a tool for democracy?
18 Mar 2011
Egyptians on Saturday are going to a landmark vote in their history, not only because it is the first vote after toppling former President Hosni Mubarak, but also because it might be the only fair and clean referendum to be held in Egypt...
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Port Said activists lead by example
18 Mar 2011
Port Said--As tension, sectarian strife, and disagreements about the pending referendum disrupt the unified spirit that marked Egypt’s revolution, in this notable city, an array of activists are demonstrating what it looks like to...
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Muslim Brotherhood reformist wing rejects constitutional amendments
18 Mar 2011
The reformist wing of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as Mohammad Abdul Kudus, head of the Journalist Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee, announced their rejection of the constitutional amendments. By doing so, they join the ranks of the...
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Religious propaganda, vote-buying flourish in Egypt ahead of vote
18 Mar 2011
One day ahead of the much-anticipated referendum on constitutional amendments, Islamists seized Friday's prayers in mosques across Egypt to mobilize voters to endorse the changes.
As soon as congregational prayers were concluded, a...
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Clinton ‘shocked’ by military torture reports, said rights advocate
18 Mar 2011
When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with a group of civil society members during her Cairo visit on Tuesday, she interrupted one of them when he explained to her that the military has been torturing activists in the Egyptian...
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