Abouel Fotouh leads presidential race abroad
Egypt
May 18, 2012
Abouel Fotouh leads presidential race abroad
Preliminary results of expatriate voting in the presidential election show that moderate Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh is leading…
Parliamentary committee calls for abolishing emergency law
Egypt
May 17, 2012
Parliamentary committee calls for abolishing emergency law
Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has called for lifting the emergency law by no later than the end of May in…
Britain to contact Egypt over Mubarak’s frozen assets
Egypt
May 17, 2012
Britain to contact Egypt over Mubarak’s frozen assets
British Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Rosemary Davis said that London is contacting Egyptian authorities regarding the Mubarak family’s frozen…
Dar al-Ifta: Islam prohibits handouts to influence voters
Egypt
May 17, 2012
Dar al-Ifta: Islam prohibits handouts to influence voters
Islam prohibits presidential candidates from securing votes through handouts of money, food, or anything else, according to a statement from…
MP accuses Brotherhood of using Parliament to promote Morsy
Egypt
May 16, 2012
MP accuses Brotherhood of using Parliament to promote Morsy
MP Hamdy al-Fakharany accused the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party of exploiting Parliament to promote the party’s presidential candidate…
MP withdraws proposal to restructure Constitutional Court
Egypt
May 16, 2012
MP withdraws proposal to restructure Constitutional Court
MP Mohamed Gaafar has withdrawn a proposal he had submitted to restructure the Constitutional Court in light of the current…
Saudi lawyer declines to defend Gizawy
Egypt
May 16, 2012
Saudi lawyer declines to defend Gizawy
Ahmad Rashed, the Saudi lawyer defending Ahmed al-Gizawy, an Egyptian detained in Saudi Arabia on charges of smuggling banned Xanax…
Police conscript dies of gunshot wound after Ismailia shootout
Egypt
May 16, 2012
Police conscript dies of gunshot wound after Ismailia shootout
A police conscript died Wednesday in Ismailia after being shot 5 May amid a shootout started by a group of…
Shafiq: Relations with Saudi Arabia priority over Iran
Egypt
May 16, 2012
Shafiq: Relations with Saudi Arabia priority over Iran
Presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq has said that if elected president he would work to develop deep and strategic relations with…
Shafiq campaign criticizes Reuters, denies using NDP headquarters
Egypt
May 16, 2012
Shafiq campaign criticizes Reuters, denies using NDP headquarters
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's presidential campaign on Wednesday morning denied media reports that he was using former offices of…