Egypt
Shura Council elections underway, but many ask: What’s the point?
January 30, 2012
Shura Council elections underway, but many ask: What’s the point?
Elections for Egypt's upper house of Parliament, the Shura Council, began Sunday with little fanfare. Unlike the first day of…
Groups plan Tuesday march to demand faster power transfer
January 30, 2012
Groups plan Tuesday march to demand faster power transfer
Students and revolutionary coalitions on Monday called for staging mass protests tomorrow under the title “Tuesday of Determination” to call…
PM to go to downtown office for first time
January 30, 2012
PM to go to downtown office for first time
Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri on Tuesday will go to his office on Qasr al-Aini Street in downtown Cairo for the…
Maspero protesters continue demands for state media purge
January 30, 2012
Maspero protesters continue demands for state media purge
Dozens of protesters on Monday continued their sit-in outside Egypt’s state TV building to demand purging state media of anti-revolutionary…
Military council rejects intervention in rights organizations case
January 30, 2012
Military council rejects intervention in rights organizations case
Egypt’s ruling military council will not accept foreign intervention in the country’s affairs, a council source told a London-based newspaper…
Mansoura activists defy governor with ‘liars’ campaign
January 30, 2012
Mansoura activists defy governor with ‘liars’ campaign
MANSOURA — The governor of Daqahlia on Saturday banned the Kazeboon Campaign, an initiative by activists to screen films that…
Mubarak trial adjourned to Tuesday for security chief defense
January 30, 2012
Mubarak trial adjourned to Tuesday for security chief defense
Cairo Criminal Court on Monday adjourned the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and other former figures to Tuesday to…
Daqahlia citizens disrupt Parliament vote over child abduction
January 30, 2012
Daqahlia citizens disrupt Parliament vote over child abduction
Citizens in Daqahlia Governorate prevented judges overseeing Shura Council elections from reaching polling stations Monday to protest the abduction of…
Turnout remains low in Shura Council polls
January 30, 2012
Turnout remains low in Shura Council polls
Voter turnout remained low Monday at most polling stations as elections for the Shura Council, Egypt’s upper house of Parliament, continue…
Revolutionary groups to march against ‘safe exit’ for military rulers
January 30, 2012
Revolutionary groups to march against ‘safe exit’ for military rulers
Fifty-six revolutionary groups on Monday called for marching to Parliament to pressure it to prevent the conduct of presidential elections…