Egypt
Barak voices optimism on political change in Egypt
February 28, 2011
Barak voices optimism on political change in Egypt
Jerusalem--Defense Minister Ehud Barak played down on Monday Israeli fears that political change in Egypt might ultimately lead to Islamist…
Brotherhood: Talk of revolution within the group is ‘bizarre’
February 28, 2011
Brotherhood: Talk of revolution within the group is ‘bizarre’
Young brotherhood group members to revolt and dissolve the bureau and the group’s Shura Council is strange and contradicts the…
Authorities mull holding presidential elections before parliamentary ones
February 28, 2011
Authorities mull holding presidential elections before parliamentary ones
Sources say that the cabinet and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces are considering holding presidential elections before parliamentary…
Ex-ministers of housing, tourism to answer profiteering charges next week
February 28, 2011
Ex-ministers of housing, tourism to answer profiteering charges next week
The Cairo Court of Appeals is scheduled to hold the first session in the trial of former housing minister Ahmed…
Ex-ruling party officials to face profiteering charges next month
February 28, 2011
Ex-ruling party officials to face profiteering charges next month
Former Egyptian trade minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid , former Industrial Development Authority director Amr Assal, and steel magnate and former…
Army tells activists parliamentary elections will be held in June
February 28, 2011
Army tells activists parliamentary elections will be held in June
The army told one of Egypt’s main activist groups that it intends to hold parliamentary elections in June.During a marathon…
Fire breaks out on 9th floor of Tahrir’s Mogamma
February 28, 2011
Fire breaks out on 9th floor of Tahrir’s Mogamma
A fire broke out on Monday in a ninth floor room of the Tahrir Complex, also know as the Mogamma,…
Helwan employees protest working conditions, bad pay and corruption
February 28, 2011
Helwan employees protest working conditions, bad pay and corruption
Workers from a number of government-owned companies in Helwan, south of Cairo, continued protesting today to complain about pay, working…
Attorney General bans Mubaraks from travel, freezes their assets
February 28, 2011
Attorney General bans Mubaraks from travel, freezes their assets
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has issued a travel ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his immediate family, also…