Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh beaches re-closed following fresh shark attack
December 5, 2010
Sharm el-Sheikh beaches re-closed following fresh shark attack
Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah ordered that all beaches near Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh be closed to…
South Sudan secession looks inevitable, says Egypt
December 5, 2010
South Sudan secession looks inevitable, says Egypt
Egypt's foreign minister said a break-up of Sudan looked inevitable because northern and southern officials had made no real effort…
NDP member, 2 journalists to be tried for libel
December 5, 2010
NDP member, 2 journalists to be tried for libel
The Cairo Court of Appeal decided 18 December on a trial session for a National Democratic Party (NDP) leader and…
Run-offs update: Locals storm Daqahliya polling station to protest vote rigging
December 5, 2010
Run-offs update: Locals storm Daqahliya polling station to protest vote rigging
Residents of Daqahliya's Sandeela district stormed a local polling station on Sunday to protest alleged vote rigging in favor of…
Run-offs update: Voter turnout “too low”
December 5, 2010
Run-offs update: Voter turnout “too low”
Head of the High Elections Commission's operation room Ahmed Shawqi told Al-Masry Al-Youm that voter turnout for the runoff elections…
Run-offs update: Wafd Party representative receives electric shock at polling station
December 5, 2010
Run-offs update: Wafd Party representative receives electric shock at polling station
Thugs beat and delivered electric shock therapy to Mohamed Ahmed Shemeia, 41, representative for Wafd candidate for the Zarqaa, Damietta…
Run-offs update: Football, religion and business in Tanta’s run-offs
December 5, 2010
Run-offs update: Football, religion and business in Tanta’s run-offs
Tanta--Low voter turnout marked election run-offs in the Delta region’s city of Tanta on Sunday while football, religion and business…
Run-offs update: NCHR receives complaints of vote rigging
December 5, 2010
Run-offs update: NCHR receives complaints of vote rigging
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Sunday said it received more than fifty complaints of vote rigging during…
Run-offs digest: Egyptians face intimidation and vote-buying at the ballot box…again
December 5, 2010
Run-offs digest: Egyptians face intimidation and vote-buying at the ballot box…again
Amid tight security measures, polling centers opened today for the parliamentary run-off polls. So far minor violent clashes, electoral bribes…
Mubarak discusses economic relations and Nile-sharing with Tanzanian counterpart
December 5, 2010
Mubarak discusses economic relations and Nile-sharing with Tanzanian counterpart
President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday met with Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete in Cairo to discuss bolstering economic ties between the…