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War In Context
| 11 months ago
But as the fight over Egypt's presidency heats up between the Muslim Brotherhood's nominee and Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, the country's largest Islamist organization stands accused of more than just dishonesty or incompetence the...
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Truthdig
| 11 months ago
Game over? Thursday afternoon, 98 degrees in the spring shade in Cairo, three days before the final presidential runoff election, and the entire Islamist-led Parliament has just been dissolved by a court ruling. The decision included the...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
The last prime minister under Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, is contesting against the Muslim Brotherhoods Mohammed Mursi in a tight run-off in the presidential election. The presidential poll this weekend follows a wave of outrage when Egypts Supreme...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that swept him from power last year. June 15 (UPI) -- The post-revolution political climate in Egypt is "a total mess" ahead of a vote for...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Posters in Cairo promote presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who was the last prime minister for ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Shafiq is opposed by the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohamed Morsi. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP Egypt 's embattled...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 11 months ago
Birthplace of the uprising that toppled the autocratic leader and now the rallying point for an unfinished revolution, Tahrir has seethed with hostility to a man seen by many as a Mubarak offshoot who would reverse progress to democracy. Shafik's...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Calls for mass protests ahead of Egypt 's presidential election run-off have gone largely unheeded with only a few protesters chanting slogans in Cairos' Tahrir Square. Share This Story Egypt 's constitutional court dissolved parliament after ruling...
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Democracy Now
| 11 months ago
Days before Egypt's presidential runoff, the Egyptian Supreme Court has dissolved the newly elected parliament, handing power back to the military. The court also confirmed Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, can run for president...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood warned that the gains of last year's revolution could be wiped out by Supreme Court rulings it sees as aimed at blocking its political ascent, and activists called for a protest march Friday against what they called a soft...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Several hundred protesters gathered outside Cairo's Constitutional Court on Thursday to protest against the ruling allowing Ahmed Shafiq to stand in the second round of the presidential elections. Factions from groups including the Ultras, 6 April...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, members of parliament stand and pray for the souls of the victims who died during the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak during the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution, in Cairo,...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Thousands crowded Tahrir Square Friday after Egypt's top court dissolved Parliament and kept Hosni Mubarak 's last prime minister in the presidential race. The flow of traffic around the square -- the focal point of the 2011 revolution that ousted...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
People around the world are watching anxiously to see the reaction in the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities today to Thursday's "smooth military coup." "Leftist and liberal Egyptian activists" have called for demonstrations, al-Jazeera...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Egypt's supreme court ruled on Thursday to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament, plunging a troubled transition to democracy into turmoil just two days before an election to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak. Islamists who gained most from Mubarak'...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Egypt activists slam army's counter-revolution' AFP 17 mins ago Protesters burn a defaced poster of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik, ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, at Tahrir square in Cairo June 14. Egyptian parties and...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Activists called for a protest on Friday and Islamists warned that the gains of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak could be wiped out after Egypt's supreme court dissolved parliament and ruled to keep his last premier in this weekend's...
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Denver Post
| 11 months ago
A panel of judges appointed by Egypt's ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, threw the nation's troubled transition to democracy into grave doubt Thursday with rulings that dissolved the popularly elected parliament and allowed the toppled government's...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Egyptian activists and political figures on Thursday accused the military of a "soft coup" after the top court ruled the parliament illegal but kept an ex-prime minister in the presidential race. They said a court decision that effectively voids the...
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Myanmar News
| 11 months ago
Observing the presidential primary just weeks ago, I could not have imagined this outcome. Nor would it have occurred to me that Myanmar, where I traveled next, might be far ahead of Egypt in its democratic transition. Two days after Egyptian...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
According to Nile TV, the law barred officials of the Mubarak regime from running for public office. The court on Thursday ruled against the law passed by the Islamist-led Parliament that sought to bar Ahmed Shafiq -- Mubarak's last prime minister --...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story Protesters take part in a demonstration at Tahrir square in Cairo June 8, 2012 Reuters video Its soaring white structure houses a ruling council of 21 judges that represents the highest judicial power in Egypt. Since last year's democratic...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned that Egypt's fragile democratic gains are under threat, after a surprise court ruling overturned last year's parliamentary elections. Egypt could see "dangerous" days ahead if power returned to those linked to the...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Egypt's supreme court ruled yesterday to dissolve the conservative-led Parliament, plunging a troubled transition to democracy into turmoil just two days before an election to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak. The country's highest court overruled...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
ments Egyptian high court dissolves parliament Some commentators are calling the decision tantamount to a coup; the decision has put this weekend's elections on uncertain ground. By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press / June 14,...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
Yasser el-Mallawany and Hassan Heikal are accustomed to turmoil. In recent years, they have steered EFG-Hermes through political upheaval, economic pain and market volatility, transforming the Egyptian financial firm into the leading investment bank...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Greg Myre Egypt's presidential runoff election on Saturday and Sunday seemed likely to resolve some of the uncertainty plaguing the country since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak a year-and-a-half ago. The two candidates offer a very sharp...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Shafiq's battle against Mohamed Morsi has been seen by Egyptian commentators as a throwback to the bad old days. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Egypt , a Cairo wit quipped recently, is "lost in transition". The serious point is that although Hosni...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
Some called the move a soft coup by the interim military rulers.
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Egypt court orders dismantling of parliament, allows MB rival candidate Shafiq to continue presidential bid in blow to Islamists. The United States expects Egypt's military authorities to fully transfer power to a democratically elected civilian...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed Wednesday 13 June 2012 Fareed Al-Deeb, lawyer for the deposed and imprisoned former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, quoted his client as saying, They want to kill me in prison...Is it possible that someone might want to kill...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
The military-led government issued a decree on Wednesday reimposing martial law ahead of an anticipated court ruling that could delay the presidential election scheduled for this weekend and the promised transition to civilian authority. Follow @...
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Al Jazeera
| 11 months ago
46 The decree will remain in effect at least until a new constitution is drafted, according to the justice ministry [EPA] Egypt's justice ministry has issued a decree allowing military police and intelligence officers to arrest civilians suspected of...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for murders of protestors during the uprising that overthrew him last year. June 13 (UPI) -- Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in poor health and his morale has deteriorated despite his sons being moved to...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
The state of imprisoned ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's health is stable but his morale is getting worse, according to local media. His mood worsens despite the presence of sons Alaa and Gamal who were transferred to stay in the vicinity of...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Interior Ministry sources also strongly denied reports that Mubarak had slipped into a coma in the Tora prison hospital where he along with his two sons Alaa and Gamal are being held. Speculation has been rife regarding the health of the former...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News Mubarak's condition showing 'slight' improvement Egyptian security officials say Hosni Mubarak's condition has shown a "slight" improvement but that the ousted leader is refusing prison food. The officials at Torah prison where...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
ments Mubarak stabilizes, but fears prison doctors are trying to kill him His lawyer said he does not trust the doctors in the prison where he is serving his life sentence. By Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press / June 12, 2012 Hosni Mubarak 's...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Story continues below In a late night TV program Monday, Mubarak's lawyer Farid el-Deeb said he had asked concerned authorities to transfer Mubarak to a better equipped military hospital because of his fragile health.. "Mubarak doesn't trust anyone...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
The establishment of a new charter is among the most important elements of Egypt's transition to democratic rule, coming after the three-decade rule of autocratic President Hosni Mubarak and the turbulent period of military rule since his ouster on...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, who are being held in prison pending trial, were acquitted from another case on corruption and influence peddling along with their 84-year-old father this month...The sons along with seven other persons are in provisional...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Just days before the final round of Egypt's presidential election, religion has become a deciding factor for many voters, who face a stark choice between a conservative Islamist and a secular former military officer. The Muslim Brotherhood is...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Cyprus said Tuesday it was investigating whether ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stashed away ill-gotten gains in secret accounts on the island. Justice Minister Loucas Louca said a special unit called Mokas, which is tasked with combating...
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Reuters
| 11 months ago
Topics Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of the courtroom after his trial in Cairo June 2, 2012. Speculation about Hosni Mubarak's health has riveted Egyptians since he was sent to jail to serve a life sentence, a reminder that...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
They say they are monitoring his heart and blood pressure closely. (AP)
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was in a stable condition on Tuesday, a prison official said, after sources reported a day before that the jailed 84-year-old's health had deteriorated and that he had received treatment to restart his heart.
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Reuters
| 11 months ago
Topics Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the courtroom for his trial at the Police Academy in Cairo, in this still image taken from video August 3, 2011. Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was in a stable condition on Tuesday, a...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Mubarak's chief lawyer in the murder and corruption trial, which ended this month with his sentencing, Farid al-Deeb quoted him as saying, They want to kill me...Supporters of former Egyptian president have urged authorities to release him from jail...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Hosni Mubarak's sons were at his bedside on Monday after the former Egyptian president's heart briefly stopped beating, according to officials. A defibrillator had to be used on Mubarak twice as he lay in the Tora prison hospital in Cairo, they said.
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-06-12 10:45 AM Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
ments Mubarak's health worsening in prison Egypt's former president was sentenced to life in prison on June 2; since beginning his sentence, his health has deteriorated. By Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press / June 11, 2012 Hosni Mubarak 's health...
