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BBC
| 11 months ago
Ahmed Shafiq (L) Mohammed Mursi (R) Mr Shafiq's campaign team adamantly rejected his claim, pledging to take legal action to prove their case. Higher Presidential Election Commission), are rejected by most Egyptians and contradict the basics of...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate Mohammed Mursi and ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq have put in more than 400 appeals about alleged violations in the run-off. As both contestants have claimed victory, the expected announcement will be made during...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Egypt 's interim government -- delayed in announcing a winner in last weekend's presidential elections. Both candidates -- the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq -- have declared victory.
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Egypt was on edge on Thursday after the Muslim Brotherhood warned of "confrontation" between the people and the ruling generals unless its candidate is named to succeed toppled president Hosni Mubarak. A delay in announcing official results from the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood claimed yesterday (Wednesday) that Egypt's ruling military officers might be preparing to steal the presidency, warning there would be a "confrontation" if their candidate was not confirmed as winner today. The Presidential...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
The commission warned that its official pronouncement of the results of last weekend's voting might be delayed as it tries to sort through more than 400 appeals of irregularities filed by the two candidates, Muslim Brotherhood standard-bearer...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
An Egyptian woman chants religious slogans as she holds posters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak outside the Maadi military hospital yesterday where Mubarak was on life support. Egypt's election commission delayed the announcement of presidential...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
The result of Egypt's presidential election has been delayed, state television has said. It had been scheduled to be announced on Thursday, but the Supreme Elections Commission says it needs more time to look into complaints presented by the...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
The Supreme Elections Commission said in a statement on Wednesday that results won't be announced on Thursday as scheduled because it is looking into complaints presented by rival candidates. A panel of judges has to look into some 400 complaints...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood signalled a step back from confrontation with the army on Tuesday as it called for dialogue to solve Egypt's worsening constitutional crisis. The Islamist group led a fresh demonstration in Tahrir Square last night to protest...
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The Hindustan Times
| 11 months ago
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was on life support at a Cairo hospital after suffering a stroke in prison, medical and military sources told AFP Tuesday, denying reports he was clinically dead. The uncertainty over the health of the ousted leader came against...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 19, 2012 Egyptian security sources say ousted President Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator, contradicting earlier reports by the country's state news agency that said his doctors had declared the former leader clinically...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Hosni Mubarak has been declared clinically dead following his transfer to a military hospital from prison after he suffered a stroke and underwent a defibrillation. However, there is some confusion about if he has died or is just near death...Earlier...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
Mubarak's heart stopped beating and was subjected to a defibrillator several times but did not respond." The 84-year-old was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for ordering the killing of protesters who helped end his three-decade rule in...
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Times of India
| 11 months ago
Thousands of Egyptians packed into Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest the ruling military's bid to grab new powers, as both presidential candidates claimed victory in the country's historic vote. In the hub of the uprising that ousted president...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Most of them were seen chanting against Mubarak's military successors. The call for the protests was given by the Muslim Brotherhood, whose candidate Mohammed Mursi has claimed victory in last week's Presidential Election. Mursi's opponent, former...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Erhal" (meaning simply "leave"!). As the sun began to set, a series of marches converged on the square. One man rallied protesters with a drum adorned with a picture of the Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Mursi.
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Shafiq's campaign claims victory in Egypt's presidency run-off Cairo: A day after Mohammed Mursi claimed victory in Egypt's presidency run-off vote, his opponent Ahmed Shafiq's campaign on Tuesday made a dramatic counter-claim of winning the polls,...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
The Age June 20, 2012 Opinion Read later FOR more than 30 years under the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, political power in Egypt was effectively in the hands of the army and its commanders. The army's great rival was the Muslim Brotherhood, which,...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
19 June 2012 A mass demonstration is expected in Cairo later on today after the military dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament, claiming all legislative power for themselves. Crowds have begun gathering outside the Egyptian parliament after...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Ousted Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmad Shafiq, won a presidential election runoff, his campaign team insisted on Tuesday, disputing his Islamist rival's claim of victory. "We are certain that the next president of Egypt...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
A campaign spokesman for Hosni Mubarak 's ex-prime minister said Tuesday that Ahmed Shafiq has won Egypt's presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood 's claims that its candidate was the winner and setting the stage for a divisive fight...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
A supporter of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi flashes a victory sign during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday. (AFP/Patrick Baz) Cairo prepared Tuesday for mass protests, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood whose candidate has...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood will take part in protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council. Over the weekend, the generals issued two decrees dissolving the Islamist-dominated parliament...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
June 18, 2012 9:11 PM A scholar says many Egyptians are expressing concern about the impact of the Muslim Brotherhood's policies on their secular lives after the Islamic group claimed victory in the presidential run-off vote.
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jun. 18 2012, 7:00 PM EDT Last updated Monday, Jun. 18 2012, 6:15 PM EDT The actions in the past few days of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt are almost impossible to distinguish from a coup d'etat.
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The Age
| 11 months ago
But just as polls were closing, the ruling military council issued constitutional amendments that gave sweeping authority to maintain its grip on power and subordinate the nominal head of state. Monday to honour its promise to hand over power to the...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
After polls closed, military leaders gave themselves a tighter grip on power. June 18 (UPI) -- Egyptian revolutionaries called for mass demonstrations Tuesday in Cairo to protest what they said was a military coup. The ruling Supreme Council of Armed...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
June to hand over power to the new president, reported BBC citing Egypt's state media Monday. The military council had earlier issued a declaration, granting itself sweeping powers over legislation and the introduction of a new constitution...Sunday...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Though official results would be announced on Tuesday, the Brotherhood released a tally that showed Mursi had nearly 52 per cent of the votes to defeat fallen dictator's Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, who had about 48 per cent...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
It gave Morsi's opponent Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq 48.1% out of 25.5 million votes...But a statement from Ahmed Shafiq's campaign claimed he was ahead beyond all doubt . Shafiq's media spokesman Ahmed Sarhan accused the...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Egypt's powerful military said at the end of June it will hand over power to the winner of the first free presidential election in the world's most populous Arab country as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed claimed victory for its Islamist candidate. "...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story An election official hands a ballot to a voter in a polling station in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo June 16, 2012. Egyptians queued to choose a new leader on Saturday in the first free presidential election in their history, facing a stark...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 11 months ago
Egypt's official news agency is quoting a senior member of the ruling military council as saying the generals will hand over power to the newly elected president at the end of the month...Mohammed al-Assar as saying the transfer of power will take...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Egypt's military grabbed sweeping powers and made the president a figurehead shortly before the Muslim presidential candidate claimed victory. The constitutional decree, published in the official state gazette, gives the military absolute control of...
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Africa Headlines
| 11 months ago
Early figures give them between 52 and 54 per cent over their rival, former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq. Meanwhile, the country's ruling military have tightened their grip on the country's executive powers in a new constitutional declaration. Initial...
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Inquirer.net
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood on Monday, June 18, 2012, declared that Mursi won Egypt's presidential election. Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed victory Monday in Egypt's first free presidential vote, as the military handed itself sweeping powers...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
The Muslim Brotherhood's systematic election violations prove how they do not believe in freedom of choice and democracy unless it brings them to power." The level of voting was reportedly hit by apathy and a boycott campaign, which if confirmed will...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
June 18, 2012 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi (C) walks amongst his supporters after the announcement of presidential election results at the electoral headquarters, in Cairo, on June 18. (Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images) Egypt's...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
AP In this May 20, 2012 photo, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy holds a rally in Cairo. The Brotherhood claimed victory on Monday for its candidate in the Presidential run-off. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has claimed victory for its...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
In the held during the weekend, the Muslim Brotherhood has declared victory for its candidate Mohammed Mursi on Monday. Share This Story The official website of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party announced, "Mohammed Mursi is the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Egypt's moderate Islamist force Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in the presidential poll today and promised to build a modern democratic state, but the landmark election stood overshadowed by uncertainty as the ruling military took over...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The campaign of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq said on Monday it rejected a claim by the Muslim Brotherhood that its candidate Mohammad Mursi had won a historic presidential election. "We reject it completely," Shafiq campaign official...
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Truthdig
| 11 months ago
Jun 17, 2012 Mohamed Morsi is the first freely elected president of Egypt, according to his party, the Muslim Brotherhood . But the Islamist candidate, who beat out the man anointed by former dictator Hosni Mubarak in a runoff election Monday, may...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-06-18 11:51 AM Egypt's Egypt Brotherhood has claimed on Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi won Egypt's fist free presidential election with 52 percent of...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Monday claimed a historic victory for their candidate Mohammed Mursi in the first presidential vote since the 2011 uprising that overthrew former dictator Hosni Mubarak. Doctor Mohammed Mursi is the first Egyptian...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claimed early Monday that its candidate Mohammed Morsi is leading in the country's first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak's ouster more than a year ago. Mr. Morsi, an engineering professor, is leading with 61 per...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story An election official hands a ballot to a voter in a polling station in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo June 16, 2012. Egyptians queued to choose a new leader on Saturday in the first free presidential election in their history, facing a stark...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News Egypt Brotherhood says Morsy leads early vote count Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Morsy had taken a lead in the early count of votes after Sunday's presidential election against Hosni Mubarak's last prime...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Ahmed Shafiq, the Mubarak-era representative, and an Islamist, Mohammed Morsi - were claiming their man was in the lead. Turnout appeared low compared with the 46 percent reported in last month's first round - a sign of dampening morale as the...
