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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Egypt's ailing former strongman Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of a coma and his morale has plunged after news of Mohamed Morsi's victory in the presidential polls, officials told AFP on Wednesday. "The former president has been greatly...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Mursi met with Christian leaders from different denominations at the presidential palace in Cairo. Islamist President-elect Mohammad Mursi began talks Wednesday with groups nervous about where he will take Egypt after the generals who have ruled...
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Waldwick Suburban News
| 12 months ago
Medical officials say ousted President Hosni Mubarak's health condition has taken a turn for the worse. The officials at the military hospital in Cairo where Mubarak is being treated said the downturn followed the announcement Sunday that Muslim...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
Iran has hailed Mursi's victory over former air force commander Ahmed Shafik in Egypt's first free presidential election as a "splendid vision of democracy" that marked the country's "Islamic Awakening". Since Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was toppled in one...
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Reuters
| 12 months ago
Topics The Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi (R) meets with Saad al-Katatni, speaker of the Egyptian parliament and senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood (C) and Ahmed Fahmy, speaker of the Shura Council (the upper, consultative...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Mursi pushed ahead on Wednesday with selecting a government, after a court delivered a blow to the ruling military, suspending its powers to arrest civilians. Egypt's first civilian president, and its first elected...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Mursi Meter' to monitor Egyptian Prez' performance Cairo: As Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Mursi began consultations to form a national reconciliation government, a youth group has launched a website called 'Mursi Meter' to monitor the...
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Epoch Times
| 12 months ago
June 26, 2012 Egyptian army personnel stand guard as Egyptian women arrive and depart after casting their vote at a polling station on June 17, in Cairo, Egypt. (Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images) An Egyptian court on Tuesday ruled to suspend giving...
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The Age
| 12 months ago
The army that emerged after the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 as the saviour of the nation has been slowly falling in Egyptian voters' estimation as it has become clear just how reluctant it is to release its grip on government. The country...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a government decree allowing the army to arrest civilians, a setback for military rulers preparing to hand power to an elected president. The army-backed interim government issued the decree days before a tense...
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AKI
| 12 months ago
Hezbollah has congratulated the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohammed Mursi, calling the election of Egypt's new president a "historical achievement." "The movement praises this unprecedented step and hopes that Egypt's first presidential polls...
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Arab News
| 12 months ago
A Cairo airport official says Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister who was defeated by an Islamist in the race for Egypt's new president has left the country for the United Arab Emirates. The official says Ahmed Shafiq flew out of Egypt at dawn...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, caretaker Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, left, shakes hands with newly elected President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 25, 2012. Morsi met with...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
This is not the way the tribal societies of the Gulf treat their chiefs...But they are profoundly wary of the kind of religious activism espoused by the Muslim Brothers, which has been key to their electoral success. There have been reports of...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Mursi to represent all of the people 25 June 2012 Last updated at 17:58 ET Egypt's president-elect, Mohammed Mursi, has moved into his new office in the presidential palace and begun work forming a government he says will represent all of the people.
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohammed Mursi hold a rally in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Fredrik Persson/AP video President-elect Mohamed Morsy speaks during his first televised address to the Egypt in this...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Egypt's first freely elected President Mursy, who today moved into his Presidential palace that once housed Hosni Mubarak, tried to project the image of a moderate leader as he reached out to all, including electoral rivals, for forming the...
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Africa Headlines
| 12 months ago
On Sunday, the Presidential Elections Committee declared the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi Egypt's first democratically-elected president, ending a transition period ruled by a group of army generals. Shafiq, who served as toppled President...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Assuming the historic mantle of Egypt's first elected president, Mohammed Mursi on Monday launched moves to form a broad-based national reconciliation government, to help shake off apprehensions over his Islamist leanings and buttress his image as a...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Shattered Mubarak sons in 'tears' after Mursi won Cairo: While Egyptians of most creeds rejoiced over the results of the historic presidential election, there was shock and despair in a corner of Cairo's Tora prison where the Mubarak brothers are...
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AKI
| 12 months ago
Iran's hardline government has hailed the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi's victory in Egypt's first democratic presidential polls as "an Islamic awakening" in the region. "The foreign ministry of the Islamic Republic...
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AKI
| 12 months ago
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's two sons broke down in tears hearing the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi was Egypt's new president, security sources were cited as telling state news agency Mena. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak are in Tora...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Arabs react to newly elected Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi 25 June 2012 Last updated at 07:16 ET Egyptians hope for the end of military government as their neighbours send congratulations across with the results of the democratic elections. On...
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Africa Headlines
| 12 months ago
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared president of Egypt after a runoff. Morsi, who had been jailed by the Mubarak regime, defeated Ahmed Shafik who was a prime minister under Mubarak. The former Egyptian leader is still in critical...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
eyes closer ties with Iran Cairo: Newly-elected Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has called for closer ties with Iran in a bid to create a strategic balance' in the region, according to a report. During an interview with the Iranian state media,...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Mohammed Mursi, Egypt 's first elected leader since former head of state Hosni Mubarak was toppled in early 2011, has vowed to be "president for all" after beating his independent rival, ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq, to the presidency. Share This Story "I...
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AKI
| 12 months ago
Italy's foreign minister Giulio Terzi on Monday praised the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi's victory in Egypt's first-ever democratic presidential elections. "Mursi's election is an important step for Egyptian democracy," said...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
The Egyptian press on Monday hailed the victory of the country's "first civilian president", the Islamist Mohammed Mursi, with some newspapers saying that the "revolution" that toppled Hosni Mubarak had defeated the holdovers of the old regime. Mursi...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Egyptians might have elected Mohammed Mursi as their new President, but he is not in the real in-charge as he is still answerable to the country's military force and the leader of his own party Muslim Brotherhood, according to a report. According to...
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Africa Headlines
| 12 months ago
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
After centuries of Pharaohs' reign and several decades of rule by dictators, Egypt will have its first-ever democratically elected president in the chair on Monday. Share This Story In the recently held presidential run-off , Muslim Brotherhood's...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Describing Egypt's Presidential Election as a "milestone" in country's transition to democracy, the White House on Sunday congratulated Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Mursi over his win, Xinhua reported. Mursi won the Presidential Election by...
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Israel National News
| 12 months ago
The younger Mursi wrote, "We will resist you if you do not implement the revolution and its goals and will resist you if you do not protect the rights of those who were killed and wounded in the revolution."
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Ex-Premier Ahmad Shafiq, who lost to Islamist candidate Mohammad Mursi in Egypt's presidential runoff, is a retired general and Mubarak-era figure reviled by activists who spearheaded the 2011 revolt. Shafiq gained support as a candidate in the...
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The Daily Star
| 12 months ago
Palestinians celebrate Mursi's win under the watchful eyes of Egyptian soldiers. Arab governments and leaders welcomed Sunday the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammad Mursi as Egypt's first president following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. In...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 12 months ago
Mr Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, took 51.7 per cent of the total in last weekend's run-off election, beating secular candidate Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister in Mubarak's regime. Both candidates claimed victory last week, and...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
Mursi, 60, was named the fifth president of Egypt after narrowly beating off competition from rival Shafiq, in the presidential polls held on June 16-17. Farouq Sultan said Mursi, won 51.73 per cent of the vote, beating his rival Shafiq. Morsi won 13,...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
In the much-awaited Egypt ian presidential race, Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi has won making him the first-ever elected president in Egypt ian history. Share This Story Mursi won about 51 percent of the votes while his opponent and former...
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Gawker
| 12 months ago
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidency in Egypt, beating opponent Ahmed Shafik in the country's closely watched election. Shafik was the last prime minister to have served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Officials were...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 12 months ago
Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi was declared today the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, the head of the electoral commission announced. Mursi, who ran against ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, won 51.73 per cent...
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
Sunday that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi would be sworn in as president, becoming the Arab world's first elected Islamist head of state after more than a year of popular uprisings that ousted autocrats and fueled the rise of political...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
A year and a half after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, himself near death if not functionally so already, Egypt finally has a new head of state. Share This Story Mohamed Morsy is the new president of Egypt , according to results announced Sunday.
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
Melisa Goh Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi is Egypt's new president, the country's electoral commission announced on Sunday. A massive crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted in cheers at the announcement. Morsi's election is a victory for...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 12 months ago
Click photo to enlarge In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi react to the announcement of his victory in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Egypt's election commission...
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Jerusalem Post
| 12 months ago
Muslim Brotherhood candidate wins 51.7% of vote, beating out former general Ahmed Shafik to become Egypt's first democratically elected president since fall of Mubarak. Islamist Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood was elected president of Egypt...
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Africa Headlines
| 12 months ago
In a statement on Saturday, the election commission's secretary general Hatem Bagato said: "Farouq Sultan, head of the election commission, will announce the results of the polling at 3pm on Sunday." Egypt held the run-off of the presidential...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
Two men have been claiming victory since the polls closed a week or so ago. One was ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, the other a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Guest host David Greene speaks with NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
Egyptians were waiting on Sunday to hear whether their next president will be a former military officer or a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that ousted leader Hosni Mubarak spent three decades fighting. The result of last weekend's run-off,...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 12 months ago
Breaking News Authorities deployed extra security forces in Cairo streets and near key state institutions and police were ordered to "confront with firmness" any violation of the law just hours ahead of the official announcement of Egypt's highly...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
The long-awaited Egypt ian election results are expected to be announced on Sunday which will make either Mohammed Mursi or Ahmed Shafiq the first-ever elected president in Egypt ian history. Share This Story The ruling military council delayed the...
