Inter Press Service
IPS Articles The declaration goes on to make all presidential decisions final and binding until a new constitution is approved and parliamentary polls are held in some six months' time. It also makes two government bodies the Shura Council (the upper,...
The Daily Star
Clashes between police and protesting youths erupted near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday ahead of a mass rally against a decree by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi granting himself broad powers. On the edge of the square near the US embassy in...
Denver Post
After days of protests, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi announced Monday that a decree he issued last week that exempted his decisions from challenges in court will remain in effect on issues pertaining to "sovereign matters," a result that some...
Israel National News
Morsi met, Monday, with representatives of the Supreme Judicial Council to make it clear that he did not intend to harm the authority of the judges, but the meeting ended in failure.
Daily News & Analysis
Mohammed Morsi was said to be 'very optimistic' on Monday about reaching a deal to resolve Egypt's constitutional crisis, even as protesters said they would occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square until he relinquished sweeping new powers. Morsi began...
The Hindu
Washington, November 27, 2012 Expressing concern over President Mohammed Morsi's decision to assume sweeping powers through a decree, the White House on Tuesday said that the Egyptian government ought to reflect the will of the people. We have some...