Cairo: Egyptian prosecutors have demanded the death sentence for former President Hosni Mubarak and other defendants including the former interior minister for their role in the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him from power. Many Egyptians hope the trial will heal some of the scars of Mubarak's autocratic rule and help the country find stability after nearly a year of political turmoil under the military generals who...
09:45 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Cairo: The prosecutor in the Hosni Mubarak trial has demanded the death penalty for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising against his rule. Mustafa Khater, one of a five-member prosecution team, also asked the judge in Thursday's hearing for the death sentence for Mubarak's security chief and six top police commanders being tried in the same case. Mubarak and...
07:08 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Cairo: Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular revolt, on Tuesday faced prosecutors who would grill him on charges of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, abuse of office and corruption. The prosecution is set to present its arguments in this session that is expected to last over three days. The ailing former president Mubarak, 83, was wheeled in the courtroom on a stretcher and his sons Gamal...
06:04 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Cairo: Toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, appeared in court again today accompanied by his sons, before the high-profile trial was adjourned till Tuesday. An ailing Mubarak was wheeled in the courtroom on a stretcher and his sons Gamal and Alaa, also facing charges, were present beside him, Al Arabiya reported. Mubarak, his sons, Egypt's former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six top...
05:17 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Cairo: The trial of Hosni Mubarak will resume this week, where the ousted Egyptian president, his two sons and eight others will face a slew of charges related to corruption, ordering the killing of pro-democracy protesters during a popular uprising that toppled his regime in February. Amid tight security, Cairo Criminal Court under presiding Judge Ahmed Refaat will resume the trial on Wednesday, MENA reported on Monday. The trial will...
04:07 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Cairo: Protesters demanding an end to army rule clashed with police firing tear gas near Egypt's parliament building on Saturday in a flare-up that cast another shadow over a parliamentary election billed as the nation's first free vote in decades. Protesters said one man, Ahmed Sayed, 21, died after being hit by a state security vehicle. His death was the first since a truce between police and demonstrators on Thursday...
07:04 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Paris: A French TV journalist said on Friday she was punched and roughed up, then sexually assaulted while covering protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square, the second attack reported in a single day on women journalists working there. Caroline Sinz told France 3 television, her employer, that she and her cameraman were set upon by young men in the square then separated on Thursday. She said she was punched, then "subjected...
12:06 AM, Nov 26, 2011
Washington: As thousands of people continue to protest in Cairo against its military's intentions to retain power even after the parliamentary polls on Monday, the White House in a strong statement on Friday said the Egyptian government must be immediately empowered with real authority. "The United States strongly believes that the new Egyptian government must be empowered with real authority immediately," the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, said in...
07:31 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: Thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule converged on Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in what activists say will be the biggest day yet of protests in a week of violence that has seen at least 41 people killed. The generals who have governed Egypt since people power toppled President Hosni Mubarak on February 11 are facing a major challenge to their authority. Activists who accuse them...
05:42 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: Egyptian former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri accepted a request from the ruling generals to form a new government, state media reported, but protesters brushed away their choice and vowed to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand the army quit power. Ganzouri confirmed he had agreed in principle to lead a national salvation government after meeting with the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein...
03:16 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: A prominent Egyptian-born US columnist said uniformed police sexually assaulted, beat and blindfolded her after she was detained on Thursday near Tahrir Square during clashes, leaving her left arm and right hand broken and in casts. Mona Eltahawy, 44, lives in New York and is a prominent women's rights defender, a lecturer on the role of social media in the Arab world and a former Reuters journalist. Eltahawy describes...
01:28 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's ruling military council asked former Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri to form a new government on Thursday after protesters demanded the army sack the previous cabinet, Al Jazeera television reported, citing unspecified reports. Ganzouri headed a cabinet from 1996 to 1999 that introduced some economic liberalization measures. Many Egyptians viewed him as an official who was not tainted by corruption, but his record serving under Mubarak could stir opposition...
01:03 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: Rocks, teargas, firebombs and gunfire made darkened streets in central Cairo a battle zone on Wednesday as hard-core protesters demanding an immediate end to army rule fought riot police around government buildings close to Tahrir Square. After six days of violence that has killed more than 30 and four days before voting for parliament begins, there was no sign of an end to the confrontation between Egypt's military rulers...
05:34 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's Health Ministry says 20 people have been killed since Sunday in clashes between police and protesters demanding the country's military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. The ministry on Monday also said that some 1,750 people have been wounded in the clashes since they began on Saturday. The ministry did not specify whether the dead and wounded were protesters, or whether the figures included policemen and...
02:54 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Cairo: Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault on Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least 11 protesters were killed and hundreds were injured. It was the second day of clashes marking a sharp escalation of tensions on Egypt's streets a...
08:57 AM, Nov 21, 2011
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