Cairo: Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate in Egypt's presidential election has reached out to assure women and Christians that he would guarantee their rights if elected in an effort to broaden his support base before a tight run-off vote on June 16. The Islamist candidate, will go head to head with runner-up Ahmed Shafiq, a former military man widely seen as the standard bearer of the regime of Hosni...
12:58 AM, May 30, 2012
Cairo: A group of unruly protesters ransacked and set ablaze the campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo, after the Election Commission announced that Hosni Mubarak's the last prime minister made it into a run off vote with an Islamist rival. Around 400 people arrived from the direction of Tahrir Square shouting slogans against remnants of the former regime on May 28 night. They broke into the...
11:49 AM, May 29, 2012
Cairo: The two apparent survivors in Egypt's presidential race tried to gather support on Sunday from voters dismayed at what many see as a painful second-round choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak's era. Both men are seeking to soften those images, lay claim to the mantle of the "revolution" that toppled Mubarak 15 months ago, and appeal to the many Egyptians who picked more centrist...
03:23 AM, May 28, 2012
Cairo: Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed...
02:01 AM, May 26, 2012
Cairo: Millions of Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in their history, voted on Thursday with the Muslim Brotherhood saying their candidate had an early lead over fellow Islamists and rivals who served ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Counting started after polls closed at 9 pm (1900 GMT) with no reliable exit polls available. The Brotherhood said on its television channel that its candidate Mohamed Mursi was ahead...
01:43 AM, May 25, 2012
Cairo: Egyptians vote on Wednesday for the first time to pick their President in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a man some called "Pharaoh" were thinly attended rigmaroles in which the result was a foregone conclusion. This time Egypt's 50 million eligible voters are...
07:20 AM, May 23, 2012
London: Mourners at a funeral in Egypt swapped tears for cheers when the dead body of a family member they were burying woke up. Hamid Hafex al-Nubdi, a 28-year-old waiter from Naga al Simman, near Luxor was being prepared for burial when a doctor sent to sign his death certificate discovered that the body was still warm, The Daily Mail reported. Al-Nubdi was declared dead after suffering a heart attack...
12:58 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Wednesday's Google doodle is a collection of certain archaeological structures and celebrates the 138th birth anniversary of noted English archaeologist Howard Carter. One of the major discoveries of Howard Carter was the Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamun. The Tutankhamun pharaoh stands right at the centre of the Google doodle paying tribute to Carter. Howard Carter was born in London on May 9, 1874. He followed in his father Samuel...
08:09 AM, May 09, 2012
Washington: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the new head of terror outfit al-Qaeda remains at large in Pakistan's tribal area, a top US counter-terrorism official has said as Washington vowed to hunt him down. Labelling the Egyptian cleric as now the number one target of the US, John Brennan, the US Deputy National Security Advisor told CNN: "We believe he (Zawahiri) is in that region of the world, as well as other al-Qaeda...
01:26 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Call it bizarre but soon the Islamist-dominated Parliament of Egypt would pass a law which allows husbands to have sex with their dead wives for "upto six hours". The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Egyptian Parliament, Daily Mail reported on Thursday. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights...
06:59 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Cairo: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, demanding that Egypt's ruling military council hand over power to civilians. Rival political parties of Islamists and liberal youth groups joined ranks despite months of bitter disputes and accusations. Protesters chanted, "down with military rule." Islamists captured nearly 70 per cent of parliament seats in last year's elections. They have stayed away from most street protests, hoping for accommodation...
05:56 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Cairo: An Egyptian court has ordered the government to ban pornographic Internet websites in order to protect society and its values. The decision and a similar initiative in parliament has fed into fears by liberal and secular Egyptians that their country is moving down the path to fundamentalist Islam, following a sweeping victory by Islamists in parliamentary elections. The ruling Wednesday came from a lower court and can be appealed....
01:29 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: The day Arab countries welcome spring is also celebrated as Mother's Day in western Asia and Egypt. To commemorate the Arab Mother's Day, Google has put up a Mother's Day doodle on its home pages in Arab countries including Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Libya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The doodle that Google has posted for the Arab Mother's Day on March 21 is...
09:23 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Cairo: Christians gathered on Sunday to pay final respects to Pope Shenouda III, who sought to soothe sectarian tension in his four decades atop Egypt's Orthodox Church but saw increasing flareups in the majority Muslim nation in the last months of his life. Friction has worsened since President Hosni Mubarak, who suppressed Islamists, was ousted last year. Since then Shenouda, who died on Saturday aged 88, often called for harmony...
04:14 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Cairo: Facing long jail terms, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's close aides are offering their ill-gotten assets in exchange to be set free. Ex-Housing Minister Ahmed al-Maghrabi and Egyptian tycoon Ahmed Ezz, who is also a prominent member of the former ruling party, have offered their assets, believed to be running into millions of dollars to stay out of jail, the 'Egypt Independent' reported. Ezz has been sentenced to ten...
04:08 PM, Mar 15, 2012
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