Cairo: The ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been fined $34 million for "damaging the economy" by enforcing a shutdown of telephone and Internet connections during the country's popular uprising. In the first clear ruling against the 83-year-old Egyptian dictator since he left office in February, a Cairo court slapped a fine of $34 million (20 million pounds) for cutting off access to internet and mobile phone services, BBC said...
07:35 PM, May 28, 2011
Cairo: Ousted President Hosni Mubarak's wife was released from detention on Tuesday after giving up assets but is still being investigated, said an official leading a probe into whether she amassed wealth illegally. Suzanne Mubarak, who denies charges that she abused her husband's influence for unlawful personal gain, was admitted to hospital on Friday after suffering symptoms of a heart attack. She has been detained in the same hospital as...
08:50 AM, May 18, 2011
Cairo: A poll conducted by a US-based center has shown that a majority of Egyptians believe laws in their country should follow the teachings of Islam's holy book, the Quran. The survey reflects a shift toward religious conservatism. It also shows Egyptians are open to the inclusion of religious parties in a future government, although only 31 percent of them sympathize with Muslim fundamentalists. The poll's results, released on Monday,...
02:24 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has suspended a Christian governor after protests broke out in the troubled Qena province over his appointment to the gubernatorial post as he was linked to the ousted Hosni Mubarak's regime. Sharaf has managed to end the protest in Qena, a region of central Egypt with a history of sectarian clashes, which have continued for two weeks by suspending the new governor. The governor...
02:13 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Cairo: The leaders, associated with Egypt's landmark 'January 25 revolution', have invited Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the country after the social networking site was successfully used as an inspirational tool to launch the popular uprising. The leaders have asked the Minister of Culture Imad Abu Ghazi to invite Zuckerberg officially after he had expressed pride that the site he created for social networking is used as a tool for...
11:17 AM, Apr 18, 2011
Cairo: An Egyptian court ordered the dissolving of the country's former ruling party and the confiscation of its assets on Saturday, meeting a major demand of the protest movement that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Activists have been pressing Egypt's ruling military to abolish the National Democratic Party, fearing that even after the fall of Mubarak on February 11 - and the arrest of many of its top leaders - remnants...
07:34 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak was ordered detained for 15 days on Wednesday, winning the ruling army generals a respite from protests by quashing suspicions that they were shielding their former commander from investigation. Mubarak, driven from presidential office on February 11 by mass demonstrations against his 30-year rule, was taken to a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday with what state media called a "heart crisis". Reports disagree on how serious...
10:33 PM, Apr 13, 2011
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian president, has been hospitalised at the Red Sea port of Sharm el-Shaikh, where he has been staying since he quit following a massive popular uprising in February, a media report said on Tuesday. "He has been under house arrest in Sharm el-Shaikh ever since he was ousted from power. We are still not sure of what condition he is in, but the former president...
11:58 PM, Apr 12, 2011
Mubarak denied accusations that he and his family had benefited from is position in government. ...
08:26 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Cairo: In the first remarks since his dramatic ouster, former President Hosni Mubarak denied that he used his position to amass wealth and property during three decades in power, and issued an emotional defense of his legacy. The statement, broadcast on Sunday at the end of a turbulent weekend that saw a deadly military crackdown on protesters, only stoked more public anger in the midst of Egypt's turbulent transition to...
08:13 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Cairo: Egyptian protesters ignored a military order to leave Cairo's main square on Sunday, a day after two people were killed as army tried to disperse demonstrators demanding the trial of Hosni Mubarak and a quick transition to civilian rule. Protesters staged an overnight protest at the Tahrir Square, the centre of the 18-day uprising that ousted Mubarak in February, despite military enforced a curfew between 2 am to 5am....
06:34 PM, Apr 10, 2011
Long bursts of machine gun-fire erupted overnight when scores of soldiers backed by armoured personnel carriers launched a raid on the protesters. ...
12:50 PM, Apr 10, 2011
Cairo: Thousands of protesters turned their anger on the army on Saturday demanding that Egypt's ruling military council hand power to civilians and pressing for former President Hosni Mubarak to be put on trial. The army, which has ruled Egypt since Mubarak was forced out of office on February 11, has become a growing target for a hardcore of protesters who say the generals are colluding with remnants of Mubarak's...
07:08 AM, Apr 10, 2011
Cairo: Military police dispersed hundreds of protesters remaining in Cairo's Tahrir Square from of the biggest demonstrations since Hosni Mubarak was ousted using tasers and batons late on Friday night, a witness said. Hundreds of thousands of people rallied during the day to pile pressure on the interim military rulers to meet demands including the prosecution of Mubarak. But after the curfew, set from 2 am to 5 am, military...
08:48 AM, Apr 09, 2011
Boston: Google executive Wael Ghonim, who became the face of the Egyptian revolution, has been named recipient of the annual John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in recognition of his work for democratic reform that inspired similar movements across the Middle East. Ghonim is being given the honour along with the people of Egypt. The prestigious award that honours "political courage" will be presented by the late president's daughter...
01:08 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Cairo: Clashes that broke out when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting the burning of a Cairo church killed at least 13 people and wounded about 140, officials said on Wednesday. The Muslims torched the church amid an escalation of tensions over a love affair between a Muslim and a Christian that set off a violent feud between the couple's families. The officials said all 13 fatalities died...
12:08 AM, Mar 10, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's military rulers today swore in a new Cabinet that includes new faces in key ministries, responding to protesters' demands that the new government be free of stalwarts of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The new Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, a US-educated civil engineer, is expected to be met with the approval of the pro-reform groups that led the 18-day uprising that forced Mubarak to step down...
09:31 AM, Mar 08, 2011
Cairo: An Egyptian committee tasked with amending the country's constitution has proposed to limit the Presidential term and the use of emergency laws, two of the key demands of the pro-democracy uprising that ousted longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak from office. The eight-member committee said it presented its report, which includes suggested amendments to eleven articles of the constitution, to the Supreme Military Council. By virtue of the amendments the presidential...
02:59 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Cairo: A constitutional reform panel on Saturday recommended opening Egypt's presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on future presidents - a dramatic shift from a system that allowed the ousted Hosni Mubarak to rule for three decades. The changes are among 10 proposed constitutional amendments that are to be put to a popular referendum later this year. The proposals appeared to address many of the demands of...
08:35 AM, Feb 27, 2011
Cairo: Pro-democracy protesters returned in tens and thousands on Friday to Tahrir Square, the iconic symbol of revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, asking the new military rulers to step up political reforms and dismissing the remnants of the erstwhile dictatorial regime. Thousands demanded the removal of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, one of the Mubarak-era holdovers from office. The crowd also performed Friday prayers in the square. In a sermon to...
08:13 AM, Feb 26, 2011
