Cairo: Hosni Mubarak's condition stabilised on Tuesday but his lawyer said the 84-year old former president does not trust his doctors in the prison hospital and fears they are out to kill him. There have been conflicting reports about Mubarak's condition since a court convicted him on June 2 of failing to prevent the killings of protesters in the uprising that ousted him last year. He was sentenced to life...
08:12 AM, Jun 13, 2012
Cairo: A week after being sent to prison to begin serving a life sentence, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Monday fell into a coma. According to CNN, the information was confirmed by an Interior Ministry official. On Sunday, with rumors of the former president's death spreading rapidly, authorities granted his wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the couple's two daughters-in-law special permission to visit him in Cairo's Torah...
05:33 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak is slipping in and out of consciousness eight days after the ousted Egyptian leader was sent to prison to begin serving a life sentence, a security official said on Sunday. With rumors of the former president's death spreading rapidly, authorities granted his wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the couple's two daughters-in-law special permission to visit him in Cairo's Torah prison early that morning. "The former...
03:23 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's jailed president Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorated further as he was slipping in and out of coma in a prison hospital and was at risk of suffering a stroke any time, an official said on Sunday. Mubarak, 84, who has been undergoing treatment at the Tora prison hospital in Cairo, is experiencing breathlessness due to his heart problems, more than a week after he was sentenced to life in...
08:12 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Cairo: A mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment on Friday, with the attackers overwhelming the male guardians and groping and molesting several of the female marchers in Cairo's Tahrir Square. From the ferocity of the assault, some of the victims said it appeared to have been an organized attempt to drive women out of demonstrations and trample on the pro-democracy...
03:59 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak's health deteriorated further today and he may be moved to a hospital outside the jail where he is serving a life sentence, the state media reported. Mubarak, 84, is in a "critical" condition in jail suffering from breathing difficulties, nervous breakdown and depression after his sentencing on Saturday. Prison officials said that Mubarak had collapsed several times and had to be placed on ventilators...
08:02 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison. Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that unseated him last year. The officials at Torah prison south of Cairo said...
08:14 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Cairo: Egyptian security officials say Hosni Mubarak resisted leaving the helicopter that flew him to a prison hospital for the first time after a court sentenced him to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising. The officials say Mubarak, 84, was tearful on Saturday as he pleaded with officials to take him back to the military hospital where he has stayed since...
05:09 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Cairo: War hero. Savior of the nation. An anchor of stability in a turbulent region. And in the twilight of his life, a criminal convicted for his role in the deaths of those fighting to oust him. Hosni Mubarak was sentenced Saturday to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power. His...
05:03 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Key events in the rule and downfall of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: Mubarak took office in 1981 after his predecessor Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamic militants during a military parade. Mubarak, Sadat's vice president, escaped with a minor hand injury. In 1981, Mubarak implemented emergency laws as part of his battle against militants and expands police powers. In one of his first moves, Mubarak said Egypt would stick...
04:45 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Cairo: Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for his role in the killing of protesters during last year's revolution that forced him from power, a verdict that caps a stunning fall from grace for a man who ruled the country as his personal fiefdom for nearly three decades. The harsh sentence against the 84-year-old former leader appeared aimed at defusing tensions ahead of a...
01:59 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Cairo: An Egyptian court may announce its verdict on Saturday in the landmark trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, 15 months after a popular mass uprising forced him out of power. Mubarak, 84, along with former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six others could face the gallows if convicted of ordering the deaths of some of the estimated 850 people. The case also includes the president's sons Alaa and Gamal....
09:09 AM, Jun 02, 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
