Cairo: Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will stay in detention despite a judge ordering his release on bail pending a retrial over charges in complicity in the murder of protesters because he still faces other charges, court officials said on Monday. Mubarak, 84, has spent the maximum legal time of two years in detention since being charged with former interior minister Habib al-Adli for their involvement in the killing of...
08:08 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved a drafted by President Mohamed Mursi's allies, results announced on December 26 showed, proving that liberals, leftists and Christians have been powerless to halt the march of Islamists in power. ...
12:55 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Egyptians voted on a constitution drafted by Islamists on Saturday in a second round of balloting expected to approve the charter that opponents say will create deeper turmoil in Egypt. ...
03:47 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak's move from jail to a Cairo military hospital where officials said he was slipping in and out of a coma on Wednesday created fresh uncertainty for Egyptians as officials delayed the announcement of a presidential election result. Claims of fraud from both camps fuelled unease in a nation where rigged ballots were the norm under Mubarak and where his fellow generals have moved to curb the power...
03:36 PM, Jun 21, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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 state television says the nation's ruling military has asked a Mubarak-era prime minister to head the next government. Kamal el-Ganzouri, 78, served as prime minister in the 1990s under President Hosni Mubarak, toppled in a popular uprising in February. The Friday television announcement followed a meeting between el-Ganzouri and military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi the night before. El-Ganzouri will replace Essam Sharaf, who resigned this week amid...
05:23 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's military rulers said on Thursday that parliamentary elections will start on schedule next week despite escalating unrest and they rejected protesters' calls for them to immediately step down. Resigning now would amount to a "betrayal" of the people's trust after the military took over from ousted president Hosni Mubarak by popular demand, the ruling generals said. "There will be no postponement in the election," said Maj Gen Mamdouh...
10:49 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Cairo: The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the killing of pro-democracy protesters has been postponed till the end of December over demands that the judges presiding over the case be replaced. The Cairo criminal court, headed by Counsellor Ahmad Refat, decided to postpone till December 28, the case in which Mubarak is accused along with his two sons Ala and Gamal, businessman Hussein Salem, former interior minister...
06:13 PM, Oct 30, 2011
