Egypt
Sabbahi: Elections should not be delayed over constitution-writing crisis
April 17, 2012
Sabbahi: Elections should not be delayed over constitution-writing crisis
Postponing the presidential election until the body writing the new constitution finishes its work is unacceptable under any circumstance, said…
65 Egyptians in Israeli prisons begin hunger strike
April 17, 2012
65 Egyptians in Israeli prisons begin hunger strike
Sixty-five Egyptian detainees in Israeli prisons began an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday to demand their release, UPI news agency…
Abu Ismail calls US documents proving mother’s dual citizenship a ‘fraud’
April 17, 2012
Abu Ismail calls US documents proving mother’s dual citizenship a ‘fraud’
Recently disqualified presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail said Monday that the Presidential Elections Commission’s documents proving his mother’s American…
Port Said trial begins at Police Academy amid heightened security
April 17, 2012
Port Said trial begins at Police Academy amid heightened security
The trial of 75 defendants implicated in the deaths of 74 football fans in Port Said began Tuesday in Cairo’s…
Tuesday’s papers: Excluded candidates to learn their fates
April 17, 2012
Tuesday’s papers: Excluded candidates to learn their fates
Government mouthpiece Al-Ahram writes Tuesday morning, “[Hazem Salah] Abu Ismail followers object and [Khairat] al-Shater takes back his call for…
Suez schools evacuated as fire continues at Nasr Petroleum Company
April 17, 2012
Suez schools evacuated as fire continues at Nasr Petroleum Company
Suez’s Taawoneyat Preparatory School and other schools were evacuated on the orders of school officials Tuesday, as a fire continues…
AFP’s Massoud Hossaini wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography
April 17, 2012
AFP’s Massoud Hossaini wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography
Agence France-Presse and the news websites Huffington Post and Politico each won their first Pulitzer Prizes as the prestigious journalism…
Released activist says doesn’t know who’s behind his arrest
April 16, 2012
Released activist says doesn’t know who’s behind his arrest
Released activist Mohamed Fahmy said he was unsure about the identity of the party that kidnapped him to interrogate him…
Egyptian fishing boat detained in Libyan territorial waters
April 16, 2012
Egyptian fishing boat detained in Libyan territorial waters
Libyan authorities on Monday detained an Egyptian fishing boat within its territorial waters. “This is not the first time. We…
Experts, presidential candidates warn of prolonged transition
April 16, 2012
Experts, presidential candidates warn of prolonged transition
Political experts have opined that the request of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the ruling Supreme Council of…