Egypt
Report: Egypt orders steps to move Mubarak to prison hospital
February 5, 2012
Report: Egypt orders steps to move Mubarak to prison hospital
Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has…
FJP pledges adherence to the SCAF’s timeline for power transfer
February 5, 2012
FJP pledges adherence to the SCAF’s timeline for power transfer
Mohamed Morsy, president of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), has rejected calls for expediting presidential elections and…
US media pressures Congress to condition Egypt aid
February 5, 2012
US media pressures Congress to condition Egypt aid
US-Egypt relations have soured following the latter’s recent blows to its most important benefactor. For the first time, US aid…
Students angry over their University’s ‘lack of principles’
February 5, 2012
Students angry over their University’s ‘lack of principles’
Students at the privately owned German University in Cairo (GUC) have accused the university’s administration of “lacking principles” after the…
FM: Egypt’s Islamists are no threat
February 5, 2012
FM: Egypt’s Islamists are no threat
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has tried to ease western fears over Egypt’s Islamists, saying in a major international…
Egyptian gas exports halted following Sunday’s pipeline attack
February 5, 2012
Egyptian gas exports halted following Sunday’s pipeline attack
Egyptian natural gas exports halted completely after Sunday’s attack on the Arish pipeline that supplies Jordan and Israel. According to…
Minister: Mubarak regime figures in Tora Prison to be confined separately
February 5, 2012
Minister: Mubarak regime figures in Tora Prison to be confined separately
Mubarak regime figures, incarcerated together at Tora Prison, will be relocated to different buildings, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has said,…
Forty-three suspects in NGO funding case referred to criminal court
February 5, 2012
Forty-three suspects in NGO funding case referred to criminal court
Forty-three suspects in the NGO funding case have been transferred to the Cairo Criminal Court, Reuters reported on Sunday. Egypt’s…
Mobile companies ready to cooperate in Port Said probe
February 5, 2012
Mobile companies ready to cooperate in Port Said probe
Egypt's three main cell phone service providers —Vodafone, Mobinil, and Etisalat — have expressed readiness to cooperate with authorities in…
Mubarak trial adjourned to Monday
February 5, 2012
Mubarak trial adjourned to Monday
The trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and six former security officials was adjourned to…