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Ex-Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Gets Death Sentence
First democratically-elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohammed Morsi, has been sentenced to death on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets to Qatar and escaping from prison during the country’s revolution against long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The sentence was issued on Saturday in the capital of Cairo...
15 die in rival rallies in several Egyptian cities
At least 15 people have been killed and many others injured during rival rallies held in several Egyptian cities to mark the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew former dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
Violence erupted in several Egyptian cities including the capital, Cairo, Giza, Minya and Alexandria on Saturday after supporters and opponents of former president, Mohamed Morsi, staged rival rallies...
Egypt panel suggests dissolving Muslim Brotherhood
A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party, which has been protesting against the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi since July.
The judges made the recommendation on Monday, saying the party represents an outlawed group, The Associated Press reported.
The recommendation is to be delivered to a Cairo court which is reviewing a case demanding...
Egypt considers dissolving Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt interim government says it mulls dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood, as the death toll from Friday clashes reaches 173.
On Saturday, Sherif Shawki, spokesman of the Egyptian Cabinet, announced that the legal possibility of the group’s dissolution “is being studied currently” by the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
Shawki did not provide further information with regard to the decision.
The...
Egypt votes to make Islamic law main source of Egypt’s constitution
Egypt’s Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution has voted to keep “the principles of sharia” law as the main source of legislation in the country.
The article’s language however, remains unchanged from the previous constitution used under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak.
The assembly gathered on Thursday to vote on each of the new draft constitution’s...
Mubarak never had a stroke, Egypt's chief forensic doctor says
Ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak hears his life in prison sentence on a hospital gurney in a courtroom in Cairo on June 2, 2012.
Egypt’s chief forensic doctor says former autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak has never suffered a stroke and he is in a stable condition.
Ihsan Kameel Gorgy made the remarks in an interview with state-run newspaper the Al-Ahram daily published on Saturday.
Gorgy said...
Islamist jailed by Mubarak succeeds him as president in Egypt's first free election
Members of the presidential election campaign of Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party celebrate following the announcement of Mohammed Morsi
An Islamist who has repeatedly pledged to introduce sharia law was yesterday declared Egypt’s first democratically-elected president.
The Foreign Office last night described the election of Mohammed Morsi – of the once shadowy banned group,...
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court dissolves parliament
An Egyptian protester raises his slippers at military police standing guard outside the Constitutional Court in central Cairo on June, 14, 2102.
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s parliament dissolved saying the legislative body’s election about 6 month ago was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that one third of the parliamentary...
10,000 Egyptian protestors return to Cairo in outrage after trial
Protesters demonstrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo after Hosni Mubarak avoided a death sentence in his trial and his sons and henchmen were cleared of corruption charges
Egypt descended into chaos last night despite President Hosni Mubarak’s life sentence, after he and his sons were cleared of corruption charges, setting off huge protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square – the birthplace of...
Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison
An image taken from the Egyptian state TV shows ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak lying on a stretcher inside a cage in a courtroom during his verdict hearing in Cairo on June 2, 2012.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets life behind bars for murders committed during the country’s historic revolution in February 2011.
In a final verdict hearing in a Cairo court on Saturday, the ex-dictator as well...
Prosecution demands death penalty for Mubarak
Prosecutors in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have called for death by hanging, saying the former leader is personally responsible for every protester death during the country’s recent revolution.
“The prosecution demands the maximum penalty against Mubarak, and the rest of the accused, which is death by hanging,” said Mustafa Khater, one of a five-member...
Islamist parties call for ban on Westerners drinking, wearing bikinis on Egyptian beaches
On the way out? Tourists lap up the sunshine at Naama Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh. Islamist parties want to stop Westerners drinking alcohol and wearing skimpy beachwear
Bargain holidays for Westerners looking to get a bit of sunshine and a drink by the pool in the winter could be a thing of the past on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which won success in the first round of parliamentary...
Nine days to go: Pre-election violence on Tahrir Square
Cairo: Egyptian protesters clashes with riot police at Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on November 19, 2011, as Egyptian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up a sit-in among whose organisers were people injured during the Arab Spring which overthrew veteran president Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands of police clashed with protesters for control of Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday....
Rumors about Hosni Mubarak's death continue to emerge
The rumors about the death of Egypt’s toppled President Hosni Mubarak, who stays at the hospital on the outskirts of Cairo, continue to emerge in the media.
Al Ahram website said on Monday that Mubarak’s heart stopped beating. Later during the day, though, the publication reported with reference to medical sources that the rumor was not true to fact.
Previously, the website said that the...
Egypt reopens border with Gaza
Egypt permanently reopened its border crossing into Gaza on Saturday, opening the door for Palestinians to the outside world and raising fears among Israelis of an increase in militant attacks.
Hundreds were expected Saturday to pass through the Rafah border, which had been blockaded by Egypt and Israel after Hamas, an Islamic militant group, took control of Gaza in June 2007. The closure of the border...