CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is to field its deputy chairman Khairat Al-Shater as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election, the group's party and supreme guide said on Saturday.
"The Freedom and Justice Party will nominate Khairat (...)
CAIRO: The head of the political arm of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday hailed US-Egyptian ties during talks with the US State Department's number two, but also said they must be "balanced."
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CAIRO: Egyptians headed to the polls again on Thursday in a phased election to choose the first post-revolution parliament, as liberals faced an uphill battle to compete with Islamist parties.
Ten months after a popular uprising ended Hosni (...)
CAIRO: Egyptians are being urged to rally en masse on Tuesday to demand an end to military rule after days of bloody clashes that are threatening to derail next week's first elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
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CAIRO: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a rock star welcome in Cairo where activists, women and the media gushed over the region's new "hero" over his pro-Palestinian stand and his virulent criticism of Israel.
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CAIRO: Egypt's press on Thursday captured the nation's incredulity at seeing Hosni Mubarak on trial for murder, hailing the fall of the "Pharaoh" as a triumph for the revolution that ended his 30-year rule.
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CAIRO: Egyptian activists are calling for a massive rally on July 8 to "save the revolution" that toppled Hosni Mubarak, urging politicians to drop debates on the timing of elections and focus on restoring basic freedoms.
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CAIRO: Egypt's premier has said delaying a September parliamentary election would give parties more time to prepare, as the nation debates its political future with early polls seen likely to benefit Islamists.
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CAIRO: Ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his wife, both detained on corruption charges, are to apologize to the people and relinquish their assets in a desperate attempt to secure an amnesty, a press report said.
Mubarak is said to be "drafting (...)
CAIRO: The brief disappearance of a priest's wife that sparked rumors of abduction and forced conversion to Islam has highlighted deep-rooted tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt, where a private dispute can quickly become a matter of (...)
CAIRO: A Christmas Eve attack in southern Egypt in which six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman were killed reveals an atmosphere of intolerance, US Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Michael Posner said on Thursday.
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CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he was open to peace negotiations with Israel, but that as agreed with Egypt talks could only resume when Jewish settlement activity ends.
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CAIRO: The Middle East peace process cannot handle another failure, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned on Tuesday, telling his Israeli counterpart his country would have to make difficult decisions.
There is an increased need now for a (...)
CAIRO: The National Democratic Party on Sunday sought to reassure members at its annual conference that the benefits of economic liberalization would eventually trickle down to the poor.
Opening the conference's second day, Gamal Mubarak, party (...)
ALEXANDRIA: President Hosni Mubarak met a string of foreign dignitaries and diplomats on Tuesday in a bid to avert what he called "another lost opportunity at a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference in November.
The veteran head of state met (...)
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CAIRO: Egypt this week wraps up its nationwide census, but what is a perfectly normal exercise in many countries was met with skepticism in a society where a knock on the door by the state is often bad news.
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CAIRO: Iran and Arab states on Wednesday seized on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s statement implying that Israel has nuclear weapons, calling it proof of a regional threat and demanding UN action.
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CAIRO: Millions of Muslims across the world on Tuesday celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with calls for tolerance amid a surge of violence in Iraq and heightened security in (...)