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Egypt vote chaos boosts Moussa, Abol Fotoh
CAIRO: The race for the Egyptian presidency has been redefined by the disqualification of Hosni Mubarak's spy chief and prominent Islamists, including a Muslim Brotherhood candidate and a popular Salafi cleric. The developments add to the (...)

18 - 04 - 2012
Islamists rally in Cairo against Mubarak old guard
CAIRO: Thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to protest against a run for the presidency by former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, in an Islamist show of strength against Hosni Mubarak's old guard. The Muslim (...)

13 - 04 - 2012
Analysis: Egypt in tough final leg of transition
CAIRO: The final leg of Egypt's transition from military to civilian rule has turned into a bitter power struggle that is feeding a sense of crisis and confusion among Egyptians, who fear their democratic dawn could be at risk. Just weeks before (...)

13 - 04 - 2012
Presidential rivals share secretive past
CAIRO: They sit at opposite ends of Egypt's political spectrum and one of them was jailed by a government in which the other was chief of intelligence. Now they both want to be president. The Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat Al-Shater and Hosni (...)

10 - 04 - 2012
ANALYSIS: Arab revolts bring Islamist regional vision closer
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has quietly spread its influence far beyond Egypt in its 84-year history, but Arab revolts have opened broad new political horizons the group hopes will reflect its founder's vision for the Arab and Islamic (...)

01 - 04 - 2012
Islamist draws crowds in Egypt election campaign
CAIRO: A sheikh who blends hardline Islamism with revolutionary zeal is emerging as a frontrunner in the race for the Egyptian presidency, buoyed by a popular touch which even his critics say is striking a chord with many voters. Hazem Salah Abu (...)

30 - 03 - 2012
Egyptians learn fast in campaign for historic vote
CAIRO: In the final moments of Hosni Mubarak's presidency, Mohamed Elshahawy made a call to the man he thought should replace him. "We need to talk about the future," he told Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh, then a senior Muslim Brotherhood (...)

22 - 03 - 2012
Muslim Brotherhood eyes end to Gaza blockade
CAIRO/GAZA: The Muslim Brotherhood aims to open the Egyptian border with Gaza to commerce, a shift that would transform life for Palestinians there but which is hitting resistance from Egyptian authorities reluctant to change a longstanding (...)

21 - 03 - 2012
INTERVIEW: Brotherhood takes softer line on Egypt gov't
CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it recognized its demand to sack Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzoury's cabinet is unlikely to be heeded by the ruling generals but that it did not want a standoff with the army, toning down tough talk (...)

14 - 03 - 2012
Egypt parliament to reject government in vote: Brotherhood
CAIRO: The Egyptian parliament is likely to declare it has lost confidence in the government of Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzoury via a formal vote, Muslim Brotherhood leaders said on Thursday, a move that will add to pressure on the ruling military (...)

08 - 03 - 2012
ANALYSIS: As government-in-waiting, Brotherhood finds voice
CAIRO: At the end of January, a guest speaker drew an unusually large audience of diplomats to the 33rd floor auditorium at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo. For latecomers, there was standing room only. What made the event (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Brotherhood wants 'Islamic' president
CAIRO: The influential Muslim Brotherhood wants an Egyptian president with an "Islamic background", its leader said, comments that would appear to rule out its support for a leading liberal like Amr Moussa in the forthcoming presidential (...)

22 - 02 - 2012
Brotherhood says Egypt govt failing, wants coalition
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood on Monday voiced its strongest criticism yet of Egypt's army-appointed government, saying it was failing to deal with crises in security and the economy, and reiterating a call for a new national unity cabinet. The (...)

21 - 02 - 2012
Egypt state press escalates dispute over US NGOs
CAIRO: Egyptian state-run newspapers escalated a dispute with the United States over an inquiry into civil society groups on Tuesday by splashing across their front pages accusations of an American plan to spread "anarchy" in the Arab (...)

14 - 02 - 2012
INTERVIEW: Moussa vision for Egypt could upset military
CAIRO: An Egypt run by Amr Moussa would be a civilian state with an army that enjoys respect but not "a life of its own," a vision that could challenge the privileges of generals who have been ruling since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power. In (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
Egypt council wants earlier presidential vote
CAIRO: A civilian council appointed to advise Egypt's military rulers said on Saturday preparations for a presidential election should begin on February 23, a step that would bring forward the presidential election from an expected June date. The (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Egypt's 'war on democracy' threatens US-ties
CAIRO: Arriving in Egypt last year, Julie Hughes had hoped to help write history by aiding the country's new generation of politicians and civil society groups to build a democratic future. Instead, the American director of the National (...)

03 - 02 - 2012
US outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving
CAIRO: The barring of six Americans working for publicly funded US organizations promoting democracy in Egypt from leaving the country provoked angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives." Among (...)

27 - 01 - 2012
Sawiris faces trial for 'insulting religion'
CAIRO: Telecom tycoon and political liberal Naguib Sawiris will face trial on a charge of showing contempt for religion, judicial sources and Mamdouh Ismail, the Islamist lawyer who brought the case, said on Monday. Sawiris, a prominent figure in (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
Leading in vote, Islamists reach out to rivals
CAIRO: The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood was edging towards a dominant role in Egypt's first free parliament in decades on Wednesday, but said it would not impose its will over a new constitution and would work with all political rivals on the (...)

04 - 01 - 2012
ANALYSIS: Salafis sense best is yet to come in Egypt vote
CAIRO: The Salafi movement wants to model Egypt's future on Islam's past. If the first results of the country's parliamentary elections are anything to go by, many Egyptians agree with them. Ultra-conservative Islamists may have won 20 to 30 (...)

05 - 12 - 2011
Analysis: Egypt's Brotherhood feels its time has come
CAIRO: After waiting 83 years, the Muslim Brotherhood finally senses a chance to be at the centre of how Egypt is governed and the Islamists hope to lead the renaissance of a nation which has suffered a steep economic and political decline. That (...)

01 - 12 - 2011
Analysis: New parliament to shake up Egypt power balance
CAIRO: Egypt's new parliament could enjoy a popular mandate not seen for decades, bringing a new force to bear on the ruling military council and shaking up the balance of power in a country long ruled by autocrats. With voters queuing to cast (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Analysis: Egypt army may seek 'blank cheque' with poll
CAIRO: In a battle with the street for control of Egypt, the ruling military council has threatened to deploy a new weapon which could further polarize the country and lead to a tougher crackdown on the protesters demanding an end to army (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Palestinians seek UNESCO vote despite US opposition
RAMALLAH: The Palestinians will seek a vote on their bid for full membership of UNESCO on Oct. 30, Foreign Minister Riyal al-Malki said on Wednesday, despite what he called US threats to pull funding from the U.N. cultural agency. The initiative (...)

26 - 10 - 2011
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