Several Islamist groups are calling for mass protests in Egypt on Friday, as the country nervously awaits the official results of its first freely-contested presidential elections. Thousands of protesters camped out overnight in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square to denounce what they see as a power grab by Egypt’s interim military rulers and to call on […]
Egypt Braces for Protests, Awaits Election Results
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
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Tension High in Egypt After Election Results Delayed
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt is bracing for more unrest after election officials postponed the announcement of a winner in the nation’s first freely-contested presidential elections. The election commission cited hundreds of complaints lodged by both presidential candidates — the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi and his rival, former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq — for the indefinite postponement. Both sides […]
Clinton: Military Must Hand Power to Egypt Presidential Winner; Election Results Delayed
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Egypt’s military must “fulfill its promise” to turn over power to the winner of a presidential runoff vote, as the country’s election commission has delayed Thursday’s planned announcement of the results. In an interview (with journalist Charlie Rose) broadcast Wednesday night, Clinton called the military’s actions during the […]
Clinton: Military Must Hand Power to Egypt Presidential Winner; Election Results Delayed
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Egypt’s military must “fulfill its promise” to turn over power to the winner of a presidential runoff vote, as the country’s election commission has delayed Thursday’s planned announcement of the results. In an interview broadcast Wednesday night, Clinton called the military’s actions during the past week “clearly troubling.” […]
Egypt Presidential Election Results Delayed
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Election Commission says it has delayed Thursday’s planned announcement of the results of a runoff presidential vote while it continues to review appeals from the two candidates, hiking tension as allegations of fraud mounted. The commission said Wednesday that judges are still looking into some 400 complaints of alleged campaign violations and disputed vote […]
Egypt’s Mubarak on Life Support
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Egyptian security sources say ousted president Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator after being rushed from prison to a military hospital following a stroke. Military officials said early Wednesday that Mubarak, who was taken to Maadi Hospital in southern Cairo, was “using artificial respiration.” Earlier reports by the state news agency MENA said […]
Egypt’s Mubarak on Life Support as Protests Swell
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian security sources say ousted President Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator after he was rushed from prison to a military hospital following a stroke. Earlier reports by the state news agency MENA said Mubarak’s doctors had declared the former leader “clinically dead” when he arrived at Maadi Hospital in southern Cairo after […]
Conflicting Reports on Mubarak’s Death
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian security sources say ousted President Hosni Mubarak is unconscious and on a respirator, contradicting earlier reports by the country’s state news agency that said his doctors had declared the former leader clinically dead. Military officials acknowledged early Wednesday that Mubarak had suffered a stroke, but said he is currently “using artificial respiration” and that […]
MENA: Egypt’s Mubarak Clinically Dead
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s state news agency says ex-president Hosni Mubarak was declared clinically dead by his doctors late Tuesday. The ousted leader had ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was overthrown last February by a revolution during the “Arab Spring” protests that roiled the region. MENA said that “Mubarak’s heart stopped beating and was subjected to […]
Mass Protests in Egypt, Mubarak Suffers Stroke
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest the ruling military’s bid to grab new powers, while ex-president Hosni Mubarak was moved to a military hospital from prison after reportedly suffering a stroke. Interior Ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud said Tuesday the 84-year-old Mubarak was moved by ambulance from the hospital in […]
