The party of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has won a sweeping victory in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 47 percent of the seats in the new assembly. Egypt’s election commission announced the final results on Saturday. The head of the commission, Abdel Moez Ibrahim, said the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party won 235 of the 498 […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC-5)
The party of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood won a sweeping victory in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 47 percent of the seats in the new assembly. Egypt’s election commission announced the final results on Saturday. Head of the commission Abdel Moez Ibrahim said the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party won 235 seats in the 498-seat People’s […]
Islamist Set to Lead Egypt’s Next Parliament
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as […]
Islamist Set to Lead Egypt’s Next Parliament
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s leading political parties have agreed to select a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament, with another Islamist group and a liberal party taking the deputy posts. The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party-led alliance, which secured the biggest bloc in parliamentary elections, proposed its secretary-general, Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, as […]
Pharonic Singer’s Tomb Found in Egypt
Posted January 15th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
Egyptian and Swiss archaeologists have unearthed a rare tomb of a female singer in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Antiquities officials said Sunday it is the only tomb of a woman not related to the ancient Egyptian royal families ever found in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. The tomb belongs to a female […]
Carter: “Will of the People” Done in Egypt Vote
Posted January 13th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says Egypt’s military should be “completely subservient” to elected officials after transition to a civilian government later this year. Mr. Carter spoke at a news conference in Cairo Friday, after meeting with Egypt’s transitional military government during a visit to help monitor a third round of parliamentary elections, as Egypt […]
Carter: “Will of the People” Done in Egypt Vote
Posted January 13th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
Former U. S. President Jimmy Carter says there were “irregularities” in Egypt’s recent parliamentary elections, but overall the will of the people seemed to be accurately represented. Mr. Carter spoke at a news conference in Cairo Friday, after spending part of the week helping to monitor the third and last round of elections. He said […]
Carter: Egyptian Military Reluctant to Give Up Power
Posted January 12th, 2012 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
Former United States President Jimmy Carter says he does not belive the Egyptian military will give up all of its powers to an elected civilian government soon. Mr. Carter tells the Reuters news agency that an abrupt change in the totality of military authority this year is more than can be expected. He says he […]
Carter: Egyptian Military Reluctant to Give Up Power
Posted January 12th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Former United States President Jimmy Carter says he does not belive the Egyptian military will give up all of its powers to an elected civilian government soon. Mr. Carter tells the Reuters news agency that an abrupt change in the totality of military authority this year is more than can be expected. He says he […]
US Official Meets Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
Posted January 11th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
The number two diplomat in the U.S. State Department met with a leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday but was unable to see representatives from the more hard-line Al-Nur party. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with Mohammed Mursi as part of a series of meetings with Egyptian […]
