(NEW LEAD AND INFO THRUOUT, ALSO ADDS VIDEO )) Egypt’s supreme military council says it expects the government to obey a Supreme Court ruling upholding the military’s dissolution of parliament. The high court on Monday rejected a move by President Mohamed Morsi to reinstate parliament in defiance of the military. Military leaders ordered parliament dissolved […]
Egypt’s Military Says It Expects Morsi to Obey Court
Posted July 9th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s Top Court Sets Up Showdown with President
Posted July 9th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s top court has ruled its decision to dissolve the new parliament is “final” and binding, setting the stage for a showdown with President Mohamed Morsi. The ruling comes the day after Mr. Morsi ordered the lawmakers to start meeting again and hours after speaker Saad el-Katatni called for parliament to meet Tuesday. The Supreme […]
Egypt’s Speaker Invites Dissolved Parliament to Meet
Posted July 9th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s parliament speaker has invited the lower house to convene this week, after President Mohamed Morsi reversed a dissolution order on Sunday. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency said Monday that speaker Saad el-Katatni has called for parliament to meet Tuesday, two days after President Morsi ordered lawmakers to start meeting again. Earlier Monday, the […]
Egypt’s Supreme Court Meets to Discuss Parliamentary Recall
Posted July 9th, 2012 at 12:30 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, the tribunal that dissolved the legislature last month, meets Monday to discuss President Mohamed Morsi ordering lawmakers to start meeting again. The court ordered the parliament dissolved after finding fault with the election process. The then-ruling military generals implemented the decision and gave themselves legislative powers in the absence of parliament. […]
Egypt’s Morsi Orders Parliament to Reconvene
Posted July 8th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s new president has ordered the country’s Islamist-led parliament to reconvene, in defiance of the military’s dismissal of the assembly based on last month’s Supreme Court ruling. President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree Sunday ordering lawmakers to start meeting again. He also ordered that new parliamentary elections will be held within 60 days of the […]
Romania’s Impeached President Basescu Prepares for Referendum
Posted July 7th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Romania’s President Traian Basescu has been suspended as part of a power struggle with the country’s prime minister, who says the president has overstepped his authority and interfered with the government’s work. A total of 256 lawmakers out of 432 voted on Friday in favor of the move. Mr. Basescu is now subject to a […]
Romanian Parliament Impeaches President Basescu
Posted July 7th, 2012 at 12:30 am (UTC-5)
Romania’s parliament has voted to impeach President Traian Basescu, as part of a power struggle with the country’s prime minister. A total of 256 lawmakers out of 432 voted on Friday in favor of the move, and he could be permanently ousted from power in a national referendum to be held within 30 days. Crin […]
Weak US Jobs Report Casts Cloud over Obama Campaign Trip
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is suffering the blow of another disappointing monthly jobs report as he wraps up a two-day campaign bus tour Friday in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The government reported Friday that the sluggish U.S. labor market added just 80,000 new jobs in June, as the country’s jobless rate stayed at 8.2 percent. This […]
Obama Braces for Jobs Report on Campaign Trip
Posted July 6th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is facing the release of a potentially weak jobs report from June as he wraps up a two-day campaign bus tour in Ohio and Pennsylvania Friday. A report that matches the dismal jobs figures from May, when the economy added just 69,000 jobs, would deal another blow to Mr. Obama’s claims […]
Obama Announces WTO Action Against China for US Car Duties
Posted July 5th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says his government will fight to hold China accountable for practices harming American automakers. Speaking at a campaign stop near Toledo, Ohio Thursday, Mr. Obama said Americans need a “fair playing field.” He announced a new complaint with the World Trade Organization on more than $3 billion in allegedly unfair Chinese […]
