Excited revolutionaries to return to Tahrir with 'Day of Dignity' Friday

Political groups and parties call for a demonstration on Friday to demand immediate transfer to civil rule, a year on from the 28 January, 2011 police attacks on anti-Mubarak protesters. Egyptians march during a demonstration toward Tahrir Square marking the first anniversary of the popular uprising that unseated President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (Photo: AP) Following...

Mubarak sons, EFG CEOs face new trial for stock market corruption

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak will stand trial with co-CEOS of EFG-Hermes and five others on charges of profiteering, says state TV. The sons of Egypt's deposed president and the two chief executives of investment bank EFG-Hermes are to stand trial alongside five others for corrupt stock exchange dealings, state television said on Wednesday. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, already standing trial for graft with...

Abul-Fotouh to launch campaign against ex-regime figures

The moderate Islamist presidential contender announces Wednesday new Egypt-wide campaign to raise awareness about Mubarak-era figures in a bid to purge country of remnants of the former regime. Former presidential hopeful Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh has launched an awareness campaign to help purge the country of former Mubarak regime members on Wednesday. "We don’t want the feelings of enthusiasm...

The long road to Egypt's presidential palace

The last time Egyptians went to the polls in September 2005 to vote for a president in "multi-candidate elections," the now-defunct National Democratic Party secured 87 per cent of the vote (6.3 million votes) for then-president Hosni Mubarak. In retaliation for daring to run against the country's long-time ruler, the former regime punished liberal lawyer Ayman Nour, who had garnered 7 per cent...

Abouel Fotouh and ShafiQ exchanges the accusations

Today Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh and Ahmed Shafiq The Presidential candidates on has exchanged accusations of attacking followers and tearing down campaign banners. Abouel Fotouh’s campaign announced in a statement that Shafiq’s campaign rented  thugs from the dissolved National Democratic Party who beat the campaign members in Daqahlya on 13th of the current month while they were peacefully...

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Poster for Mohamed Mohsen, another victim of the SCAF, artwork by Carlos Latuff (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It's so easy to read what I will write now but believe me It's so hard to live it in real, no one can imagine that the SCAF will reach this level of violence and will be aggressive as much It was this day, I can't deny that they were so smart, I can't deny that they are the most professional...

High voter turnout among Egyptian expats in Saudi Arabia

  Egyptian expats in Saudi Arabia have flooded the the embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah, and informal statistics show that 30,000 Egyptians have cast their ballots on Friday and Saturday so far.MENA reported that nearly 250,000 Egyptians who live in Saudi Arabia had registered in the embassy in order to vote, making it the largest Egyptian community to do so.Egyptian expatriates...

The peaceful protest before a bloody confrontation

Despite stern warnings from military on Thursday, Egyptian activists marched on on Friday to defence ministry to peacefully protest last week deaths and demand immediate transition to civilian rule before the day turned bloody Thousands of protesters set out for Egypt's Ministry of Defence on Friday to demand that the country's military rulers abdicate power in favour of a civilian authority. ...

El Baradei and Abbaseya Clashes

Muhammed El Baradei Mohamed ElBaradei described the comments of the military council about the clashes near to the Defense Ministry as a “tragedy.” some of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces members arranged a press meeting at noon on Thursday to comment on the clashes between anti-military demonstrators and unidentified thugs that placed about seven victims and a lot of wounded on Wednesday....