BBC News | Egypt's Turmoil Overshadows First Post-Mubarak Vote New York Times And nearly everyone expects widespread violence among supporters of rival candidates — a hallmark of past Egyptian elections and a preoccupation of pre-election commentary this time. “The elections will have no legitimacy,” said Sally Moore, ... Egypt set to vote in first post-Mubarak elections Egypt heads to landmark vote in turmoil, confusion Egypt Set to Begin Landmark Elections |
AsiaOne | Saboteurs blow up Egypt gas pipeline to Israel in Sinai Jerusalem Post COM STAFF Attack comes hours before Egyptian parliamentary elections set to begin; marks ninth such attack on pipeline this year; security forces and fire trucks race to scene west of El-Arish. CAIRO - Saboteurs blew up Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan ... Saboteurs blow up Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel Egyptian gas pipeline blown up by saboteurs Egypt gas pipeline blown up hours before key election |
Daily Mail | American student arrested in Egypt recalls threats in detention Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of three US students held for several days in Egypt on accusations of throwing petrol bombs at police during pro-democracy protests said on Sunday his jailers had threatened to shoot the Americans and force ... American jailed in Cairo threatened at gunpoint US student says he was beaten after Cairo arrest Egypt protests: US student Derrick Sweeney describes terrifying night in Cairo ... |
The Guardian | Key Clans Hold Sway in Egypt Elections Wall Street Journal TOMIYA, Egypt—In this rural hamlet 160 kilometers 100 miles southwest of Cairo, farmers turn their fields with ox-pulled plows and ferry their daily harvest to market on carts pulled by swaybacked donkeys. Nine months after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak ... Egypt protests: military warn of 'extremely grave consequences' Egypt activists calls for million-man march Hillary Clinton's allies in Egypt call for violent Jihad. |
New York Times | Youth Leader in Egypt Straddles Line of Revolution and Electoral Change New York Times CAIRO — Over the past week, just as his campaign to capture a Parliament seat for Egypt's strongest liberal party should have reached its zenith, Zyad Elelaimy stopped giving speeches and migrated back to the ... |
The National | Egypt's polls to kick off amid unrest and division Ahram Online Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary polls open Monday amid severe political divisions and street protests against the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and its embattled government. The first stage of elections, which will last until 5 ... Egypt's complex electoral system Decision Time as Egypt Prepares to Vote |
Egyptians in first vote since revolution ABC Online TONY EASTLEY: In a few hours time Egypt is expected to begin voting in its first election since the revolution toppled Hosni Mubarak. There were fears that last week's large scale protests against the ruling military council might scuttle the vote. ... |
Ha'aretz | Egypt's Copts wary of future ahead of parliamentary elections Ha'aretz ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Nearly a year since the New Year's Eve bombing of a Coptic church in the heart of this northern Egyptian city killed 23, restoration work is slow going. A memorial entrance hall was dedicated a few ... Egypt's Copts view election with concern Egyptian Australians demand democracy Egypt mufti denies discrimination, plays down Islamists |
Bloomberg | Egypt Military Tries to Woo Wider Public to Keep Power New York Times In Egypt these days, the preferred term is the Party of the Couch. And in that ill-defined constituency, sometimes more myth than reality, Egypt's ruling military has staked its credibility as it seeks to fend off the greatest challenge yet from ... Egypt Protesters Demand Generals Quit Egypt: America tells generals to quit, as siege of Cairo goes on Egypt's Activists Unite Against Military |
IBNLive.com | Protests against military rule cloud Egypt election Reuters India ... that he would continue the crackdown and blamed the unrest on outside pressure to "subjugate Syria". Many Arab leaders have become increasingly concerned by a series of "Arab Spring" revolts that have toppled the rulers of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Egypt's revolution rejects its guardians UN concerned over situation in Egypt, Syria Protests and prayers sweep the Arab world |