New York Times | Islamists Drafting Egypt's Constitution Race It Toward Vote New York Times CAIRO — Racing against the threat of dissolution by Mubarak-appointed judges, and ignoring howls of protest from secular opponents, the Islamists drafting Egypt's new constitution prepared for a final vote on Friday to approve a charter that human ... Egypt's opposition protest on Friday to reject constitutional declaration ... Egypt's Draft Constitution to Retain Islamic Law Egypt's Islamists hurriedly vote on new constitution, stoking already ... |
CBS News | Egypt sentences Toronto man to death for alleged role in anti-Islam film Toronto Sun TORONTO -. Nader Fawzy says he is a dead man walking. The Cairo-born Toronto resident is one of seven Egyptian Coptic Christians sentenced to death in absentia Wednesday for their alleged part in making an anti-Islam film that sparked uproar across the ... Egypt court sentences anti-Muslim filmmaker to death Canadian sentenced to death by Egypt US-based anti-Islam filmmaker, 6 others sentenced to death by Egypt court |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Egypt protests won't affect IMF deal, minister says Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - Unrest in Egypt will not jeopardize a $4.8 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund, its foreign minister said on Thursday after a week of protests triggered by President Mohamed Mursi's decision to extend his powers. Politicizing Egypt's economic reform Egypt ETF in Trouble on Political Turmoil - ETF News And Commentary Egypt: IMF deal not endangered by political unrest |
Egypt's Morsi to explain power grab in national address Washington Post Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will speak to the people of Egypt Thursday to explain why he granted himself almost absolute power. CBS News. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments · Permalink ? |
Washington Times | Egypt's Islamist groups change Saturday protest venue 'to avoid division ... Ahram Online Dubbed the protest to "support legitimacy and Islamic law," the rally is meant to support President Mohamed Morsi and his recent constitutional declaration, which has further polarised Egypt's political scene since being announced one week ago. Despite ... Egypt Protests Explained They are About More Than What You Think Power struggle in Egypt raises fear of civil war |
Washington Times | Egypt will set course for Middle East Washington Times With the ebb and flow of major clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square since the Arab Spring began nearly two years ago, it's easy to get bogged down in the details of who's doing what to whom on any given day. Americans must take a step above the fray and ... Letters: To rule in Egypt |
Egypt returns to centre stage Rediff The first observation is that Egypt has now regained its central player position in the Arab world. The last years of the Mubarak era, marked by the sclerosis of the regime, had seen Cairo pushed to the sidelines while Saudi Arabia seemed able to ... |
Egypt opposition says wider strikes possible against Mursi Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - An alliance of Egyptian opposition groups pledged on Thursday to keep up protests against President Mohammed Mursi and said broader civil disobedience was possible to fight what it described as an attempt to "kidnap Egypt from its ... |
Away from Egypt's protests, the worries mount Los Angeles Times CAIRO — Amid thimbles, pins and strands of silver thread, the tailor twitched his pencil-perfect mustache in disgust and said the country where he learned to sew and raised six children was edging into darkness. "I'm worried," said Sayed Abdelwahab, ... |
BBC News | Egypt assembly votes on constitution BBC News The Islamist-dominated assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution has adopted the first part of the draft, including a measure keeping sharia, or Islamic law, as the main source of legislation. Voting began after the constitutional court said it ... |