New York Times | First Round of Voting Spurs Dispute in Egypt New York Times CAIRO — Supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi sparred on Sunday over the preliminary results of a referendum on a draft constitution, which Egyptians moved toward approving in voting marked by long lines but low voter turnout. Egypt's political crisis Egypt voters appear to approve draft constitution in 1st round Egypt's referendum weakened by deep mistrust |
CBS News | Egypt Islamists claim majority in referendum CBS News CAIRO A narrow majority of Egyptians who voted in the first round of a referendum on a proposed Islamist-backed constitution have approved the document, according to unofficial tallies compiled by the Muslim Brotherhood and released early Sunday. |
New York Times | Egypt Islamists Expect Approval of Constitution New York Times CAIRO — Millions of Egyptians voted peacefully on Saturday in a referendum on an Islamist-backed draft constitution, hoping that the results would end three weeks of violence, division and distrust between the Islamists and their opponents over the ... |
Rights groups say first round of Egyptian Constitution vote marred as ... Fox News CAIRO – Key Egyptian rights groups called Sunday for a repeat of the first round of the constitutional referendum, alleging the vote was marred by widespread violations. Islamists who back the disputed charter claimed they were in the lead with a ... |
Voice of America | Egyptian Rights Groups Want Referendum 'Restage' Voice of America CAIRO — Tentative results from Saturday's first round of voting in Egypt's constitutional referendum are showing a narrow lead for supporters of the document. Opposition and civil society groups allege vote fraud, while the head of Egypt's electoral ... |
Mursi's slim vote win to embolden Egypt's opposition Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi now seems assured of pushing through Egypt's new, distinctly Islamist constitution - but by a margin slim enough to embolden his opponents in next year's parliamentary election. That could be good news for ... |
Washington Post | Egypt: 4000 nationals and family members evacuated from Syria in recent months Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt's Foreign Ministry says that Cairo has more evacuated more than 4,000 of its nationals and their family members from Syria over the past several months. The Sunday statement did not provide a more specific time frame for the evacuations. Egypt evacuates 4000 people from Syria |
Telegraph.co.uk | Egypt goes to polls for referendum Telegraph.co.uk "A message to the Egyptian church from an Egyptian muslim: I tell the church by Allah, if you conspire and unite with the opposition to bring Morsi down, we will have another talk," one well-known, rabble-rousing preacher, Safwat Hegazi, told a crowd ... |
Egypt 'narrowly backs' charter in first round Aljazeera.com Voting has ended in the first round of the constitutional referendum in Egypt, with initial results indicating that supporters of the draft document have a narrow lead heading into the second round. The early result of the poll is based on unofficial ... |
WND.com | Egypt looking to remilitarize Sinai WND.com Now, the Egyptian military, with the backing of Morsi, has decided to place more of its forces into the Sinai at a level which is beyond what was agreed to in the Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty. Currently, there are American military forces in the Sinai as ... |