BBC News | Egypt's high court suspends work, ruling on charter as political crisis deepens Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt's top judges suspended work indefinitely after Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi swarmed the highest court Sunday, chanting “We will not leave!” shouting insults and blocking the judges from entering on the day they had been ... Egypt's top court suspends work indefinitely Egypt judges refuse to oversee Morsi referendum Egypt court postpones ruling as protesters mass at chambers |
ABC News | German Airline Crew Killed in Egypt Car Accident ABC News Several Germans and three Egyptians have been killed in a road accident south of the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, but Egypt and Germany were at odds over the death toll. The TUIfly airline and the German government said four Germans were killed ... Five German tourists killed in Egypt bus crash 5 German tourists killed in Egypt bus crash |
New York Times | Egyptian Court Postpones Ruling on Constitutional Assembly New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's highest court on Sunday postponed its much-awaited ruling on the legitimacy of the legislative assembly that drafted a new charter last week, accusing a crowd of Islamists of blocking judges from entering their building on what it ... |
Ahram Online | Egypt draft charter vote 'right move for stability': Salafist leaders Ahram Online President Mohamed Morsi's decision to put Egypt's draft constitution before a popular referendum is the "right move for achieving stability in Egypt," Yasser El-Borhamy, deputy head of the Salafist Calling and member of the Constituent Assembly, and ... |
Voice of America | Egypt's Top Court Suspends Work 'Indefinitely' Voice of America Many Egyptian judges went on strike last month to protest President Mohammed Morsi's decree barring courts from challenging his decisions. The judges of Egypt's top court joined them on Sunday, saying they have suspended their work indefinitely because ... |
BBC News | Egypt court halts all work amid Islamist 'pressure' BBC News Morsi's 100 days in power. Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has said it is halting all work indefinitely in protest at the "psychological pressure" it has faced. Islamist protesters earlier prevented the judges from meeting in Cairo to rule on a ... |
Analysts: Egypt's military won't buck the Brotherhood USA TODAY Support is motivated by provisions in the new constitution. Egypt military Morsi. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Egypt's minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, at a military base in Ismailia, Egypt, on Oct ... |
Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike Boston.com CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist ... |
Ahram Online | Egypt stocks end Sunday up despite ongoing political impasse Ahram Online Egyptian stocks saw slight gains on Sunday, loosely coinciding with a call by President Mohamed Morsi to put Egypt's draft constitution before a nationwide referendum on 15 December. The benchmark EGX30 index rose by 1.81 per cent, closing the day out ... |
Egypt judges to boycott constitution vote ABC Online Egypt's top court has suspended its work amid a constitutional crisis and protests in the streets of Cairo, as judges announced they would refuse to supervise a referendum due in less than two weeks. Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has been locked in ... |