Egypt army enters Cairo square after 5-day protest
By Asmae Waguih /Reuters CAIRO: Soldiers and police moved into Cairo's main square on Tuesday to end a five-day sit-in by protesters demanding civilian rule and swifter prosecution of Egypt's former…
Former President Mubarak and sons detained for investigation
CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general announced Wednesday the 15-day detention of the country's former president, pending inquiries into accusations of corruption and abuse of authority in an unprecedented investigation of a…
Egypt former President Mubarak in hospital
CAIRO: An Egyptian security and health officials say former President Hosni Mubarak has been hospitalized in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. The 82-year-old Mubarak was forced to give…
Lawyers, activists accuse Gamal Mubarak, Safwat El-Sherif of leading counter-revolution
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: A group of lawyers and political activists filed a complaint to Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Monday accusing ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal and former…
Freedom of expression in question after media overhaul
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: More than a week after a purge of top state media figures, opinions differ on the state of Egyptian media and freedom of expression. Prime Minister Essam…
Egypt to form special force to protect antiquities
CAIRO: Egypt's minister of antiquities says a special police force will be set up to protect archaeological sites and museums around the country, following a wave of vandalism and looting.…
Rights groups condemn Egypt blogger jail sentence
CAIRO: The sentencing of a blogger to jail for criticizing Egypt's army has drawn a chorus of objections from rights groups, who say the country's ruling military council is drawing…
Mubarak has right to communicate while under house arrest, says army
CAIRO: Members of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said during a televised interview Monday evening that former president Hosni Mubarak had the right to use different…
The geopolitical message from Libya
NEW DELHI: Will “mission creep” in the West’s intervention in Libya end up creating, inadvertently, a jihadist citadel at Europe’s southern doorstep? Of course, the Western powers must be applauded…
Pressure mounts for Mubarak trial
By Christophe de Roquefeuil / AFP CAIRO: Two months after he was ousted, president Hosni Mubarak was facing Monday increasing pressure to be brought to justice over alleged corruption and violence…