Freedom to Create celebrates female empowerment
By Sarah Daoud CAIRO: As part of Freedom to Create’s 2010 series of events in Cairo, a forum on female empowerment and creativity was held at the American University in Cairo’s…
Rights groups condemn election ‘chaos’
By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Violence, polling station closures, vote forgery and restrictions on polling station monitors raise serious doubts about the probity of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, rights groups said Monday. Magdy…
Egypt vote ‘rigged and invalid’, say Muslim Brotherhood
By AFP CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's main opposition, said on Monday that the parliamentary election a day earlier was "rigged and invalid" and that government officials were falsifying the…
Sabahi to participate in run-off despite earlier withdrawal
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Hamdeen Sabahi, candidate in Al-Hamoul constituency in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, will participate in the run-off elections against National Democratic Party's (NDP) candidate Essam Abdel Ghaffar despite withdrawing…
Nour calls for forming ‘Alternative Parliament’
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: Political dissident and founder of Al-Ghad Party Ayman Nour said his party doesn’t acknowledge the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Nour had earlier announced that Al-Ghad was…
Ivory Coast counts votes after deadly election violence
ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast counted the ballots Monday after a presidential vote marred by violence that left at least six people dead amid accusations of cheating on both sides. The electoral…
US Muslims plea for safety after bomb plot arrest
CORVALLIS: Muslim leaders urged authorities to step up protection for the region's Islamic community, days after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of…
Sudan boycott over Bashir clouds tough Africa-EU summit
TRIPOLI: Leaders from Africa and Europe head into tough talks to seal a "new, equal" partnership between the two continents Monday after narrowly averting a last-minute diplomatic rumpus over Sudan.…
Pakistan criticizes release of secret US cables
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday criticized the release of classified US diplomatic cables that reportedly raise concerns that highly enriched uranium could be diverted from its nuclear program to build an…
Israel satisfied as WikiLeaks shows ‘consistency’ on Iran
JERUSALEM: Israel expressed satisfaction on Monday after the mass release of US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, saying it proved the Jewish state's position on Iran was consistent — in public…
