Egypt in comfortable Nations Cup win
JOHANNESBURG: African champions Egypt eased to a comfortable 3-0 win over Mauritania in Cairo on Sunday night to keep their lead in Group Two of the African Nations Cup qualifiers.…
Egyptian Satellite MisrSat-1 to launch Tuesday
CAIRO: A new Egyptian satellite, MisrSat-1, will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Tuesday, announced Ukrainian Ambassador Yevhen Mykytenko.MisrSat-1 - described once by Minister of Higher Education Hany Helal as…
A rundown of the 34 amended articles in the constitution
Article 1: Amended to strike out reference to the strictly socialist character of the state, and its foundation on the basis of solidarity of the workers of the people. The…
Judges club complain to void outcome of referendum
CAIRO: Secular political parties joined voices with the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, the Cairo s Judges Club, and professional unions led by the Journalists and Lawyers syndicates to call for boycotting…
Egyptian rejection of US criticism will not affect relations
CAIRO: President Mubarak promoted the recent constitutional amendments in a televised speech from Saturday against muted US criticism in a move experts believe will not affect relations between the two…
Misinformation on the way to the polls
CAIRO: My debut in the Egyptian political process was to participate in the referendum on constitutional amendments. It didn't go as smoothly as one would have liked but that was…
Luxor locals puzzled by sudden political activity
Most unaware of constitutional referendum LUXOR: National Democratic Party (NDP) supporters scrambled Sunday to put up signs and posters around the city on Sunday praising President Hosni Mubarak and the…
Referendum day marked by tightly controlled protests
CAIRO: Human rights and pro-democracy activists from the political opposition staged a day of protests in Downtown Cairo to coincide with the national referendum on amending the constitution. Forty demonstrators…