Egypt revises down election turnout to 52 pct
CAIRO: The election committee on Monday lowered its turnout figure for the opening phase of Egypt's first election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, revising it to 52 percent from…
Fierce competition among Islamists in Alexandria run-off
CAIRO: The run-off of the first round of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, where 16 are contesting eight individual seats, witnessed fierce competition among Islamist candidates. The Islamists have secured five…
Employees not needed in run-offs demand second half of bonus
CAIRO: Councilor Abdel-Moez Ibrahim, head of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC), said in a press conference Thursday that some of the employees overseeing the voting process in the first round…
Heliopolis voters choose between FJP and ‘felool’
CAIRO: Text messages circulated among the residents of the Heliopolis constituency saying “Protect Heliopolis from former members of the regime…we won’t vote from Hisham Soliman, member of the dissolved party’s…
ANALYSIS: Salafis sense best is yet to come in Egypt vote
CAIRO: The Salafi movement wants to model Egypt's future on Islam's past. If the first results of the country's parliamentary elections are anything to go by, many Egyptians agree with…
Maadi-Helwan candidates exchange accusations, no run-off
CAIRO: The Administrative Court said Sunday that it has no jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed by the parliamentary candidates in the ninth constituency and that these cases are under the…
Run-offs proceed in Cairo’s first constituency despite court order
CAIRO: The run-offs kicked off Monday in Cairo’s first constituency, despite a court verdict to cancel the vote following violations in the counting phase. "I will head to the Prosecutor…
Subsidies in question as Egypt’s deficit rises
CAIRO: While talk of reducing expenditures by cutting back on some subsidies may make sense in numbers and figures — to deal with Egypt’s increasing budge deficit and decreasing foreign…
Commentary:Wins by Egypt’s Islamists raise twin risks
By Una Galani/Reuters Breakingviews DUBAI: An Islamist-led parliament is set to replace Egypt's failed authoritarian secular one. Economic necessity should keep extremism at bay. But the Muslim Brotherhood's long-term agenda,…
DP World plans $850 mln investment for Jebel Ali port
DUBAI: DP World, the world's third-largest port operator, will invest $850 million over the next three years to create additional capacity at one of its key ports in the United…