Carter Center ‘witnesses’ follow electoral process, say it is ‘too soon to tell’
CAIRO: Despite reports of some violations by local monitoring groups, the Carter Center believes it is "too soon to tell" whether abuses in the electoral process are widespread, according…
Poorest districts of south Cairo see organized polls on second day
CAIRO: Residents of south Cairo flocked to polling stations for the second day to cast their ballots in the first phase of the People’s Assembly elections. While Tuesday morning’s turnout…
Climate change now seen as a question of global security
By Richard Ingham / AFP PARIS: Once viewed as an issue of interest only to greens or academics, the threat posed by climate change to security is now eyed with deepening…
Voter turnout drops in Alexandria on second day
ALEXANDRIA: Voter turnout dropped significantly on the second day of parliamentary elections in the Northern coastal city of Alexandria as the heated competition continued between the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and…
Arab Spring leaders recognized as ‘top global thinkers’
WASHINGTON: Foreign Policy magazine named 14 "brave" individuals who helped bring the pro-democracy Arab Spring movements to the Middle East and North Africa as the top global thinkers of 2011.…
Google launches platforms to support Egypt’s elections
CAIRO: In line with Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, the company unveiled its plans to help empower Egyptians with information during…
Copts keen on voting in first post-Mubarak elections
CAIRO: Egypt’s Coptic community is eager to participate in the first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections amid repeated calls by Pope Shenouda to vote. While some claim their votes are aimed at…
Army sees vote turnout exceeding 70 pct
CAIRO: A member of Egypt's ruling military council said on Tuesday that he expected turnout in the first stage of a parliamentary election to exceed 70 percent. Egypt's first parliamentary…
Source gold ETP finds eager Europe, Mideast takers
LONDON: The euro zone crisis has driven investment in gold-backed exchange-traded assets so high that newcomer Source now owns the world's sixth largest physically-backed gold product and sees no need…
Commentary: Egypt fosters false economic expectations
By Una Galani/Reuters Breakingviews DUBAI: Egypt is fostering false economic expectations. In the post-Mubarak era, the moderate Muslim Brotherhood movement's call for "social justice" is now popular with almost every political…