Hope as envoys seek to avert Egypt bloodbathEgypt's army-backed rulers and allies of its deposed Islamist president gave the first signs on Saturday of a readiness to compromise, pressed by Western envoys trying to head off more bloodshed. Faced with More… |
Mursi held by Egypt army after ousterEgypt's army was holding ousted President Mohamed Mursi at a military facility in Cairo on Thursday and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested in a crackdown on the movement that won several elections last year. More… |
Brotherhood candidate 'wins' Egypt electionThe Muslim Brotherhood's party declared on Monday that its candidate Mohamed Morsy had won Egypt's first free presidential election, beating Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafik. The official website of Brotherhood& More… |
Egyptian MPs pick constitution panelEgypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament has voted to select members for a body that will draft a new constitution. However, liberal and leftist MPs withdrew, protesting that the nation's diversity would not be properly represented. More… |