Saturday 19th May, 2012
In Egypt’s Election, Dark-Horse Candidates Add to Suspense
Egypt ’s first competitive presidential race are adding new suspense about the outcome of the initial round of voting just days before it is set to ...
Egypt's election body promises free, fair election
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's election commission is vowing that next week's presidential election will be free and fair. Commission deputy chief Hatem Bagato showed reporters Saturday a ...
Egyptian candidate hopes to unite disparate groups
CAIRO // At a time when other front-runners in Egypt's election for president are tailoring their messages towards narrower segments of society, self-styled moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul ...
Rights group accuses Egyptian army of torturing demonstrators
CTVCAIRO, Egypt -; Human Rights Watch has accused the Egyptian military of beating and torturing protesters arrested during demonstrations early this month. The New York-based group says in a ...
'Egyptian expat poll results, misleading'
General SourcesIn fact I like to say that we are so pleased to participate in this presidential election and we hope that we can do better next times. I think the results might be a bit deceiving or misleading ...
New EBRD chief champions democracy mandate
ReutersLONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's president-elect said the bank's role in promoting democracy through its investments would be a central ...
Egypt Military Accused Of Torture
Huffington PostEgyptian protesters attend the Friday prayer at a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 4, 2012. Thousands rallied in Egypt against the country's ruling military council on ...
A towering reminder of Egypt's corrupt decades
The NationalCAIRO // Jutting above the skyline on the island of Zamalek in central Cairo is a timeworn glass-and-steel testament to one man's 45-year struggle against the stifling bureaucracy and endemic ...
Rights group accuses Egypt's military of torture
San Diego Union-TribuneCAIRO -; Human Rights Watch has accused the Egyptian military of beating and torturing protesters arrested during demonstrations early this ...
VIDEO: Activists' video shows Egypt's SCAF military violations
KhilafahActivists compiled this video from a number of different sources showing army collusion with thugs in abusing protesters during a demonstrations outside the Ministry of Defence on Friday May 4. This ...
James Zogby: Egypt's Election: "We've Never Been Here Before"
Huffington PostThis Egyptian presidential election has all the earmarks of being a "we've never been here before" event. Never before have we seen such a competitive contest in Egypt or, for that ...
UPDATE 1-Mexico's Slim eyeing Telekom Austria stake-report
ReutersVIENNA May 18 (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is eyeing a stake in Telekom Austria and is believed to have held initial talks with its two biggest investor groups, Austrian magazine ...
Egypt army beat, tortured protesters: rights group
General SourcesHRW ) said on Saturday, citing victims and lawyers. The New York-based group said soldiers arrested at least 350 protesters, including 10 children and 16 women, on May 4 amid violence over a ...
EBRD agrees 1 bln euro N.Africa fund
ReutersLONDON May 19 (Reuters) - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shareholders agreed a 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) special fund for the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday ahead ...
Howard Steven Friedman: Democracy's Pulse in Egypt
Huffington PostWhile finishing a 2-week stint here in Egypt, I can't help but reflect on the current and future state of Egyptian democracy. Egypt has gone through great changes in a short period of time. It ...
Targeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife
TimeTargeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife Suzanne Mubarak suffers what may be a heart attack as Egyptian prosecutors prepare to level corruption charges against her By Vivienne Walt ...
Reintegration of Displaced Community Citizens, an ECOWAS Priority
All AfricaMonrovia-Liberia - The resettlement and reintegration of ECOWAS citizens displaced by conflicts is a priority critical to the region's overarching people-centred integration and development ...
Egypt to choose Mubarak successor
IOLCairo - Egyptians are being called to vote on Wednesday in the historic first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by the Arab Spring uprising last ...
Viewpoints: Egyptian candidate could bridge divide of secular, devout
General SourcesCAIRO – In this presidential campaign headquarters, in a second-floor apartment in the Cairo neighborhood of Garden City, young female volunteers in full veil work alongside women in colorful head ...
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