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  • mubarak refusing to eat food as his trial approaches

    Mubarak Refusing To Eat Food As His Trial Approaches

    World | July 27, 2011 15:14 IST

    Cairo, Jul 27:  To go on trial next week on charges that could carry the death penalty, deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is refusing to eat solid food in jail and is suffering from “severe

  • egypt to have general elections in october

    Egypt To Have General Elections In October

    World | July 21, 2011 18:38 IST

    Cairo, Jul 21: Egypt will go for new general elections in October, the country's military council has announced, but has barred international monitors to observe the upcoming polls, designed to move the nation back to

  • thousands protest in egypt demanding justice for victims of

    Thousands Protest In Egypt Demanding Justice For Victims Of Mubarak

    World | July 08, 2011 21:34 IST

    Cairo, Jul 8: Egyptians held one of their biggest protests in months as tens of thousands took to the streets in Cairo and other cities on Friday to demand justice for victims of Hosni Mubarak's

  • muslim brotherhood recognised as political party in egypt

    Muslim Brotherhood Recognised As Political Party In Egypt

    World | June 07, 2011 15:58 IST

    Cairo, Jun 7: Eight decades after it was formed, the Muslim Brotherhood movement will now come overground for the first time to operate as a legal political force, to contest the first free general elections

  • virginity checks conducted on women during tahrir square

    Virginity Checks Conducted On Women During Tahrir Square Protests In Egypt

    World | May 31, 2011 9:37 IST

    Cairo, May 31: A senior Egyptian general  has admitted that  "virginity checks" were  conducted on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities, reports CNN.The allegations

  • al qaeda releases osama s posthumous audio praising people

    Al Qaeda Releases Osama's Posthumous Audio Praising People Of Egypt, Tunisia

    World | May 19, 2011 17:02 IST

    Washington, May 19: Al-Qaeda has released the first audio message of Osama bin Laden after his death, praising the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and predicting that the revolt would engulf the entire Arab region.“The

  • anti us protests in pakistan egypt indonesia

    Anti-US Protests In Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia

    World | May 07, 2011 10:35 IST

    Abbottabad, May 7 : Pakistanis took to the streets on Friday, cheering Osama bin Laden and shouting "death to America" to condemn a unilateral US raid on their soil that killed the Al-Qaeda chief. While

  • egypt hosni mubarak sons detained for investigation

    Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Sons Detained For Investigation

    World | April 14, 2011 9:42 IST

    Cairo:  Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was put under detention in his hospital room Wednesday for investigation on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters in a dramatic step Wednesday that brought

  • mubarak detained with his two sons

    Mubarak Detained With His Two Sons

    World | April 13, 2011 17:22 IST

    Cairo, Apr 13: In an unprecedented step in the Arab world, Egyptian prosecutors today detained the country's ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to face investigations on charges of corruption and abuse of

  • hosni mubarak hospitalised report

    Hosni Mubarak Hospitalised: Report

    World | April 13, 2011 9:30 IST

    Cairo, Apr 12 : Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian president, has been hospitalised at the Red Sea port of Sharm el-Shaikh, where he has been staying since he quit following a massive popular uprising in

  • india will see a bigger revolution than egypt ramdev tells

    India Will See A Bigger Revolution Than Egypt, Ramdev Tells Adalat

    India | April 09, 2011 14:03 IST

    New Delhi, Apr 9: Yoga guru Swami Ramdev hit out at the ruling Congress Party saying that there cannot be a dynastic rule in the guise of democracy. "India is going to witness a revolution far

  • yemen president saleh s regime near falling

    Yemen President Saleh's Regime Near Falling

    World | March 21, 2011 19:55 IST

    Dubai, Mar 21: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-old iron fisted rule appeared to be tottering today after three army generals, including his longtime confidant, defected, asking him to step down and deployed tanks and

  • chaos deepens as clashes in egypt kill 13

    Chaos Deepens As Clashes In Egypt Kill 13

    World | March 10, 2011 7:53 IST

    Cairo, Mar 10: Clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt left 13 dead and 140 wounded, deepening a sense of chaos as the police and ruling military struggled to maintain order barely a month after

  • elbaradei sets conditions for presidential run

    ElBaradei Sets Conditions For Presidential Run

    World | March 10, 2011 7:22 IST

    Cairo, Mar 10: Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said Wednesday that he will run for president only if a real democratic system is in place, not the reforms

  • egypt protests new coptic christians in demo against

    Egypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination

    World | March 08, 2011 9:59 IST

    Egypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination Cairo, Mar 8: In a sign of simmering unrest in Egypt, thousands of Coptic Christians protested in Cairo on Monday to demand an end to the

  • egypt freezes mubarak s assets bans him from travel

    Egypt Freezes Mubarak's Assets, Bans Him From Travel

    World | February 28, 2011 19:14 IST

    Cairo, Feb 28: Egypt today put a freeze on the assets of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family and imposed a travel ban on him and his clan, two weeks after a mass uprising

  • victory march in egypt top cleric for sacking cabinet

    'Victory March' In Egypt; Top Cleric For Sacking Cabinet

    World | February 18, 2011 22:44 IST

    Cairo, Feb 18: Tens of thousands of Egyptians today packed the Tahrir Square here, the flash point of the pro-democracy protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, for a " victory march", even as an influential

  • mubarak wants to die in egypt

    Mubarak Wants To Die In Egypt

    World | February 17, 2011 17:34 IST

    Cairo, Feb 17: Just a week after he stepped down as Egypt's undisputed ruler for 30 years, a severely ailing Hosni Mubarak "has given up and wants to die" in his home country and has

  • mubarak loyalist becomes egypt s transition leader

    Mubarak Loyalist Becomes Egypt's Transition Leader

    World | February 16, 2011 11:56 IST

    CAIRO, 16 Feb : A U.S. diplomatic cable reported that the defense minister was known as "Mubarak's poodle," a derisive reference to his unswerving loyalty to the former authoritarian president.Yet huge crowds of Egyptians who

  • egypt forms panel to rewrite constitution fires 2 officials

    Egypt Forms Panel To Rewrite Constitution; Fires 2 Officials

    World | February 15, 2011 20:53 IST

    Cairo, Feb 15: The Egyptian military today constituted a panel of legal experts, including a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to suggest amendments to the Mubarak-era constitution while firing two top security officials for

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