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Calm at the Palace following clashes
Hundreds of demonstrators chant at the Presidential Palace after clashing with Central Security Forces
Protesters clash with security in Youssef Gendy
As tens of thousands flock to Tahrir, clashes erupt near the square
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Suez
Suez police foils attempt to break into governorate building
Clashes on Qasr Al-Eini Street
Protesters and Central Security Forces clash in Qasr Al-Eini Street after protesters remove concrete barrier
In pictures: Clashes on Qasr Al-Eini Street
Protesters and Central Security Forces clash in Qasr Al-Eini Street after protesters remove concrete barrier
Protester dies from tear gas inhalation
Downtown clashes death toll rises to two
The tear gas in Tahrir
CS, CR and CN gases explained
Renewed clashes on Mohamed Mahmoud Street
At least 40 more injuries and unconfirmed reports of a death
Lebanon police tear-gas anti-PM protest at funeral
After the funeral at the massive Al-Amine Mosque, Hassan was to be buried in the mausoleum of his mentor, former premier Rafiq Hariri.
Police, worshippers scuffle at Al-Aqsa mosque plaza
Israeli police enters Al-Aqsa mosque compound, uses tear gas
In Pictures: Clashes around the US embassy in Cairo
Protesters hurled rocks and the occasional Molotov cocktail while CSF forces replied with tear gas and charges with armoured trucks to force the crowds back.
Bahrain continues crackdown on street protests
Bahraini uprising continues, as the tear gas covers Manama
Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Over the past week police have been firing tear gas, beating protestors with batons, as well as conducting mass arrests of activists.
Winners and losers in the Arab revolutions: Central Europe
By Matyas Eorsi We have more and more reasons to be skeptical about predictions of political analysts and even intelligence services. None of us could foresee that a socially-motivated suicide protest by a young Tunisian man, Mohammed Bouazizi, would be followed by public anger that brought down Tunisia’s brutal dictator. None of us could have seen …
Egypt’s seculars desperate to balance Islamists
CAIRO: Overwhelmed by Islamists in parliamentary elections, the secular and liberal youths who were the driving force behind Egypt’s uprising are scrambling to ensure their voices are not lost as a new constitution and government take shape. Two Islamist blocs — newly emboldened after decades of repression under Mubarak’s secular regime — won close to …
18 million voters to choose from 3,000 candidates in phase 2 of elections
CAIRO: Over 3,000 candidates are vying for seats in the second phase of parliamentary elections that kicks off on Dec. 14. Voters are to head to the polls at 8 am in nine governorates: Giza, Beni Suef, Menufiya, Sharqeya, Ismailia, Suez, Beheira, Sohag and Aswan. Over the two-day elections, 18,826,394 citizens are eligible to vote …
Lower voter turnout in second day of elections run-offs
CAIRO: Voter turnout remained low on Tuesday as Egyptians cast their votes in the second day of the parliamentary elections’ run-offs in nine governorates, with only minor scuffles reported. "Voter turnout is severely low, it reminds us with Mubarak’s days when nobody showed up," Executive Director of the Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA) Hossam El-Din Ali …
Police ‘eye sniper’ turns himself in: official
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Divided Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak poll
CAIRO: Post-revolution Egypt headed to the polls Monday for a chaotic election clouded by violence and a political crisis that is intended to usher in democracy in the Arab world’s most populous nation. Ten months after the end of 30 years of autocratic rule by Hosni Mubarak, ousted by popular protests in one of the …
Uncomfortable truths
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Censorship’s logical end is when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads, wrote George Bernard Shaw. The degree of restriction on political debate before parliamentary elections in a few weeks’ time is a measure of Egypt’s freedom. The media is caught in a conundrum. On the …
Court rejects Ayman Nour appeal, dashing presidential hopes
CAIRO: The Court of Cassation dismissed Sunday an appeal by former opposition leader Ayman Nour, head of the New Ghad Party, in which he asked for a retrial in the case of the Ghad Party proxies he was accused of forging. Chief Justice Talaat Rifai supported the verdict of the Criminal Court that had sentenced …
Electoral commission to issue regulations of political rights law
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC), which will monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections, is slated to issue the regulations for the political rights laws in the upcoming days. The regulations will include 38 articles that will guide the electoral process and give the power to the SEC to manage every stage, from preparing the voters’ …
Subway expansion digs up Roman city under Sofia
Cars zoom by on the boulevards overhead as work progresses on expanding the subway underneath —and in between a full-fledged Roman city has emerged right in the heart of the Bulgarian capital. Archaeologists have little by little unearthed well-preserved stretches of cobbled Roman streets, a public bath, the ruins of a dignitary’s house and the …
The sword and shield of the state
After the rebellion comes the reckoning. At its core, Egypt’s new society needs trust. Adversaries have to bury the hatchet and get on with one another. In practical terms that means respecting laws made to preserve democracy and appointing police that impartially maintain law and order. Lawrence of Arabia helped hatch the plan to bring …