An Egyptian judge on Monday adjourned the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons until September 5 and banned live broadcasts of it. The judge made his decision during the second session of the trial, after the first session earlier this month. Judge Ahmed Refaat adjourned the trial in order to combine [...]
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons detained Wednesday for 15 days for corruption investigations, in what appeared to be a response by Egypt’s military rulers to escalating pressure from protesters to see their former ruler behind bars. Egyptian state television reported that Mr. Mubarak’s son Gamal, who just [...]
Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday, issuing calls to “save the revolution” that ousted president Hosni Mubarak and to rid of the country of the old regime. The Youth Coalition Movement, an umbrella grouping those who launched the uprising against Mubarak, called this week for a new demonstration to demand [...]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and the vice president has named a military council to run the country’s affairs, state television said on Friday after 18 days of mass protests against his rule. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned. The announcement came Friday from Vice-President Omar Suleiman who said that military forces will [...]
Cairo: The embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left Cairo for an ‘unknown’ destination, a media report said, as anti-government protesters intensified their demand Friday for immediate power transition. While Egypt’s state TV reported that Mubarak will deliver a statement live from his palace, earlier Egyptian media reports suggested that Mubarak had already departed to the [...]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has rejected an offer to put him up in a German luxury clinic to provide him with a dignified exit from power. He doesn’t need medical treatment, his vice president said. The US and German conservative politicians had been airing the possibility of a hospital stay. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will [...]
Lara Logan and her crew have been released from custody one day after being detained by the Egyptian military. Logan was questioned and then detained while outside Israel’s embassy in Cairo. CBS was not commenting yesterday, but in an internal email obtained by TVNewser this morning, CBS News D.C. bureau chief Chris Isham writes: Lara, [...]
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Thursday he was ready to talk with protestors face to face in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a televised press conference. Shafiq asserted that he was ready to go to the square to make a dialogue with people from different sides. “Once more, I apologize for all the [...]
Vodafone says it was ‘forced’ to send messages urging customers to attend rally in support of President Hosni Mubarak, Associated Press reports Telecommunications giant Vodafone says that it was ‘forced’ to send texts messages urging customers to support President Hosni Mubarak, the Associated Press news agency has reported. Yesterday, AP said its reporters had seen [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Wednesday the situation is Egypt is unacceptable. Aat a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Moon said “I am deeply concerned at the continuing violence in Egypt and once again urge restraint to all sides. This is very much an unacceptable situation. Any attacks on peaceful [...]
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