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Egypt on edge as election results delayed
Egypt was on edge Thursday after the Muslim Brotherhood declared an open-ended protest and warned of “confrontation” unless their candidate is named new president to succeed toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. The delay in announcing the results, due Thursday, of the June 16-17 presidential vote heightened the Brotherhood’s fears of a…
Muslim Brotherhood vows to fight ruling generals over Egypt’s future
The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to face down Egypt’s ruling generals in a “life or death” struggle over the country’s political future, after declaring that its candidate had won the presidential election and would refuse to accept the junta’s last-ditch attempts to engineer a constitutional coup. As final ballot results…
Egypt votes on final day of presidential election
CAIRO — Egyptians were voting Sunday on the last day of a highly divisive presidential run-off between an Islamist and Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, amid moves by the army to consolidate its power ahead of the final results. Former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who served as ex-president Mubarak’s…
Shafiq says Brotherhood will take Egypt to ‘dark ages’
CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential candidate and former Hosni Mubarak premier, Ahmed Shafiq, on Sunday tried to establish his democratic credentials and said his Muslim Brotherhood rival would bring back the “dark ages”. Shafiq urged Egyptians “to choose for Egypt a president who will make it a country for all, not…
Egypt’s Brotherhood say Islamist, ex-PM in run-off
Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group. The Brotherhood said its candidate was leading the race, with 90 percent of the votes counted, ahead of Shafiq, the last…
Egyptian Brotherhood flexes muscle in election stunt
CAIRO — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood organised on Thursday a kilometres-long rally to support its candidate in next week’s presidential election, displaying the potent network of activists it counts on to win. Islamist activists stood side by side for kilometres through Cairo and north of the capital holding posters of Mohammed…
Top Egypt Islamist says military seeking to keep power
CAIRO — The powerful Muslim Brotherhood’s Khairat al-Shater, barred from Egypt’s first post-Arab Spring presidential election, accused the country’s military rulers on Wednesday of seeking to stay in power and promised an anti-government protest. He spoke after the electoral commission confirmed that 10 candidates had been barred from standing, rejecting…
Egypt confirms 10 barred from presidential vote
CAIRO — Egypt’s electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that 10 candidates have been barred from running for president, ruling out a challenge by two Islamists and Hosni Mubarak’s ex-spy chief. “The commission rejected all appeals presented by the 10″ candidates among 23 who applied to stand in the election scheduled…
Late drama as Egypt’s closes registration for presidency
CAIRO — Registration for candidacy in Egypt’s first post-uprising presidential election closed on Sunday, amid last-minute twists and turns that have shaken the political race. Around 20 people have registered so far, each hoping to lead the Arab world’s most populous nation through a fragile transition following an uprising that…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood puts up second candidate
CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s top political force, announced it was putting up a second presidential candidate for May elections in case its first choice was not allowed to stand. The candidature of the Islamist group’s number two, Khairat al-Shater, looked to be in doubt. Shater was freed from…
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