Middle East
Muslim Brotherhood urges marches against Egypt military
More Egypt Protests Loom, Targeting Mubarak’s Prime Minister
The presidential candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood and two popular rivals eliminated in the runoff called on Monday for further street protests until Egypt s current military rulers enforce legislation disqualifying the other remaining candidate, former President Hosni Mubarak s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik.
Egypt protesters storm Shafiq’s Cairo office
Unidentified assailants have set fire to the headquarters of Egypt's runoff presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq and thousands of protesters have returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square to rally against alleged injustice in the election process. An annex in Shafiq's headquarters in Cairo went up in flames late on Monday, hours after election officials announced that the former prime minister, a symbol of Hosni Mubarak's rule, would square off against Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi.
Cairo protests against Mubarak-era candidates
Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets in support of parliamentary legislation that bans former top officials from the regime of Hosni Mubarak from running for president. The legislation, passed on Thursday, is subject to approval by the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the military council which has been running the country since Mubarak was toppled.
Violence Erupts in Cairo, Even as Military Cedes Political Ground
Thousands of protesters chanting for an end to military rule battled riot police officers firing tear gas, rubber bullets and bird shot in Tahrir Square on Saturday, as the military-led interim government appeared to soften its demands for special powers and protections in the future Egyptian constitution.
Egyptians gather for rally in Tahrir Square
Thousands of Islamist and secular protesters have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a mass rally to press the ruling military to hand power to a civilian government. As legislative elections draw near, the first polls since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak's presidency, protesters are demanding more control over the constitution the new parliament is to draft.