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Clashes at Cairo demo calling on Morsi to resign

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 23:00
Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo late Friday. Hundreds of people had marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for the protest, called by a number of opposition groups. The demonstrators, most of them teenagers, threw molotov cocktails at the police who replied with volleys of tear gas cannisters, but there were no reports of casualties.

Hundreds march in Cairo demanding Morsi ouster

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 22:31
Hundreds of people marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections, AFP correspondents and local media reported. The demonstration was called by a number of opposition groups, including the Al-Dustur party of former UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei and the April 6 movement which spearheaded the 2011 uprising to oust then president Hosni Mubarak.

Hundreds march in Cairo demanding Morsi ouster

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 10:01
Hundreds of people marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections, AFP correspondents and local media reported. The demonstration was called by a number of opposition groups, including the Al-Dustur party of former UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei and the April 6 movement which spearheaded the 2011 uprising to oust then president Hosni Mubarak.

Arab tycoons unveil 100m euro film partnership

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 15:15
Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris and French-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab world and internationally. Under the deal, Sawiris will buy a 30-percent stake in Ben Ammar's Italy's based Quinta Communications Italia, which made the announcement in a press release timed to coincide with the start of the Cannes film festival in France. Sawiris and Ben Ammar are also planning to buy out companies in the media sector, the statement said.

Arab tycoons unveil 100m euro film partnership

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 15:00
Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris and French-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab world and internationally. Under the deal, Sawiris will buy a 30-percent stake in Ben Ammar's Italy's based Quinta Communications Italia, which made the announcement in a press release timed to coincide with the start of the Cannes film festival in France. Sawiris and Ben Ammar are also planning to buy out companies in the media sector, the statement said.

Arab tycoons unveil 100m euro film partnership

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 14:46
Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris and French-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab world and internationally. Under the deal, Sawiris will buy a 30-percent stake in Ben Ammar's Italy's based Quinta Communications Italia, which made the announcement in a press release timed to coincide with the start of the Cannes film festival in France. Sawiris and Ben Ammar are also planning to buy out companies in the media sector, the statement said.

Arab tycoons unveil 100m euro film partnership

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 14:45
Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris and French-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab world and internationally. Under the deal, Sawiris will buy a 30-percent stake in Ben Ammar's Italy's based Quinta Communications Italia, which made the announcement in a press release timed to coincide with the start of the Cannes film festival in France. Sawiris and Ben Ammar are also planning to buy out companies in the media sector, the statement said.

2 mn Egyptians sign petition to oust Morsi

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 06:31
A campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures, organisers told AFP. The "Tamarod" (Rebellion in Arabic) campaign seeks to withdraw confidence from the Islamist leader because he has failed the revolution that brought him to power, they said. Since its launch nearly two weeks ago in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Tamarod's petition has garnered over two million signatures.

Egyptian lawyer denies that Mubarak spoke to paper

May 12, 2013 13:45
CAIRO (Reuters) - A lawyer representing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak denied on Sunday that his client had spoken to a newspaper, describing as a fabrication reports that he had said it was too early to judge Mohamed Mursi's performance as president. Sunday's edition of El-Watan said its journalist had broken through security lines to speak to Mubarak on Saturday before his retrial on charges of complicity in the death of protesters killed in the uprising that swept him from office.

History will judge me 'fairly': Mubarak to Egypt daily

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 09:15
Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future generations would judge him "fairly" in an interview published on Sunday, but his lawyer denied the exchange took place. "The interview is fabricated, it never took place," lawyer Farid al-Deeb told AFP. The independent Al-Watan, which is highly critical of Egypt's new ruling Islamists, said the interview was the first the ex-president gave since he was forced to quit in February 2011 after massive protests against his 30-year rule.
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