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Amrican stabbed outside Cairo embassy

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 15:16
An American was stabbed in the neck as he came out of the US embassy in central Cairo on Thursday, a security official told AFP. The American was rushed to hospital after the attack in Cairo's Garden City neighbourhood near Tahrir Square, which houses several embassies and has seen a rise in crime and unrest in recent months. Police guarding the embassy managed to arrest the assailant, described only as "an unemployed man" by the security official, who requested anonymity. The motive for the attack and the condition of the victim national remain unclear.

Appeals court frees 6 backers of black-clad Egypt protest group

May 13, 2013 11:15
CAIRO (Reuters) - A Cairo court quashed the convictions of six men accused of attacking police and damaging property during protests against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and freed them on Monday, judicial sources said. The ruling earlier this month against the men, aged 19 to 25, was the first dealing with a little-known group known as the Black Bloc which the Islamist-led government has accused of participating in "terrorist acts".

Egypt military chief rules out move in politics

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 11:07
Egypt's military chief on Saturday ruled out intervention in the country's polarised politics after the army handed power to Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last year, state media reported. General Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who is also defence minister, called for the country's divided factions to adopt "a formula for an understanding," warning the alternative could be "extremely dangerous."

AFP 1900 GMT news advisory

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 11:04
Duty editor: Olivia Hampton Tel: +1 202 414 0541 -- TOP STORIES -- + 41 killed in Turkey border bombings + Sharif declares victory in Pakistan poll + Spacewalk to fix ISS leak ends successfully Syria-conflict-Turkey,WRAP ISTANBUL At least 41 people are killed and 100 injured when two explosive-laden cars blow up in a small Turkish town near the Syrian border, as Ankara swiftly points the finger at Syria. 800 words 2000 GMT by Nicolas Cheviron. Picture. Video. Pakistan-unrest-vote,WRAP

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.

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

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 07:45
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. "I have said in the past that history would bear witness and judge, and I am still certain that future generations will judge me fairly," Mubarak told Al-Watan newspaper on the sidelines of his re-trial on Saturday.

Egypt detains opposition activist

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 23:54
Egypt's security forces on Friday detained the founder of one of the key youth movements behind the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime upon his arrival at Cairo Airport from Vienna, a security official told AFP. Ahmed Maher of the April 6 movement was arrested at the airport "based on the orders of the general security department at the interior ministry," the official said. His passport was confiscated and he was transferred to the prosecution for questioning, the official MENA news agency said.

Egypt's Mubarak back in court for retrial

May 11, 2013 19:15
By Alexander Dziadosz and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.

General signals Egypt army staying out of politics

May 11, 2013 16:30
CAIRO (Reuters) - The army is not the answer to Egypt's political problems, the army chief said on Saturday, urging Egyptians to find a way to get along in comments that appeared to rule out any military intervention in the country's political standoff. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in comments reported online by the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, called for "a framework for consensus". "The alternative is extremely dangerous," he said.
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