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Egyptian judges accuse Mursi backers of attacking their independence

April 24, 2013 17:00
By Paul Taylor and Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian judges accused President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday of trying to clamp down on judicial independence by conducting a campaign ostensibly aimed at rooting out corruption. A rift between Egypt's Islamist rulers and the judiciary is steadily widening amid a broader struggle over the future character of the country following the 2011 uprising that overthrew autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's Mursi pledges to respect independence of judges

April 23, 2013 06:30
By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has pledged to respect the independence of the judiciary amid an outcry over plans by his Islamist allies to purge thousands of judges. After emergency talks with the Supreme Judicial Council and the prosecutor general on Monday, Mursi's office issued a late-night statement saying the president considered protecting the independence of the judiciary was his constitutional duty.

Egypt says Russia to help revive nuclear programme

April 22, 2013 12:00
CAIRO (Reuters) - Russia will help Egypt develop its nuclear power programme, Trade and Industry Minister Hatem Saleh said on Monday, signalling that the Islamist-led state will press ahead with its quest for atomic energy. Egypt froze its nuclear programme after the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, but in 2006, the government of deposed President Hosni Mubarak announced it would revive the programme.

Egypt's Morsi says to reshuffle cabinet 'soon'

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 13:30
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will "soon" announce a cabinet reshuffle, he said in an interview to air on Saturday, but it is unlikely to meet opposition demands for an overhaul of the government. Morsi, under strong pressure from his opposition to sack Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, said: "There will be ministerial changes soon and they will affect several ministries," the official MENA news agency reported. It quoted excerpts of an interview Morsi gave to the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel that will air at 1805 GMT.

Egyptian Islamists rally at High Court, demand judiciary purge

April 19, 2013 14:16
By Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamist protesters clashed with opponents as they rallied on Friday to demand a purge of Egypt's judiciary, a sign of rising tension between the Islamist government and legal organs seen as a redoubt of old regime influence. Thirty-nine people were injured in a bout of stone-throwing, and occasional gunshots outside the High Court, according to witnesses and a security source cited by state media. Police use tear gas to quell the disturbances.

Egypt Islamists clash with opponents in Cairo

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 10:46
Egyptian Islamist protesters clashed with opponents in central Cairo on Friday, with both sides pelting each other with stones as the sounds of shots were heard, an AFP journalist said. The clashes erupted after opponents of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood movement marched on the Islamists who had been rallying outside the Supreme Court demanding judicial reforms. bur-se/bpz

Presiding judge of Mubarak's retrial withdraws, case postponed

April 15, 2013 14:24
The presiding judge in former President Hosni Mubarak's retrial on Saturday withdrew from the case and referred it to the Cairo Appeal Court Saturday morning, state TV reported. Judge Mustafa Hassan Abdullah appeared in court for less than two minutes and announced his withdrawal and referred the case to the Cairo Appeal Court. People attending the court session were greatly pleased by his decision, shouting "Justice, justice, God is greater." According to lawyers of the victims who died in 2011's massive demonstration, Abdullah acquitted last October all the defendants accused

Mubarak court appearance stuns Egyptians

April 14, 2013 10:45
After months of rumours that Egypt ex-president Hosni Mubarak was at death's door, footage of the toppled leader looking strong and defiant in court stunned many who had cared little about his fate. The 84-year-old Mubarak who is being held at a military hospital in Cairo, has been treated for a heart condition, fractured ribs, fluid in the lungs, depression and high blood pressure, according to lawyers and official accounts. At one point last year he was even declared clinically dead as he slipped into a coma.

Mubarak court appearance stuns Egyptians

April 14, 2013 07:01
After months of rumours that Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak was at death's door, footage of the toppled leader looking strong and defiant in court on Saturday stunned many who had cared little about his fate. The 84-year-old Mubarak who is being held at a military hospital in Cairo, has been treated for a heart condition, fractured ribs, fluid in the lungs, depression and high blood pressure, according to lawyers and official accounts. At one point last year he was even declared clinically dead as he slipped into a coma.

Egyptian parliament approves revamped election law

April 11, 2013 10:30
By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting rules for a parliamentary poll later this year, but opposition politicians denounced the new statute and repeated a threat to boycott the vote. The Islamist-dominated upper house will now send the text to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check the legality of the voting procedures for a new lower house. The court has 45 days to review the bill.
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