Egyptians headed to the polls on Wednesday to choose the first president since the removal of former president Hosni Mubarak, passing a milestone in the country’s march toward civilian rule after more than 15 months of turmoil. Queues formed outside polling stations long before they opened at 08:00 am (0600 GMT), with voters in
Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday for the first presidential vote since the 2011 uprising that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak. Voting will take place over two days. There are 13 candidates on the ballot -- one has dropped out and endorsed a former rival – five of which are regarded as the
Islam forbids atomic weapons and other arms of mass destruction, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Wednesday ahead of his country’s nuclear talks with world powers in Baghdad, as Israel urged world powers not to waver in key talks with Iran. “Based on Islamic teachings and the clear fatwa (edict) of the supreme leader,
A Toronto native living in Jerusalem literally got away with his life when Arab school students smashed the windows of his car and tried to attack him Monday morning. The near-deadly rock-throwing attack occurred as Ephraim Silverberg was making his annual pilgrimage to the Mount of Olives Cemetery for the anniversary of the death
An Egyptian satellite television channel currently on test transmission and i managed by a staff of women in niqaab (fully veiled) has stirred controversy in the country and revived the debate over the limits of individual freedom. Marya channel’s general manager Sheikha Safaa was quoted by various Egyptian media sources as saying that the
Germany could be a target of an Islamist attack similar to those carried out by a gunman in France two months ago, the head of the country’s intelligence service said on Tuesday. German intelligence chief Heinz Fromm’s comments, quoted in an interview with the top-selling Bild daily, follow a series of clashes in several
A 17-year-old British Pakistani woman was allegedly killed by her parents for refusing to enter an arranged marriage, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Shafilea Ahmed was a victim of an honor killing in September 2003 in Warrington, Cheshire according to a court hearing on her case. The young woman’s body
Protesters blocked roads in Lebanon’s northern Akkar region for a third day on Tuesday, a security official said, amid mounting tension over the conflict in neighboring Syria. “Some of the roads have been blocked in Halba and Sheikh Ayash,” the official, who requested anonymity, told AFP. The road closures were linked to the
Bombings in the center of the ethnically-mixed city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed six people including four children on Tuesday, an army officer and a doctor said. The attacks struck the homes of a Sunni anti-Qaeda militiaman and a formerly internally-displaced Shiite family, both of which are in a neighborhood that was an
The large number of voters undecided between candidates touting radically different futures for Egypt and the novelty of a free presidential vote make this week’s election almost impossible to call, pollsters say. The candidates, from Islamists to former members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s regime, have seen their fortunes swing wildly in almost weekly
