http://www.mail.com/people/1557762-mohamed-morsi.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1557762-mohamed-morsi.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763722-carter-center-wont-monitor-egypts-vote.html CAIRO (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's center said Thursday it will not deploy monitors for Egypt's contentious constitutional referendum because of the government's late release of regulations for witnesses. The decision reflects concerns that the rushed process leading to Saturday's vote has undermined the legitimacy of the disputed charter b... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763722-carter-center-wont-monitor-egypts-vote.html 2012-12-13T15:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's opposition called on its followers Wednesday to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. The decision came as Morsi's government forged ahead with its own plan, starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The moves reinforced the atmos... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html 2012-12-12T23:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's political crisis is threatening to plunge its ailing economy even deeper into distress after the government delayed a request for a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund that would have eased a ballooning budget deficit and reassured foreign investors. Fear of stoking the street unrest over a disputed Islamist-oriente... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1762234-egypt-political-crisis-threatens-to-worsen-economy.html 2012-12-12T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The opposition's decision did not dispel the atmosphere of a nation in crisis, d... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html 2012-12-12T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760302-gazas-tunnels-rebound-israeli-offensive.html RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring the illicit conduit for consumer goods and weapons so crucial to Hamas rule. The 12-kilometer (eight-mile) slice of land at t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760302-gazas-tunnels-rebound-israeli-offensive.html 2012-12-12T05:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Most Egyptian judges rejected any role Tuesday in overseeing the country's constitutional referendum, a move likely to cast further doubt on the legitimacy of the disputed charter. The nation's worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly two years ago also forced the government to put off a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757872-egypt-opposition-fears-violence-brotherhood.html CAIRO (AP) — They showed a military-style precision: Crowds of bearded Islamists proclaiming allegiance to Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and chanting "God is great" as they descended on tents set up by anti-Morsi protesters outside the presidential palace, swinging clubs, firing rifles and calling for burning down the opposition. They set up a detention facility, interrog... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757872-egypt-opposition-fears-violence-brotherhood.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758130-egypt-asks-imf-to-delay-loan-to-turmoil.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has asked for a one-month delay for a $4.8 billion loan it had agreed with the International Monetary Fund because of the current political turmoil gripping the country, the prime minister said Tuesday. The IMF confirmed its reception of the request in a statement, saying it stood ready to continue supporting the country and would consu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758130-egypt-asks-imf-to-delay-loan-to-turmoil.html 2012-12-11T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755518-egypts-military-takes-security-ahead-vote.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military assumed responsibility Monday for protecting state institutions and maintaining security ahead of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum, as the country braced for another round of mass demonstrations by the supporters of the country's Islamist president and the liberal opposition over the disputed charter. The referendum on a c... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755518-egypts-military-takes-security-ahead-vote.html 2012-12-10T20:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756860-egypts-president-behaves-predecessors.html CAIRO (AP) — The freshly scrawled graffiti depicting Mohammed Morsi as a pharaonic Saddam Hussein tells the tale of high hopes dashed with record speed: Barely six months after becoming Egypt's first democratically elected president, the Islamist is widely accused of abandoning pledges of inclusive government for doctrinaire and authoritarian ways. Some s... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756860-egypts-president-behaves-predecessors.html 2012-12-10T20:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753974-egypt-opposition-urges-protests.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's opposition said Sunday it will keep up protests against a referendum on a disputed draft constitution but stopped short of advocating either a boycott or a "no" vote less than a week before the ballot. The opposition was still pushing for Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to cancel the Dec. 15 referendum, saying they reject the proces... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753974-egypt-opposition-urges-protests.html 2012-12-09T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754662-islamist-leaning-draft-constitution-divides-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — President Mohammed Morsi is unlikely to worry if Egypt's Islamist-leaning draft constitution passes by only a small margin in a Dec. 15 referendum, since he and his backers tout his 51 percent election victory in June as a "popular mandate" that is beyond any challenge. Still, an idea taking root among many secular Egyptians is that a constit... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754662-islamist-leaning-draft-constitution-divides-egypt.html 2012-12-09T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752616-egypt-panel-recommends-referendum-held-time.html CAIRO (AP) — A national dialogue committee said a referendum on a disputed draft constitution will be held on schedule, but President Mohammed Morsi has agreed to rescind the near-absolute power he had granted himself. The statement came after a meeting that was boycotted by the main opposition leaders who are calling for the Dec. 15 vote to be canceled. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752616-egypt-panel-recommends-referendum-held-time.html 2012-12-09T00:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753440-egypts-military-returns-to-political-fray.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's powerful military, sidelined last summer by the newly elected Islamist president, edged back Saturday into a political fray boiling over with tensions between secular forces and a government determined to pass a constitution enshrining a central role for religion. A military statement warning of "disastrous" consequences should the st... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753440-egypts-military-returns-to-political-fray.html 2012-12-08T22:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750536-egypt-delays-early-voting-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Islamic leader is finally yielding to days of protests and deadly street clashes. Tens of thousands marched on the presidential palace after pushin... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750536-egypt-delays-early-voting-constitution.html 2012-12-07T22:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751540-charter-enshrining-shariah-core-egypt-crisis.html CAIRO (AP) — One of Egypt's most prominent ultraconservative Muslim clerics had high praise for the country's draft constitution. Speaking to fellow clerics, he said this was the charter they had long wanted, ensuring that laws and rights would be strictly subordinated to Islamic law. "This constitution has more complete restraints on rights than ever exi... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751540-charter-enshrining-shariah-core-egypt-crisis.html 2012-12-07T18:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747252-egypts-president-offers-to-defuse-crisis.html CAIRO (AP) — An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt's worst political crisis in two years, drawing chants of "topple the regime!" from protesters who waved their shoes in contempt. The Egyptian president's uncompromising stand came a night after thousands of his supporters and op... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747252-egypts-president-offers-to-defuse-crisis.html 2012-12-06T23:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749474-egypt-crisis-tests-opposition-ahead-key-votes.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's latest political crisis over a disputed constitution is posing a difficult test for the mostly secular opposition: Can it maintain its new-found unity and achieve anything beyond bringing large crowds out into the streets to protest? Faced with a series of ever larger and more violent protests, Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has su... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749474-egypt-crisis-tests-opposition-ahead-key-votes.html 2012-12-06T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748400-riots-hint-potential-chaos-tunisias-future.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Five days of riots last week in a town in Tunisia's impoverished interior wounded hundreds of people and deepened the rift between the two most powerful forces in this North African country: the moderate Islamist ruling party and the main labor union. With the two at loggerheads, the threat of a nationwide general strike next week co... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748400-riots-hint-potential-chaos-tunisias-future.html 2012-12-06T14:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1743892-oil-stays-88-ample-us-stocks.html The price of oil hovered below $88 a barrel on Thursday as mounting evidence of ample seasonal U.S. crude stocks was partly offset by ongoing worries over the Middle East. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for January delivery was down 27 cents to $87.61 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 62 c... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1743892-oil-stays-88-ample-us-stocks.html 2012-12-06T12:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746688-islamists-battle-opponents-egypt-crisis-grows.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt descended into political turmoil on Wednesday over the constitution drafted by Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi, and at least 211 people were wounded as supporters and opponents battled each other with firebombs, rocks and sticks outside the presidential palace. Four more presidential aides resigned in protest over Morsi's ha... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746688-islamists-battle-opponents-egypt-crisis-grows.html 2012-12-06T00:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745110-egypt-descends-political-turmoil.html CAIRO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi fought with rocks, firebombs and sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday in large-scale clashes that marked the worst violence of a deepening crisis over the disputed constitution. Egypt's Health Ministry said 126 people were wounded in the clashes that were still... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1745110-egypt-descends-political-turmoil.html 2012-12-05T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744606-egyptian-leaders-opponents-supporters-clash.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's supporters and opponents have clashed outside the presidential palace in Cairo, pelting each other with rocks and fighting with sticks. Wednesday's clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. The ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744606-egyptian-leaders-opponents-supporters-clash.html 2012-12-05T13:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744846-clinton-egypts-unrest-dialogue.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Egypt's unrest shows the urgent need for dialogue between President Mohammed Morsi's government and opposing voices on a constitutional path going forward. Speaking at NATO, Clinton said the U.S. wants to see a constitution emerge that protects the rights of all Egyptians — men and women, and ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1744846-clinton-egypts-unrest-dialogue.html 2012-12-05T12:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741508-100000-protest-egypts-presidential-palace.html CAIRO (AP) — More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a controversial draft constitution. The outpouring of anger across the Egyptian capital, the Mediterranean port of Alexandria ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741508-100000-protest-egypts-presidential-palace.html 2012-12-04T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739174-egypts-crisis-widens-with-planned-march-strikes.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's political crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new constitution and decrees by President Mohammed Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted powers. Morsi also faces the prospect of wider civil disobedience as media, the tourism industry and law professors ponde... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739174-egypts-crisis-widens-with-planned-march-strikes.html 2012-12-03T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1737726-egypts-highest-court-joins-judicial-strike.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court has joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader. The strike announced Sunday by the Supreme Constitutional Court and opposition plans to march on the pr... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1737726-egypts-highest-court-joins-judicial-strike.html 2012-12-03T07:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736176-egypts-president-sets-constitution-vote.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi called Saturday for a referendum in two weeks on a contentious draft constitution, setting a date for another milestone in the country's transition to democracy. Widespread disputes over the charter and Morsi's recent seizure of near absolute power have marred the process and thrown the country into turmoil. A... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736176-egypts-president-sets-constitution-vote.html 2012-12-02T03:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733994-egypt-draft-constitution-sparks-mass-protest.html CAIRO (AP) — Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists. The protests have highlighted an increasingly cohesive o... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733994-egypt-draft-constitution-sparks-mass-protest.html 2012-11-30T21:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730866-egypt-islamists-hurriedly-approve-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Islamists approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel with a rushed, marathon vote that further inflames the conflict between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi. The vote by the constituent assembly ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730866-egypt-islamists-hurriedly-approve-constitution.html 2012-11-30T10:10:00Z