Latest in Tag: Coalition Highlight
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Explosives cache seized before Afghan elections: Officials
AFP – Afghan police seized 22 tonnes of explosives destined for use in suicide and roadside bombs, officials said Tuesday, four days before elections that Taliban insurgents have vowed to attack. The explosives were uncovered in dozens of plastic-wrapped bags in the northern province of Takhar, as security forces ramp up efforts to protect candidates, …
Fahmy welcomes Syrian oppositionâs decision to attend Geneva II talks
The opposition coalition voted to attend talks scheduled to begin later this week
Children exploited during referendum: Childrenâs rights groups
Childrenâs rights groups monitor dozens of violations over two days of voting
Protests organised to mark 100 days since sit-in dispersals
Anti-Coup Alliance calls for peaceful marches âin Egypt and around the worldâ
MOI vows to ‘foil all attempts at creating chaos’ during Morsi trial
Muslim Brotherhood supporters will demonstrate until the trial of ousted president Morsi
Anti-Coup calls for more protests
The coalition also called for protests against the trial of ousted president Morsi
Coup opponents warn Egypt heading towards civil war
Journalist Wael Kandil speaks to reporters during his visit to Geneva to help launch a new coalition of coup opponents from diverse political backgrounds
Conflicting reactions to 6 October violence
The Anti-Coup Alliance calls for continued demonstrations
Morsi supporters to protest on Tuesday
The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy calls for “the coup is terrorism” protest
Anti Coup Alliance calls for mass protests on Friday
Group calls for boycott of “coup-supporting brands”
National Coalition to Support Legitimacy calls for new Friday of Rage
Muslim Brotherhood organises marches from different mosques in Cairo, headed for Ramses Square
Morsi supporters march to High Court
Protesters call for removing Prosecutor General; call for march to Tahrir Friday
NCSL and Tamarod at opposite ends over army mandate
While the National Coalition to Support Legitimacy warns that “coup leaders” are trying to create chaos, Tamarod says mandating the army is a just part of “activating the law”
Rival protests planned nationwide
Sunday marches planned by both Tamarod and the pro-Morsi NCSL
Morsi announces readiness to form interim coalition government
The government will choose Prime Minister and run parliamentary elections
Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest
National Coalition to Support Legitimacy includes 11 Islamist parties and groups
Muslim Brotherhood shot down in SU elections
Muslim Brotherhood secures tiny percentage of seats in student union elections at Mansoura and Cairo Universities
âCentristâ coalition formed
A diverse coalition, headed by Al-Wasat Party, announced in an effort to end polarisation
Review: new political coalitions and ways to combat religious offences
As political parties continue their pursuit of establishing solidified alliances for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Egyptian columnists dissect the new partisan coalitions, filled with hopes that division wonât strike at them once more. Some writers continue analysing American anti-Islam film, at the risk of becoming overwhelmed, by exploring options through which Muslims could prevent conflict …
Deadly clashes in North Yemen
Clashes between Shi’a and Sunnis in Yemen leave at least a dozen dead
Bible burner’s citizenship should be revoked – Coptic Coalition
Founder of Egyptian Coptic Coalition says Ahmed Abdullah should lose his citizenship
Egyptian Conference not yet assembled
The reported merger of 25 liberal parties into one party under Amr Moussaâs leadership not complete
Thoughts on new alliances
January 2011 created a new set of alliances between the three main political currents in Egypt: the Islamists, the leftists and the liberals. During the first 18 days of the revolution and all the way up to the constitutional referendum in March 2011, this alliance was active and sound. Since the March referendum, this alliance …
Tunisian President affirms womenâs rights, criticises coalition partner
Marzouki slams Ennahda, affirms his commitment to women’s rights
Cracks deepen in Tunisiaâs coalition leadership over resignation
Finance Minister Hussein Dimassi cites Ennahda nepotism as reason for resignation
The divided form a coalition
Several groups emerge in the political vacuum left by the PEC delayed results Coalitions are springing up left and right in the wake of the Presidential Elections Committeeâs postponement of the âofficialâ presidential election results, further exacerbating what many activists and politicians are calling the Supreme Council of the Armed Forcesâ âcoup.â
Coalitions of the divided
Coalitions are springing up left and right in the wake of the Presidential Elections Committeeâs postponement of the ‘official’ presidential election results, further exacerbating what many activists and politicians are calling the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ “coup.”
Egypt to review cement export ban in October
CAIRO: Egypt is currently studying the local cement market to determine whether it will extend the cement export ban, which is set to end in October. Egynews.net, the state-run news portal, cited Mohammed Abu Shadi of the Ministry of Trade and Industry as saying that Egypt is considering lifting the cement export ban in order …
Four charged in Egypt with feeding donkeys to pet lions
CAIRO: An Uzbekistan embassy official and three Egyptians are facing charges in Egypt after allegedly feeding donkey meat to pet lions, judicial officials said. The man, an embassy media adviser, was charged along with an Egyptian businessman and two guards who worked in two villas near the coastal city of Alexandria where eight lions were …
Gulf Islamic banks eye conversion of conventional peers
MANAMA/DUBAI: More banks in the Gulf Arab region may convert to Islamic finance in a bid to tap rising demand for sharia-compliant products and to avoid the heavy investment required to launch new banks. A source told Reuters this month that Qatari investors are planning to buy a 25 percent stake in Ahli United Bank …