Saturday 19th May, 2012

• Egypt army beat, tortured protesters: rights group

  West Australian

  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian soldiers beat and tortured protesters they had arrested at a demonstration near the Defence Ministry this month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday, citing victims ...

• EBRD agrees 1 bln euro N.Africa fund

  Reuters

  LONDON May 19 (Reuters) - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shareholders agreed a 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) special fund for the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday ahead ...

• Howard Steven Friedman: Democracy's Pulse in Egypt

  Huffington Post

  While finishing a 2-week stint here in Egypt, I can't help but reflect on the current and future state of Egyptian democracy. Egypt has gone through great changes in a short period of time. It ...

• Targeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife

  Time

  Targeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife Suzanne Mubarak suffers what may be a heart attack as Egyptian prosecutors prepare to level corruption charges against her By Vivienne Walt ...

• Reintegration of Displaced Community Citizens, an ECOWAS Priority

  All Africa

  Monrovia-Liberia - The resettlement and reintegration of ECOWAS citizens displaced by conflicts is a priority critical to the region's overarching people-centred integration and development ...

• Egypt to choose Mubarak successor

  IOL

  Cairo - Egyptians are being called to vote on Wednesday in the historic first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by the Arab Spring uprising last ...

• Viewpoints: Egyptian candidate could bridge divide of secular, devout

  General Sources

  CAIRO – In this presidential campaign headquarters, in a second-floor apartment in the Cairo neighborhood of Garden City, young female volunteers in full veil work alongside women in colorful head ...

• 'Islamist Abol Fotouh leading in Egypt expat vote'

  Jerusalem Post

  Semi-official results from Egypt's expatriates vote for the country's upcoming presidential election showed independent Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh in the lead, ...

• A wrap-up of developments in Iran, Egypt, Bahrain

  Turkish Press

  As we have focused on developments in Iraq and Syria for some time, we could not take up other significant developments in the region. This week we are going to briefly examine developments in Iran, ...

• Egyptian Medics Likely to Open Hospital in Kigali

  All Africa

  A team of six Egyptian medical specialists on Thursday expressed interest in setting up a joint medical school in Kigali. The medics, who have been in Rwanda for a week performed surgery on 50 ...

• Israeli company writes off stake in Egyptian gas

  General Sources

  FILE - In this Monday, March 5, 2012 file photo, flames rise from a gas pipeline explosion in el-Arish, Egypt. An Israeli company says it has written off its entire 12.5 percent investment in the ...

• Egyptians to choose Hosni Mubarak's successor on Wednesday

  NDTV

  Cairo: Egyptians are being called to vote on Wednesday in the historic first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by the Arab Spring uprising last year.The landmark poll will define ...

• Obama opens up Camp David for rustic VIP sleepover

  Reuters

  In a sort of VIP sleepover, G8 leaders bedded down in rustic cabins in rural Maryland, where the U.S. presidential retreat known as Camp David is hosting by far the largest international summit ...

• DIARY - Middle East to Aug 14

  Reuters

  All times are provisional and in GMT. Other major diaries; For all Top Economic events, Click on For all Top Economic Indicators, Click on For Emerging Market economic events, Click on For ...

• Egyptian presidential election ends in UAE

  Khaleej Times

  The six-day voting by expatriates in the Egyptian presidential election has come to an end. A top diplomat here said nearly all 61,427 Egyptians registered in the Electoral College in the UAE cast ...

• Candidates jockey for lead days ahead of Egyptian election

  Globe and Mail

  In a campaign that has become a referendum on the place of Islam in society and threatens a pivotal peace treaty with Israel, Egyptians vote for a new president next Wednesday and Thursday, the ...

• Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader

  General Sources

  When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread poverty and crippling ...

• Ex-foreign minister heads presidential field in Egypt

  UPI

  Amr Moussa appears to be the man to beat in a crowded field as the country's presidential election approaches. Most opinion polls show Moussa about 20 points ahead of his nearest challenger, ...

• Egyptian director sends defiant message home

  General Sources

  CANNES: Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah, in Cannes with his Arab Spring drama "Baad al-Mawkeaa" ("After the Battle"), defiantly vowed Thursday that the Islamists jockeying for ...

• Gallup survey finds support in Egypt for Muslim Brotherhood dropping as presidential vote nears

  Miami Herald

  CAIRO -- Support for Egypt’s Islamist political parties has plummeted ahead of this country’s presidential election next week, a Gallup survey released Friday has found, while early ...

• Egypt's New President Could Come From Old Guard

  General Sources

  Reuters/Landov Amr Moussa, a prominent figure during the rule of former President Hosni Mubarak, is the front-runner as Egyptians prepare to vote for president next week. He is shown here during a ...

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