CAIRO: The stock market benchmark index fell 1.7 percent, a day after the appointment of a new finance minister boosted the index. Worries persisted over whether Egypt can make a peaceful transition from military to civilian rule after elections planned later this year, dampening appetite for shares even in companies with stronger earnings prospects.

CAIRO: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf pushed forward with plans for a sweeping

CAIRO: Human rights activists as well as the “No to Military Trials for Civilians” campaign reiterated their demands to put an end to military trials of civilians on Sunday, despite the army council’s promise to limit the use of such trials. In its 68th statement, the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) on Saturday cited three conditions in which civilians will face military courts: acts of thuggery involving weapons, rape crimes and assaulting security forces while on duty.

CAIRO: Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in February and who has been detained in a hospital in Sharm El-Sheikh, has fallen into a coma, his lawyer said on Sunday, although State TV said that the hospital director has denied the report. “I was informed about the sudden deterioration in Mubarak’s health and I am now on my way to Sharm El-Sheikh. All that I know so far is that the president is in a full coma,” Mubarak’s lawyer Farid El-Deeb had told Reuters. He did not give more details.

CAIRO (Updated) - Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf pushed forward with plans for a sweeping cabinet shuffle on

CAIRO: Thousands of protesters rallied in Tahrir Square Friday dubbed "The Friday of Final Warning," to reiterate the demands of the revolution, ahead of an immanent cabinet reshuffle. After Friday prayers, protesters collectively chanted "Allah is great," "the Military Council is illegitimate," and "Down with Tantawi," referring to the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

CAIRO - Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen one of his two newly appointed deputies, Hazem Beblawi, to serve as his finance minister, state television reported on Sunday. Beblawi, a veteran economist who was on Saturday appointed one of two new deputy prime ministers, will take over from Samir Radwan.

CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior terminated the service of 669 police officers, including

CAIRO: Egyptian parliamentary elections that were scheduled for September have been delayed until October or November, a military official told the MENA state news agency on Wednesday. "It has been decided to hold elections for the People's Assembly and the Shoura Council next October or November," MENA quoted the official as saying, in reference to the lower and upper houses of parliament.

CAIRO: Suez protesters continued on Wednesday their sit-in in the main El-Arbaein Square for the tenth consecutive day, saying they won’t leave until their demands were entirely met. Mass protests and sit-ins swept through the city since July 4 when a criminal court released on bail seven police officers charged with killing and injuring peaceful protesters in the first days of the January 25 uprising. Seven others are being tried in absentia. The trial was adjourned to September.

CAIRO: Protesters across Cairo erupted in anger following statements Tuesday morning

CAIRO - Egypt's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday more than 650 senior officers in the police would end their service, after protesters demanded swifter reforms of the force that is blamed for killing protesters. "The police force shares with the people feelings of pain and hope. People involved in security are ... keen to do their role in protecting the revolution and look forward for a future of democracy," said spokesman General Marwan Mostafa.

CAIRO: The Egyptian Supreme Judiciary Council decided Tuesday to move the trials of former regime figures and officers accused of killing of protesters to larger courts to allow for more public attendance, as well as air the trials live outside the courthouse.

CAIRO: A few thousand protesters continued their open sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday, despite a power cut and several reported thefts. Blogger and activist Mahmoud Salem told Daily News Egypt that there were organized thefts reported all over Tahrir Square.

CAIRO: Protesters in Suez are calling for a million-man protest on Tuesday, echoing calls by Tahrir Square protesters, but also promising "surprising escalation measures not to be declared now," member of the Suez Revolution Youth Coalition Ahmed Abdel Gawad told Daily News Egypt Monday. "We are already protesting in front of the Suez Canal’s movement control office, El-Arbaeian Square and in front of the governorate building. We will escalate by blocking more streets and emptying the governorate building, in addition to a call on Tuesday for general civil disobedience," said Abdel Gawad.

CAIRO: In an emergency meeting with youth leaders, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf promised a complete Cabinet reshuffle by July 17 and a change of governors before July 25, according to Al-Ahram daily. Egypt’s interim PM also said he would resign if he is unable to meet these commitments.

CAIRO: Hundreds of protesters continued a sit-in in Tahrir Square for the third consecutive day demanding the resignation of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Cabinet for “failing to achieve the revolution's objectives.” Protesters closed the entrances of the square and the Mugamma’ building (a government administrative complex) and said that they are considering all options, including civil disobedience, until their demands are met.

CAIRO: Military police on Sunday forcefully dispersed a sit-in by thousands of Suez protesters blocking the Suez-Ain Sokhna desert road, reportedly detaining a number of them, Suez Revolution Coalition member Ahmed Abdel-Gawad said. "The forces first fired in the air then clashed with protesters using electric shock prods when the protesters attempted to set up tents on the road," Abdel-Gawad told Daily News Egypt.

CAIRO: Egypt on Saturday appointed a new information minister, a controversial post that had been abolished after the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Osama Heikal, former editor-in-chief of the liberal Al-Wafd party's newspaper, was sworn in on Saturday in front of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of the military council that took power when Mubarak was ousted.

CAIRO: Tens of thousands of protesters poured into major squares in cities around Egypt on Friday, reasserting their stance that the revolution continues until demands are met and justice is served for the martyrs. Protesters packed Tahrir Square well into the evening on what was dubbed “Persistence Friday” or “Revolution First Friday,” calling for the fair and swift prosecution of those responsible for killing and injuring peaceful protesters.

CAIRO: The main source of legislation and the definitions of the concepts of freedom, equality and human rights emerged as the main points of difference in liberal and Salafi streams’ views of the upcoming constitution. In a debate organized Friday by Bridges Foundation, representatives of both streams disagreed on whether to apply Islamic Sharia or to have Sharia principles as the main source of the legislation in the constitution, and whether to have freedom defined by Islamic laws or by public interest.