Hosni Mubarak Ouster

Two years after the Egyptian army deposed president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt is roiled by brazen Islamic State (IS) group attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and brutal government repression that has killed hundreds.

Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.

Egyptian authorities are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum the interim government has hailed as a ringing endorsement of the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Security forces struggled to clamp a lid on Egypt on Thursday after hundreds of people were killed when authorities forcibly broke up camps of supporters protesting the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, in the worst nationwide bloodshed in decades.

The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to "swallow the reality" that Mohamed Morsi will not return as Egypt's president, the Brotherhood spokesman said on Monday.

The panel charged with amending Egypt's constitution in the aftermath of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi met for the first time on Sunday, according to the country's official news agency.

Egypt's interim head of state has set a speedy timetable for elections to drag the Arab world's biggest country from crisis, after the military ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last week sparked a wave of bloody protests.

Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood today protested in Cairo ahead of a wave of mass rallies called to reject the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests on Friday, furious over the military's ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining the touchy issue of what role the fundamentalist Islamist movement might play in the new regime.

Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2 and a half years of turmoil.

Nearly a year and a half after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, millions of Egyptians lined up for hours outside polling stations on Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in an election that pits old regime figures promising stability against ascending Islamists seeking to consolidate power.

Activists have planned a day of civil disobedience in Egypt on Saturday to mark the first anniversary since they toppled Hosni Mubarak but left an increasingly unpopular and defiant military in charge.

Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups.

A trickle of Egyptian voters headed to the polls on Monday for two days of runoffs in the country's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a balloting in which Islamist parties already captured an overwhelming majority of the votes in the first round.

Islamists appear to have taken a strong majority of seats in the first round of Egypt's first parliamentary vote since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a trend that if confirmed would give religious parties a popular mandate in the struggle to win control from the ruling military and ultimately reshape a key U.S. ally.

Two years after the Egyptian army deposed president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt is roiled by brazen Islamic State (IS) group attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and brutal government repression that has killed hundreds.

Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.

Egyptian authorities are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum the interim government has hailed as a ringing endorsement of the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Security forces struggled to clamp a lid on Egypt on Thursday after hundreds of people were killed when authorities forcibly broke up camps of supporters protesting the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, in the worst nationwide bloodshed in decades.

The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to "swallow the reality" that Mohamed Morsi will not return as Egypt's president, the Brotherhood spokesman said on Monday.

The panel charged with amending Egypt's constitution in the aftermath of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi met for the first time on Sunday, according to the country's official news agency.

Egypt's interim head of state has set a speedy timetable for elections to drag the Arab world's biggest country from crisis, after the military ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last week sparked a wave of bloody protests.

Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood today protested in Cairo ahead of a wave of mass rallies called to reject the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called for a wave of protests on Friday, furious over the military's ouster of its president and arrest of its revered leader and other top figures, underlining the touchy issue of what role the fundamentalist Islamist movement might play in the new regime.

Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2 and a half years of turmoil.

Nearly a year and a half after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, millions of Egyptians lined up for hours outside polling stations on Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in an election that pits old regime figures promising stability against ascending Islamists seeking to consolidate power.

Activists have planned a day of civil disobedience in Egypt on Saturday to mark the first anniversary since they toppled Hosni Mubarak but left an increasingly unpopular and defiant military in charge.

Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups.

A trickle of Egyptian voters headed to the polls on Monday for two days of runoffs in the country's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a balloting in which Islamist parties already captured an overwhelming majority of the votes in the first round.

Islamists appear to have taken a strong majority of seats in the first round of Egypt's first parliamentary vote since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a trend that if confirmed would give religious parties a popular mandate in the struggle to win control from the ruling military and ultimately reshape a key U.S. ally.