
Cold beer reward for Kiwi journo
Kiwi journalist Wayne Hay has been celebrating his release from detention in Egypt with a cold beer.
Kiwi journalist Wayne Hay has been celebrating his release from detention in Egypt with a cold beer.
About 250 people gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today to protest against the Egyptian security forces' crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least 192 people were killed nationwide, many of them in the crackdown on the protest sites.
The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi has furiously denounced the military, accusing it of "kidnapping" him.
The nation is divided against itself. On one side are the liberals who want to live in a tolerant, secular society.
Egypt's military authorities ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader yesterday for inciting an outbreak of violence that left at least 51 of the movement's supporters dead.
"Morsi had no experience of government before becoming President. But who does in Egypt?" asks Anne Penketh.
Fresh from toppling the country's first democratically elected leader, Egypt's military risked further outrage from the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the group's Supreme Guide as he was staying in a resort by the Mediterranean coast.
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's embattled President, stared down his last stand as the country faced a second revolution.
The demonstrations in Brazil began after a small rise in bus fares triggered mass protests.
Egypt used to be a place where you never gave a second thought to personal safety, writes Anne Penkith. Egyptians are hospitable, charming and honest - on the whole.
The streets of Port Said were convulsed by gun battles as groups of civilians, some using Kalashnikov machineguns, launched attacks on police stations and an army club.
On second anniversary of fall of Mubarak, Egyptians take to Tahrir Square over lack of progress.
Vice president Mahmoud Mekki's resignation was announced with more than five hours to go of voting in the second and final phase of a referendum on a disputed, Islamist-backed constitution.