Ahmed Shafik

An Egyptian opposition head said he and colleague Mohamed ElBaradei have turned down invitations to meet Secretary of State John Kerry when he visits Cairo because of US pressure.

Egypt's justice ministry on Tuesday referred former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq to the Cairo criminal court on charges of corruption and squandering public funds, judicial sources told AFP.

Egypt's justice ministry on Sunday ordered the freezing of assets of Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq, who faces trial for alleged corruption, state media reported.

Supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi clashed late Friday with opponents in Cairo's Tahrir Square leaving more than 100 injured, officials said, in the worst violence over the Islamist leader.

Supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi clashed with opponents in Cairo's Tahrir Square leaving more than 100 injured, officials said, in the worst violence over the Islamist leader.

Supporters of President Mohamed Morsi clashed with opponents in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the worst violence over Egypt's new Islamist leader, a day after he crossed swords with the judiciary.

Clashes erupted in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday as supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi tried to wrest control of the iconic square in rival rallies, an AFP journalist reported.

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison and to pay a fine of nine million Egyptian pounds ($1.5 million) for illegal enrichment.

Egyptian authorities ordered the arrest of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, judicial sources said.

Egyptian authorities ordered the arrest of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, judicial sources said.

Former premier Ahmed Shafiq, who left Egypt amid a corruption probe after losing to Mohamed Morsi in a bitterly fought presidential election, has been placed on a watchlist and given a travel ban, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Monday apppointed a Coptic Christian intellectual and a woman university professor as presidential assistants, his spokesman Yasser Ali announced.

A judge in Egypt investigating corruption charges against former Hosni Mubarak premier Ahmed Shafiq on Thursday ordered Mubarak's two sons detained for allegedly buying land from Shafiq at below market price, state media reported.

Before his appointment as Egypt's prime minister, little was known about Hisham Qandil, an irrigation minister who last made headlines for persuading a suicidal employee not to jump out of a window.

President Mohamed Morsi on Friday urged Egyptians to overcome the usual lethargy associated with the fasting month of Ramadan and keep up "work and production."

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Sunday with Egypt's top military leader urging him to support a transition to civilian rule amid fears that the promise of hard-won freedoms could be slipping away.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Sunday with Egypt's top military leaders, urging them to support a transition to civilian rule as a political struggle triggers fears that rights could be eroded.

Egypt's parliament speaker has invited the lower house to convene on Tuesday following a decision by the president to reinstate the assembly, in a challenge to the military that disbanded the legislature.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the return of the dissolved parliament, in a challenge to the powerful military that had enforced a court decision to disband the Islamist-led legislature.

Egypt's new President Mohamed Morsi annulled the Supreme Court's dissolution of the Islamist-dominated parliament on Sunday, the official media said, setting the stage for a possible confrontation with the military.