Abdelmonen Abol Fotoh, an independent moderate Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, and one many tip to become the country's first freely elected leader, if he gets through this week's first round of voting, has been a busy man these last weeks.

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Religious pragmatist next Egypt leader?

After weeks of debate, speculation and argument, Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the Arab world’s first competitive presidential election.

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Egyptians Go to Polls in Presidential Vote

Egyptians are voting in the first free presidential election in their history, made possible by last year’s Arab Spring uprising.

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Egyptians vote in landmark poll

Five Egyptian policeman are sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for their roles in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

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Jail for Egyptian protest police

Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian foreign minister who served under President Hosni Mubarak, is trying to make a strength from the liability of his long government career.

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In Egypt, Amr Moussa Makes an Insider’s Run for President

As German Gen. Erwin Rommel chased British forces across the North African desert, a stray Royal Air Force fighter crashed in the blistering sands of the Egyptian Sahara on June 28, 1942. The pilot was never heard from again. The damaged Kittyhawk P-40 — a couple of hundred miles from civilization — was presumed lost forever.

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‘Incredible’ WWII plane found

More than 170 people are detained after deadly clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces in Cairo, military sources say.

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Dozens held after Egypt clashes

An overnight curfew was imposed around the defence ministry in the Egyptian capital Cairo, after violent clashes there on Friday.

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Curfew imposed after Egypt unrest

One soldier is reported to have been killed and hundreds of people hurt in fresh clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters in Cairo.

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VIDEO: Scores hurt in Cairo clashes

Assailants attacked Egyptian protesters gathered outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday to call for an end to military rule.

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5 Egyptian Protesters Said to Be Killed in Cairo

Fan violence has sparked match cancellations on both sides of the Arab-Israeli divide. The stakes for Egyptian and Israeli soccer fans are high – the nature of the society they want to live in and in some cases the very existence of some of their financially troubled clubs – even if the two groups are likely to agree on little more than their passion for the game.

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Conflicting Visions of Society Spark Israeli and Egyptian Soccer Violence

CAIRO — After more than a year out of the spotlight, former spy chief Omar Suleiman stormed back into the public eye this month by entering Egypt’s presidential race . His campaign shelled out cash and went on a major public relations offensive to recast Suleiman — whose name is associated with torture and iron-fisted rule in the minds of many Egyptians — as a compassionate leader who would restore stability. Read full article > >

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Omar Suleiman, former Mubarak spy chief, tries to remake his image in Egypt

Egyptian election officials bar 10 candidates from the presidential poll, including ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Khairat al-Shater.

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Egypt candidates barred from poll

The Obama administration intends to resume funding for Egypt’s military, despite congressional restrictions and objections from human rights and democracy advocates. For months, the money for Egypt — more than $1.5 billion, with the bulk earmarked for the military — has been withheld amid that country’s crackdown on pro-democracy groups, including several U.S.-based organizations with close ties in Washington. Read full article > >

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U.S. funding for Egyptian military to resume, senior administration officials say

Senior al-Qaeda leader, Saif al-Adel, is arrested at Cairo airport, Egyptian security officials say.

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Top al-Qaeda commander ‘arrested’