A president who has governed with an iron fist for 29 years, an election where only a quarter of eligible voters turned up, a fraudulent election hailed as a great

During President Hosni Mubarak's address to the newly seated People's Assembly Sunday, the leader defended the policies of the ruling National Democratic Party and dismissed all the opposition's outcry.

The Arab world has proven stubbornly resistant to democratic change.

A recent religious edict issued by Mahmoud Amer, head of Egypt's Al-Sunna al-Mohamadiya religious group, calling on former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, to "repent" for inciting civil unrest and

One day, Egypt will enter the post-Mubarak era, and until then uncertainty remains. The last transition of power was nearly 30 years ago and not much has changed since then:

President Mubarak sees Iran and its attempt to exert more influence throughout the region as Egypt’s biggest long-term threat, due to its support for HAMAS, weapons and illegal funds’ smuggling.

Senior members from the oppositions Tagammu Party called on Refaat ElSaeed to step down after describing his decisions as 'radical'.

Media spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Essam El-Erian, said Magdy Ashour has two choices; either he resigns from parliament or loses party membership after he attended the first session

According to an article posted on the ruling regime's National Democratic Party's official website its struggle with the popular Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement was "not over".

Eygpt’s 2010 parliamentary elections will go down in history as a blatant fraud and crime against democracy and the people it represents.