After the final voters cast their votes in the first elections after the Egyptian revolution, counting has begun late Tuesday night.

The results are expected to be announced for individual candidate

Voting began on Monday in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising nine months ago.

The vote is a milestone many Egypti

Egyptian voters begin casting their ballots on Monday in the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.

Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei indicated he would agree to head a new government if asked, as Egypt's military leader scrambled to defuse a political crisis ahead of Monday's landmark

Tens of thousands of demonstrators packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday after days of deadly clashes, demanding the military rulers step down and rejecting their choice of new prime minister.

Ahead

Egypt's ruling military council on Thursday tasked former prime minister Kamal al-Ganzuri with forming a new cabinet, private Egyptian TV channels reported.

Ganzuri headed the government from 1996 to

Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday demanding the end of military rule, following a week of deadly clashes, as Washington called for a swift handover of power

Egypt's military rulers apologised on Thursday for the deaths of demonstrators at the hands of police as a truce brought calm back to the outskirts of Cairo's Tahrir Square, scene of days of deadly cl

Egypt's military ruler said on Tuesday that presidential polls will be held by the end of June, and offered a referendum on the immediate transfer of power in a bid to defuse tensions after days of de

Egypt's army chief, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom batt