Egypt’s controversial Islamist-backed constitution has been approved, according to preliminary referendum results released by the country’s Muslim Brotherhood today.

Egypt’s Vice President Mahmoud Mekki has resigned, according to a state TV station.

A resolution is imminent to Egypt’s political crisis stemming from the president’s move to give himself sweeping new powers, according to the justice minister.

The leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, won no seats in the final round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections after police barred thousands of its supporters from casting ballots, according to official results announced today.

TWO American soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed and one was injured in an ambush yesterday when their convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire in northern Iraq, the US military said.