The loser of Egypt’s presidential election has left the country with most of his family hours after an investigation was opened into claims he wasted public funds during his term as a minister in the former regime.

Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner in Egypt’s first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.

Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president today after the first free elections in the country’s history.

Authorities deployed extra security forces in Cairo streets and near key state institutions and police were ordered to “confront with firmness” any violation of the law just hours ahead of the official announcement of Egypt’s highly disputed presidential election results.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after he was rushed from a prison hospital to a military one in a rapidly worsening condition, officials said.

Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq is claiming victory in Egypt’s presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood’s claims that its candidate was the winner and setting the stage for a divisive fight for the leadership.

The Muslim Brotherhood has declared that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt’s presidential election.

Egyptians were voting today in the country’s landmark presidential runoff, choosing between Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister and an Islamist candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood after a race that has deeply polarised the nation.

Egyptians demonstrated throughout the weekend in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square and other cities, enraged that a court had spared deposed leader Hosni Mubarak his life over the killing of protesters in the uprising that ended his three-decade rule.

A group of protestors has set fire to the campaign headquarters of one of the two Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a run-off that will decide a new leader after last year’s popular uprising.

The run-off vote for Egypt’s next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released by the election commission.

The two surviving candidates in Egypt’s presidential election have appealed for support from voters who rejected them as polarising extremists in the first round, as they faced a new challenge from the third runner-up.

The third runner-up in Egypt’s presidential race today called for a partial vote recount, citing violations.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood candidate has won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results from the country’s first genuinely competitive presidential election.

The Muslim Brotherhood quickly staked a claim for its candidate to advance to a run-off vote in Egypt's, landmark presidential election, saying its exit polls showed him leading.

Egypt’s presidential race is boiling down to a contest between Hosni Mubarak’s former foreign minister and two Islamists with strong bases of support after the election commission released the final list of 13 candidates today.

An Egyptian court is to hear a legal action seeking to prevent Hosni Mubarak’s former intelligence chief and his last prime minister from running for the presidency.

Egypt’s new prime minister has vowed before thousands of demonstrators in Cairo to do everything he can to meet their demands for political change.

Egypt's top archaeologist says he will no longer serve as a Cabinet minister and is warning that the country's antiquity sites are being looted by criminals.

Egypt’s prime minister has resigned, the country’s military rulers said.

At least four people have been killed after a suicide bomber struck in north-west Afghanistan.

The top leadership body of Egypt’s ruling party resigned today, including the president’s son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels.

PROTESTERS and regime supporters skirmished in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city.

Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted around dusk tonight in the Cairo square at the centre of Egypt’s anti-government chaos.

Egyptian army tanks and soldiers moved to end violence between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo’s central square today as the prime minister apologised for the attack by regime supporters on anti-government protesters.