MUSLIM B’HOOD: WE WIN – Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt constitution vote amid fraud allegations

Egypt’s new Sharia-based constitution has been approved in a second round of voting, the ruling Muslim Brotherhood party said. The country’s opposition leveled accusations of fraud, saying it will appeal the referendum results.

The new charter was approved by 64 percent of Egyptian voters in a “resounding victory,” state news agency al-Ahram reported on Sunday. The preliminary tallies were calculated from reports by polling station officials. Egypt’s election committee will confirm [...]

Euro CRISIS: A Greek insider’s shocking take on what could happen next

From Bruce Krasting:

I wrote about a conversation I had with a Greeks shipper living in Athens on May 15. In that article, I conveyed the thoughts of my friend who was convinced that the June 17 Greek elections would produce a different result than the May 26 effort to form a government. At the time he said:

When the next election comes, Greeks will not vote in anger and they will [...]

No-one wants a German budget commissar

Público, Le Monde, Ta Nea & 2 others 

The idea of pinning the second Greek bail-out on the acceptance by Athens of supervision by a European budget commissioner, a German proposal unveiled on the eve of the January 30 European Council meeting, is nothing less than a violation of state sovereignty, according to the European press.

 

 

“A shadow will weigh on the European Council today in Brussels,” writes Portuguese daily Público. “The shadow [...]