Regimes cannot overcome the power of people communicating in solidarity. Breaking News : Army Statement no.2. Updates as they trickle in. 21:15 - Thanks very much to a contact who has been on the phone to the Epigraphic Survey team at Chicago House (Oriental Institute in Luxor) and can confirm that as of a couple of hours ago they are safe.
Good news. Although the State Department's official advice is that non-essential people should evacuate it's not clear if the survey people will be trying to leave or not. Egyptian talks near collapse as unions back protests. Talks between the Egyptian government and opposition have all but collapsed after the regime balked at surrendering power to a transitional administration in the hope that mass protests would die down.
Instead, the unrest is spreading as some of the largest demonstrations yet against President Hosni Mubarak were joined by labour strikes across the country, including on the Suez canal, in the city of Alexandria and by public transport workers in Cairo. A prominent member of a key opposition group, the Council of Wise Men, said negotiations had "essentially come to an end". 28 hours in the dark heart of Egypt's torture machine.
The sickening, rapid click-click-clicking of the electric shock device sounded like an angry rattlesnake as it passed within inches of my face.
Then came a scream of agony, followed by a pitiful whimpering from the handcuffed, blindfolded victim as the force of the shock propelled him across the floor. A hail of vicious punches and kicks rained down on the prone bodies next to me, creating loud thumps. The torturers screamed abuse all around me. Vacances en Egypte : Fillon avoue avoir utilis? un avion appartenant ? Moubarak. François Fillon a été hébergé par le gouvernement égyptien pendant ses vacances de fin d'année et a emprunté un avion "de la flotte gouvernementale" du pays pour une excursion, a annoncé Matignon mardi, dans un communiqué publié à la suite d'informations du Canard enchaîné.
En pleine tempête sur les vacances tunisiennes de la ministre des Affaires étrangères Michèle Alliot-Marie, le Canard enchaîné rappelle que le Premier ministre français s'était rendu à la fin de l'année 2010 en famille en vacances en Egypte, à Assouan. Expired tear gas used on protesters during Cairo demonstrations. Associated Press. Omar Suleiman appointed vice president of Egypt. 135567. Egypt police struggle to crush anti-regime protests. Egypt says will stick to foreign policy despite protests.
Pressure builds on Mubarak - Middle East. The United States and other leading European nations have urged Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to refrain from violence against unarmed protesters and work to create conditions for free and fair elections.
Live blog Feb 8 - Egypt protests. From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo and Alexandria.
Live Blog: Jan28 - Jan29 - Jan30 - Jan31 - Feb1 - Feb2 - Feb3 - Feb4 - Feb5 - Feb6 - Feb7 The Battle for Egypt - AJE Live Stream - Timeline - Photo Gallery - AJE Tweets - AJE Audio Blogs (All times are local in Egypt, GMT+2) 11:55pm As unrest enters its third week, protesters forge close bonds and explore new ways of making their voices heard. A bakery nearby Tahrir displays cupcakes with the Egyptian flag. Egypt protests remain strong - Middle East. Protests in Egypt have entered their sixteenth day, following probably the biggest number of pro-democracy demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir [Liberation] Square yet.
The square resembled a tented city on Wednesday, with protesters refusing to budge until their demands for Hosni Mubarak's resignation were met. The president's message has thus far been that he will not leave until his term expires in September. Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the Egyptian capital, said the crowd at Tahrir Square grew rapidly on Tuesday afternoon, with many first-timers joining the demonstrations.
Many feel this showed that the movement, now in its third week, still has momentum. Mass protests in city of Alexandria - Middle East. Tens of thousands of people have staged protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, in Alexandria, on what activists have dubbed his "Day of Departure".
An Al Jazeera producer said the crowds had gathered on Friday at the Qaed Ibrahim mosque in the centre of Egypt's second city, which sits on the Mediterranean coast. "Hundreds of thousands of people, possibly a million have gathered here," he said. "The atmosphere is very joyous and determined. "There was an incident of an undercover security officer who tried to start a fight, he was apprehended but not hurt, however, he said he was paid to come and start trouble.
" The protesters, a majority of them from the opposition Muslim Brotherhood movement, shouted "Down with Mubarak! Members of other opposition groups were also present, including activists from the Kefaya (Enough) and 6th April movements and supporters of Egyptian Nobel Peace prize winner and leading dissident Mohamed ElBaradei. Mass protests. Egypt VP: Protests must end soon - Middle East. Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian vice-president, warned on Tuesday that his government "can't put up with continued protests" for a long time, as tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the sixteenth day in a row.
In a sharply worded statement reflecting the regime's impatience and frustration with the mass demonstrations, the newly appointed Suleiman said the crisis must be ended as soon as possible. Increasingly the public face of the embattled government, Suleiman said there will be "no ending of the regime" and no immediate departure for President Hosni Mubarak, according to the state news agency MENA, reporting on a meeting between the vice-president and independent newspapers. The immediate departure of Mubarak is a key demand for the pro-democracy demonstrators.
Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau - Middle East. The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said.
"The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered ... suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff as of today," a statement on the official Mena news agency said on Sunday. In a statement, Al Jazeera said it strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government.
Egypt goes entirely offline - Middle East. Egypt's last working internet service provider, the Noor Group, has been disconnected, a US Web monitoring company said, leaving the crisis-torn country completely offline. Renesys, a New Hampshire-based firm that monitors internet routing data in real time, said on Monday that the Noor network "started disappearing from the Internet" around 20h46 GMT.
"They are completely unavailable at present," Renesys vice president and general manager Earl Zmijewski said in a blog post. Attempts by the AFP news agency to access noor.net and other websites in Egypt serviced by the company, such as the Egyptian stock exchange site at egyptse.com, were unsuccessful. «Ce n'est pas la révolution égyptienne, c'est la révolution arabe» Rencontrés dans le centre ville du Caire au fil d'une journée de manifestation à la fois tendue et festive, les Egyptiens racontent leur ras-le-bol du régime et leur joie de voir les choses changer.
Ahmed, la trentaine, entrepreneur individuel dans le bâtiment Croisé près de la place Tahrir, lieu central de la contestation au Caire, il regarde les manifestants, un peu à l'écart. «C'est un jour travaillé normalement, mais les gens n'y vont pas. Reporter's Notebook: Cairo bears scars of deadly clashes. Over 100 dead as Egypt hovers on the brink and Mubarak clings to power. Egypte : La police secrète sème la terreur. Le Caire, 29 janvier 2011.
Depuis le 28 janvier au soir des événements inquiétants se produisent en marge des manifestations. Des vitrines du Musée du Caire sont brisées et des sculptures millénaires sont jetées au sol. Des banques sont attaquées. Des dizaines, (peut-être des centaines) de criminels dangereux sont libérés des prisons de Tora, Abou Zaabal, Wadi Natrum el Anater. Les foyers, à l’échelle de la nation, sont attaqués par des bandes armées jusqu’aux dents qui pillent et terrorisent la population. La tactique est limpide. Il suffirait d’un peu de bon sens pour conclure que des criminels prétendument isolés et indépendants ne sont pas à l’origine de ces crimes. Avant de les fournir, je voudrais vous décrire la ville du Caire en cette nuit du 29 au 30 janvier. Depuis les affrontements du 28 janvier, le Caire s’est vidé de l’intégralité de ses forces de police et de sécurité publique. Les preuves d’un terrorisme d’état.
Egypt unrest enters third day, ElBaradei to return. Egypt protests: Military 'show of strength' in Cairo. 30 January 2011Last updated at 17:19 The BBC's Jeremy Bowen: "It's the will of the people against the will of the president" Tension is mounting in the Egyptian capital Cairo after the military staged an apparent show of strength during a sixth day of anti-government protests. Two air force jets and a helicopter repeatedly flew low over Tahrir (Liberation) Square, the main gathering point for demonstrators. A column of tanks arrived there only to have its path blocked by protesters. Amid the stand-off, leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Tahrir Square to address protesters. "You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back," he said, quoted by Reuters news agency.
Arab League head wants Egypt multi-party democracy. LONDON Jan 30 (Reuters) - Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League, said on Sunday he wanted to see a multi-party democracy emerge in Egypt but could not say how soon that might happen. Speaking to BBC radio, the former Egyptian foreign minister also said that President Hosni Mubarak needed to respond to mass protests demanding reform, rather than reshuffling ministers. "This new government should be just the beginning, just a new prime minister and new ministers does not necessarily mean a change, clear lines of policy will have to be declared," he told the BBC's The World This Weekend programme.
Asked if he thought Mubarak might quit, Moussa said: From the young to the old, the voices of the Egyptian rebellion rise. HAGGAG HAMDAgricultural supplies company employee and kung fu coach, 28 I was beaten yesterday by security; you can see where they broke my rib. But I don't care – just look around you. The energy of the Egyptians is amazing. We're saying no to unemployment, no to police brutality, no to poverty.
We saw how scared Mubarak and his regime was; they're being forced to listen to the people.